According to Eurostat, Russia accounts for about 30% of fertiliser imports into the European Union.

Omissions

• The claim does not specify a time period. The 30% figure corresponds to the 2024 annual average, but by Q4 2025 Russia's share had fallen to approximately 16%, a decline of nearly half.
• The MEP uses the present tense ('accounts for') which implies current status, yet the most recent Eurostat data available before the session date (Q4 2025) shows a significantly lower share of 16%.
• The claim omits the downward trend: Russia's share fell from 28% in Q1 2021 to 16% in Q4 2025, and an EC document indicates it fell as low as 7% in July 2025 for urea specifically.
• The source cited, Eurostat, publishes quarterly data that would have been available to the MEP for Q4 2025 well before the May 2026 session. The choice to cite the 2024 figure without qualification may constitute cherry-picking.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat Statistics Explained — EU trade with RussiaRussia's share in extra-EU imports of fertilisers decreased from 28% in Q1 2021 to 16% in Q4 2025.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Expert Group Register: Update on imports of urea and other fertilizersThe import share average was 30% in 2024. In July 2025, Russia import share fell to 7%, a decrease of 50 percentage points.
• SecondaryInterfax — EU increases Russian fertilizer imports by 12% in JanEurostat data show that the EU increased imports of Russian fertilizer by a quarter to 4.9 million tonnes in 2024.