The northern agricultural province Hebei has abolished the registration obligation of all fertilizers from July 1 2013. All subject fertilizer products are freely circulated in the market as long as their producers obtain necessary license and the product meets the quality standard, which would reduce the burden on the shoulder of fertilizer producers and boost the agricultural supplies within the province.

On April 22, 2013, Chinese Ministry of Agricultural announced that it has set up the 7th Expert Committee for Fertilizer Registration and the 1st plenary session of the Committee has been held in Beijing.

Recently, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has published the results of random checkings on the fertilizer products. The heads of the sub-standard companies were summoned to have a talk with AQSIQ.

On October 10th, 2012, China Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has published importing quotas of fertilizer for FY2013. Totally 13.65 million tons of fertilizer will be alloted to domestic importing companies, consisting of 3.3 million tons of urea, 6.9 million tons of DAP, and 3.45 million tons of compound fertilizer.