Potash fertilizers
MOP — Potassium Chloride
KCl — 60% K₂O, standard or granular
The volume potassium product worldwide and the cheapest source of the nutrient. Around 95 percent of potash traded is MOP, and its price sets the floor for every other potassium grade.
The sizing decision matters more than buyers expect. Standard grade is a fine crystal destined for a blending plant or a dissolving tank; granular grade is sized to spread and to blend with granular urea and DAP without segregating. Ordering the wrong one produces a product that cannot be applied evenly.
Specification
Technical data
- Appearance
- Pink to red, or white, crystals or granules
- Potassium
- 60% min K₂O (≈49.8% K)
- Chloride
- ≈47%
- Moisture
- 0.5% max
- Granulometry, standard
- 0.2–2 mm — for blending and dissolving
- Granulometry, granular
- 2–4 mm — for spreading and granular blends
- Bulk density
- 1.00–1.10 t/m³
- CAS number
- 7447-40-7
- HS code
- 3104 20
- Transport status
- Not classified as a dangerous good
Classification, HS code and transport regime are confirmed per grade and per route at the offer stage. Figures below are indicative of the standard specification.
Packaging
- Bulk, in covered equipment or weather-tight holds
- Big bag 500 / 1000 / 1250 kg
- PP bags 25 and 50 kg, palletised and hooded
Storage and handling
- Dry, covered storage; hygroscopic and cakes readily when damp
- Corrosive to unprotected steel handling equipment when wet
- Not for chloride-sensitive crops — specify SOP instead
Transport
- Unregulated for transport by road, rail and sea
- Covered equipment; the commercial risk is moisture and consequent caking
Documents
- Technical data sheet (TDS) — issued with the offer
- Safety data sheet (SDS) in the languages of transit and destination
- Certificate of analysis, lot-specific, drawn at loading
- Certificate of origin and EUR.1 where the destination allows preference
Documents are issued against a confirmed enquiry rather than published for download — an SDS is only meaningful for the grade and revision actually shipped.
Commercial terms
How it is quoted
- Incoterms
- FCA, FOB, CIF, DAP, CPT
- Typical lot size
- From 500 t bagged; 5,000–35,000 t in bulk
- Lead time
- 3–6 weeks from contract
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MOP — Potassium Chloride
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