• Fertilizer imports are carried out by companies operating in non-agricultural industries, sometimes companies lacking experience and professional facilities to responsibly supply of fertilizers to farmers.
• The problem of importing urea in quantities indicating its use in violation of the law.
• The problem of importing counterfeit fertilizers that do not meet standards for the quality of mineral components and permissible levels of impurities, and do not have the documentation required by law.
• Uncontrolled trade in explosive precursors.
• Lack of oversight by PIORiN and WIOŚ over part of the fertilizer market while other parts of the market are regularly audited to ensure compliance
• The low quality of fertilizers produced from waste (post-ferment), which are still available for purchase and not controlled well, eveb after being withdrawn by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
• The need to develop a national database of users of fertilizers that are precursors instead of relying on the records of sales and self-reported (to the seller) information.
• The proposal to develop a national database of entities/distributors listed in the register of fertilizer traders.
• The need to introduce regulations consistent with EU law on standards and permissible contaminants, as well as to unify the values of declared nutrients in different types of fertilizer products in accordance with EU Reg. 2019/1009.
• Lack of consistent provisions in safety data sheets, labels and instructions for use of fertilizers.

 
We expressed the expectation that all fertilizer traders should be subject to the same requirements and obligations and meet accepted standards, and should be subject to control on an equal footing with regular distribution. As pointed out by Chief Inspector Andrzej Chodkowski, appropriate statutory regulations or ordinances are necessary to meet the above demands.
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