In recent years, China’s ammonium polyphosphate (APP) industry has ushered in a period of rapid development with its environmental protection characteristics and wide application scenarios. As the core material of phosphorus-based inorganic flame retardants, the demand for ammonium polyphosphate in flame retardant materials, fire retardant coatings, fire extinguishing agents and other fields continues to grow. At the same time, its innovative application in the field of agricultural liquid fertilizers has become a new highlight of the industry.
Strong market growth, environmental protection policies become the core driving force
According to industry reports, the scale of China’s ammonium polyphosphate market will increase by more than 15% year-on-year in 2024, and the compound growth rate is expected to reach 8%-10% from 2025 to 2030. This growth is due to the global trend of halogen-free flame retardants and the promotion of domestic “dual carbon” policies. High-polymerization type II ammonium polyphosphate has become the first choice for upgrading flame retardant materials due to its strong thermal stability and low toxicity.
The agricultural field has become a new growth pole, and the application of liquid fertilizers has made a breakthrough**
In the agricultural field, ammonium polyphosphate has become an important raw material for liquid fertilizers with its advantages of high water solubility and nutrient utilization rate. Wengfu Group has built a 200,000-ton ammonium polyphosphate production line and plans to expand production to 350,000 tons by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan, aiming to become a leading water and fertilizer integration company. The industry predicts that the market size of agricultural ammonium polyphosphate is expected to exceed 1 million tons in the next five years, especially in phosphate resource-rich areas such as the southwest and northwest, where production capacity layout is accelerating.
Looking to the future
With the expansion of demand in emerging fields such as new energy materials and ecological agriculture, the ammonium polyphosphate industry will accelerate its transformation to high value-added. Driven by policy support and technological breakthroughs, China is expected to occupy a larger share of the global phosphorus flame retardant and specialty fertilizer market.
Post time: Mar-07-2025
