Specialty Fertilizers Market Analysis

Specialty Fertilizers Market Overview

Specialty Fertilizers Market Size is expected to reach USD 52.67 Billion at a CAGR 6.23% during the forecast 2024-2032.

The growing demand for high yielding and high quality worldwide is rising the demand of the specialty fertilizers market. Specialty fertilizers are specialized fertilizers provided to the soil as plant nutrition. The effective nature of these fertilizers results in quality crops and increases the volume of crops compared to normal yielded crops. The specialty fertilizers act as a nutrition booster for the plants, which boosts the growth and quality of the crop. Therefore, the need for these fertilizers is propelling the specialty fertilizers market growth. As the population worldwide is increasing day today, the demand for basic requirements, for instance, food, is highly growing. The rising population’s demand for food to continue in the future generation. To meet the growing demand for high-yielding crops and vegetables across the globe, the rise in the need for specific fertilizers is increasing. The specific fertilizers consist of various components such as nitrogen fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers, potash fertilizers, and others beneficial for plant growth. These fertilizers apply to various crops and plants such as cereals & oilseeds, fruits, and vegetables, turfs & ornamental plants, etc.

Due to the presence of high-quality ingredients in the specific fertilizers, they play an effective role in promoting the nutritional benefits of the plants and crops. The Specialty fertilizers market is to emerge globally due to the increase in demand in the agricultural sectors. As it is known that the agriculture sector is the most important sector among others because it takes the responsibility of providing the required demand for crops in the respective nation. Hence, for the high yielding of crops in the agriculture sector, there is an immense necessity for specific fertilizers to increase productivity. The government’s support and investment in agricultural sectors are largely driving the market value as the statics report shows that these fertilizers improve the quality of the product. The growth of residential farming and gardening boosts the specialty fertilizers market trends. Growing decorative and ornamental plants in the gardens are rising the market demand because these plants need specific fertilizers to grow within a short duration of time.

COVID-19 Analysis

The virus outbreak has shown a negative impact on the Specialty fertilizers market forecast. The manufacturers faced financial loss due to the lockdown effect because the industries' manufacturing units, operational sectors, and production units were shut down. Due to the strict rules, the closure of these units lasted for a long period. The supply chain management was disrupted in this period, and these factors have led to huge revenue loss. The small and medium-sized enterprises of the market have faced more tough conditions. But the players focused on the new growth opportunities to resume the market's growth rate and let it reach its estimated CAGR.

Chief Factors Existing in The Market

Key Market Drivers 

The increased demand for high-yielding crops in the agricultural sector is driving the market. The continuously rising population worldwide is one of the major driving factors of the market. The change in farming activities and the acceptance of modern farming techniques is another primary market driver. These drivers of the specialty fertilizers market boost its growth in the future years.

Market Challenges 

The pandemic period was a challenging situation for the market. During this period, the market faced many challenging factors; for example, the disruption of supply chains has been a challenging factor.

Specialty Fertilizers Market Opportunities

The market is getting huge growth opportunities across the world. The agriculture sector’s need for specialty fertilizers for high-volume crops is setting open opportunities for the market. Growing ornamental and decorative plants is boosting the specialty fertilizers market trends. 

Market Restraints

The market is even facing restraining factors that are hindering the market's growth. The high cost of specialty fertilizers acts as a major market constraint. Another restraining factor is that consuming organic food can hamper the Specialty fertilizers market size.

Cumulative Evaluation of The Market

The market analysis evaluation shows the market's development in the past years. The key market drivers to boost the Specialty fertilizers market share during the review period. Amid COVID-19, the market will emerge with new growth opportunities in the future years. The growth limiting factors of the market will be checked by the key players so that they won’t affect the market during progression. The Specialty fertilizers market analysis is estimated to reach its expected CAGR in the evaluation period. 

Specialty Fertilizers Market Segmentation

The market size is segmented into type and crop type segments.

• By Type

The type segment is classified into various segments such as nitrogen fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers, potash fertilizers, and others. All these fertilizers have beneficial usage for the growth of the plant. These specific fertilizers provide nutritional value to the soil for the high quality and high yielding of plants. Among all these sub-segments, potash fertilizers hold the highest market share of the Specialty fertilizers market share. Therefore, it is considered as the dominating segment of the type segment. In potash fertilizers, potassium chloride was noticed to be the dominating one. Meanwhile, the nitrogen fertilizers segment observed a steady growth during the review period.

• By Crop Type

The Specialty fertilizers market Size is categorized into cereals & oilseeds, fruits & vegetables, turf & ornamentals, and others in the crop type segment. Among all these segments, the turf & ornamentals segment is anticipated to dominate the market. The cereal and oilseeds segment is growing rapidly due to its high demand.

Regional Analysis

The Specialty fertilizers market's regional update shows the market's distribution in various regions across the globe, such as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the rest of the world. Among these above regions, the Asia Pacific Market is the dominating region due to its growth consistency. The presence of key regions such as China and India is boosting the Specialty fertilizers market of the region because of its high population growth. The China Market holds the title of the major shareholder of the market. North America is anticipated as the second largest region due to the wide usage of specialty fertilizers in different countries. In the rest of the world, the South American region is the dominating region. All these regions propel the growth of the global Specialty fertilizers market.

Competitive Intensity Within the Industry

The key players are responsible for enhancing the Specialty fertilizers market globally. There are trying to implement different marketing strategies and plans to overcome various problems and other growth limiting factors. Here is the list of key players of the market mentioned below.

• Mosaic Company (U.S.) 


• Agrium Inc. (Canada)


• Yara International (Norway)


• Haifa Chemicals (Israel)


• Atlantic Gold Corp (Canada)


• Art Wilson Co. (U.S.)


• Eurochem (Switzerland)

Recent Market Development

According to the recent updates, Smartchem Technologies Limited (STL), one of India’s leading manufacturers of Nitro-Phosphate Fertiliser and Bentonite Sulphur and the market leader in the water-soluble and specialty fertilizer category, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (DFPCL), announced the formal launch of its innovative fertilizer – ‘CROPTEK’ for onion growers under its flagship brand Mahadhan. 

Report Overview

The Specialty fertilizers market Trends' overview report showed the market's development in the past years. The market dynamics have shown effective roles in the market. The key drivers are the reason the growth of the market is propelling at high speed—the growth of new opportunities to emerge the market outlook in the future years. The COVID analysis report has shown the effect on the growth rate, which impacted the share value of the market. Other growth limiting factors are even noticed to hamper the Specialty fertilizers market growth. But the strategies of key players to let the market regain its growth rate. The report displayed the list of key market players across the globe. The recent developments of the key players are uplifting the market value. The overall report shows that the Specialty fertilizers market forecast will successfully achieve its estimated value and CAGR during the forecast period.

Key Industrial Segments

By Type 

• Nitrogen Fertilizers


• Phosphate Fertilizers


• Potash Fertilizers


• Others

By Crop Type 

• Cereals & Oilseeds


• Fruits & Vegetables


• Turf & Ornamentals


• Others