Importance of Ammonium Sulfate

The worldwide production of ammonium sulfate in 1995 is given in Table 2.2-4. 

The worldwide consumption of ammonium sulfate in 1995 was estimated to be 3.5 10 t N, which corresponds to 70% of capacity and ca. 4% of the total worldwide consumption of nitrogen. In Europe in 1995 the production was 0.7 10 t N and the consumption was 0.55 10 t N which corresponds to ca. 3% of the nitrogen consumption. Ammonium sulfate is particularly used in less developed countries. 

World North Central West Africa Asia/ East 

The future development of ammonium sulfate production depends strongly upon the situation regarding (textile-)fiber production. Ammonium sulfate production is growing more slowly than that of the other nitrogen fertilizers. 

Future development of ammonium sulfate production depends upon the development of the textile industry 

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Ammonium Sulfate. Historically ammonium sulfate was important as a fertilizer. However, since the introduction of ammonium nitrate and urea, the relative importance of ammonium sulfate worldwide has steadily decreased. In the year ended June 30, 1990, ammonium sulfate furnished only about 4% of the fertilizer nitrogen used in the United States (Fig. 3) and worldwide (Fig. 6). 

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