List of Fertilizer Standards in China

There are many types of fertilizers in China depending on their composition, source and physical states. Each type of fertilizer shall meet relevant national standards (compulsory GB or recommended GB/T) or industry standards (NY/T or HG/T). This article intends to give you an overview of available fertilizer standards in China.

National Standards

• GB 178382-2021 Fertilizer Marking—Presentation and declaration
  

• GB 38400-2019 Limitation requirements of toxic and harmful substance in fertilizers

• GB 20287-2006 - Microbial inoculants in agriculture

• GB/T 15063-2020 Compound fertilizer

• GB/T 21633-2020 Bulk blending fertilizer

• GB/T 18877-2020 Organic inorganic compound fertilizer

• GB/T 17420-2020 Foliar microelement fertilizer

• GB/T 23348-2009 Slow Release Fertilizer

• GB/T 535-2020 Fertilizer grade ammonium sulphate

• GB/T 37918-2019 Fertilizer grade potassium chloride

• GB/T 17419-2018 Foliar fertilizer with organic matter

• GB/T 36207-2018 Fertilizer of calcium silicon magnesium potassium

• GB/T 20937-2018 Potassium magnesium of sulphate fertilizer

• GB/T 35113-2017 Stabilized fertilizer

• GB/T 35111-2017 Humic fertilizers—Classification

Industry Standards

• NY/T 1109-2017 General biosafety standard for microbial fertilizers

• NY/T 798-2015 Compound microbial fertilizers

• NY/T 884-2012 Microbial organic fertilizers

• HG/T 5050-2016 Alginic acid fertilizer

• HG/T 5046-2016 Humic acid compound fertilizer

• HG/T 4851-2016 Nitro-compound fertilizer

• HG/T 4365-2012 Water soluble fertilizer

• HG/T 4217-2011 Inorganic material coated compound fertilizer (complex fertilizer)

• HG/T 4215-2011 Controlled-release fertilizer

• HG/T 4214-2011 Urea-ammonium mixed nitrogen fertilizer

• HG/T 4137-2010 Urea aldehyde slow release fertilizer

• HG/T 4136-2010 Golfturf specialty fertilizers and soil conditioners

• HG/T 3931-2007 Slow/controlled release fertilizer