Made-in-China Fertilizer Becomes Scarce for Top Buyer

An employee holds a handful of processed diammonium phosphate.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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The ongoing lockdown of Hubei province, a key producer in China’s huge fertilizer industry, is spurring the biggest buyer of one ofthe crop-growing ingredients to look for other suppliers.