40% of the EU's potash needs are met through imports.

Omissions

• The most definitive official source for the 30%-70%-40% figures (nitrogen, phosphate rock, potash) is the European Commission communication COM(2022)590 final from November 2022, now approximately 3.5 years old relative to the 2026 session date. No publicly accessible update from Eurostat or the European Commission for 2024–2025 was found that confirms or revises the potash-specific figure.
• The Fertilizers Europe 'Forecast of food, farming & fertilizer use in the European Union' (December 2024) likely contains more recent potash dependency data but the specific import-dependency percentage was not extractable from search results.
• The MEP did not cite a source, time period, or data vintage for the claimed figure, reducing verifiability.

Sources

• PrimaryFertilizers Europe – Forecast of food, farming & fertilizer use in the European Union 2024–2034The document covers nitrogen, phosphate, and potash nutrient consumption in Europe through 2023 and projections to 2034. The specific potash import-dependency percentage was not extractable from the search snippet, but potash is explicitly covered as a tracked nutrient category.
• SecondaryEuropean Parliament – The dependency of the EU's food system on inputs and their sources (IPOL_STU(2024)747272)Study analyses EU dependency ratios for imported inputs in the food system. Total sector dependency ratios for imported inputs are generally below 10% for core components. Potash-specific import dependency not confirmed from snippet.