Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractThe indicator reports the nutrient balance of nitrogen and phosphorus – the difference between the quantity of nutrient inputs entering an agricultural system and the quantity of nutrient outputs leaving this system – for exports of nine cereal and oilseed (hence excluding pasture) as a share of the total nutrient balance for 21 countries in years 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2014. Grains covered by this indicator are wheat, maize, barley, sorghum, oats, rice soybeans, sunflower seed and rapeseed.
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisationUsers are encouraged to send their comments and questions to TAD Contact
Source metadata Source metadataFor more information on data sources and methodology, see:
Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedData sources come from the FAO, the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), the Base pour l’analyse du commerce international (BACI International Trade Database), and the OECD.
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Date last updated Date last updatedMay 2019
Variables collected Variables collected Nutrient balance for exported grains as a share of total nutrient balance – nitrogen: the ratio between the nitrogen balance for exported grains and the nitrogen balance for total produced grains.
Nutrient balance for exported grains as a share of total nutrient balance – phosphorus: the ratio between the phosphorus balance for exported grains and the phosphorus balance for total produced grains.
Share of exported grains (in volume): the ratio between the volume of exported grains and the volume of total produced grains (in tonnes).
Population & Scope Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverageSee Table A.9. of the "Report on a Set of Policy Indicators on Trade and Environment".
The indicator reports the nutrient balance of nitrogen and phosphorus – the difference between the quantity of nutrient inputs entering an agricultural system and the quantity of nutrient outputs leaving this system – for exports of nine cereal and oilseed (hence excluding pasture) as a share of the total nutrient balance for 21 countries in years 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2014. Grains covered by this indicator are wheat, maize, barley, sorghum, oats, rice soybeans, sunflower seed and rapeseed.
Users are encouraged to send their comments and questions to TAD Contact
Data sources come from the FAO, the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), the Base pour l’analyse du commerce international (BACI International Trade Database), and the OECD.
For more information on data sources and methodology, see:
Nutrient balance for exported grains as a share of total nutrient balance – nitrogen: the ratio between the nitrogen balance for exported grains and the nitrogen balance for total produced grains.
Nutrient balance for exported grains as a share of total nutrient balance – phosphorus: the ratio between the phosphorus balance for exported grains and the phosphorus balance for total produced grains.
Share of exported grains (in volume): the ratio between the volume of exported grains and the volume of total produced grains (in tonnes).
May 2019
See Table A.9. of the "Report on a Set of Policy Indicators on Trade and Environment".