ZHONGRONG TRADING · HONG KONG · BEIJING · WUHAN

China buys at scale.
Get closer to the end-user.

Cross-border procurement for China's chemical and fertilizer industry — sulphur, phosphate rock, potash and fluorspar in; phosphoric acid, phosphate fertilizers and new-energy materials out. Settled by irrevocable DLC, inspected by SGS or CCIC, never an advance fee.

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9.95 MtSulphur imported by China, 2024

17.6 MtChina phosphate fertilizer output, P2O5

>60%China potash import dependence

69.2 MtChina urea capacity, 2024

Sources: China Customs and Longzhong (sulphur, potash, urea); National Bureau of Statistics and industry associations (phosphate fertilizer). Indicative, not an offer.

THE FILM · 67 SECONDS

From mine to bag, in one desk.

Who we are, where we came from, what we trade, who we buy from and how we settle — shot on our own site visits, loading terminals and partner plants.

00:00WHO WE ARE
00:04WHERE WE CAME FROM
00:13WHAT WE TRADE
00:24WHY CHINA
00:34WHO WE BUY FROM
00:46THE DESK
00:55HOW WE SETTLE
01:01CLOSING

PDFCompany profile8 pages · 2.6 MB

WHAT WE DO

One desk, both directions.

We buy raw material from producers and authorised traders worldwide, and we sell finished product into China and the Asia-Pacific. Most trading houses do one side. The value is in doing both.

INBOUND

Raw material in

Sulphur, phosphate rock, potash (MOP), fluorspar and other bulk minerals — sourced at the mine or the terminal, shipped FOB or CIF.

OUTBOUND

Finished product out

Phosphate fertilizers (DAP/MAP), phosphoric acid, phosphate fine chemicals and new-energy materials — placed with end-users, not into a chain of middlemen.

INTELLIGENCE

The market, read first

Supply-demand balances, cost curves, quota and policy tracking for the four chains we trade. Available to counterparties on request.

FOUR CHAINS

What we trade.

Four raw-material chains into China, three finished-product chains out. Grades, tonnage and terms are quoted per transaction — this is a relationship desk, not a catalogue.

01 · SULPHUR

Sulphur

Granular, prilled and lump. The feedstock for sulphuric acid, and through it phosphate fertilizer.

02 · PHOSPHATE

Phosphate rock

Sedimentary and igneous rock, 28-32% P2O5, for wet-process acid and downstream fertilizer.

03 · POTASH

Potash · MOP

Muriate of potash, granular and standard, for compound fertilizer and direct application.

04 · FLUORSPAR

Fluorspar

Acid grade (97%+ CaF2) and metallurgical grade, for HF, fluorochemicals and aluminium.

WHY CHINA

The largest chemical market
on earth buys every day.

China imports nearly ten million tonnes of sulphur a year, produces a fifth of the world's phosphate fertilizer and imports more than half its potash. A producer who reaches this market through one desk reaches it with fewer hands taking a margin.

47.5 MtWorld P2O5 consumption in fertilizer, 2024

106 MtChina phosphate rock apparent consumption, Jan-Nov 2024

9.5 MtWorld fluorspar output, 2024 — China largest producer

0.26 MtChina urea exports 2024 — down 94% under quota

Read the market case →

HOW A DEAL RUNS

Five steps, no shortcuts.

The same sequence on every cargo, whether it is 3,000 tonnes of sulphur or a vessel of DAP. Anyone who wants to skip a step is telling you something.

LOI → ICPO → SPA

Intent, then a firm corporate offer, then a signed sale and purchase agreement. Templates are ours; we do not sign recycled documents with changed letterheads.

Due diligence & internal review

Company registry, authorisation and mandate, bank and title evidence — on both sides, before any cargo moves.

Settlement: irrevocable DLC

MT700 under UCP 600, non-transferable, documentary. No SBLC-only structures, no advance fees, ever.

Logistics: FOB / CIF, B/L

Sea freight and multimodal routing booked to the delivery window of that specific cargo, not to a generic schedule.

Inspection: SGS / CCIC

Independent third-party inspection before title transfers. Certificates any counterparty can verify.

SUPPLIER NETWORK

Twelve verified producers. Four at national scale.

Phosphorus-chemical producers, potash suppliers, fluorspar miners and processors across China. Names are disclosed under NDA once a counterparty is qualified — until then they carry codes.

The network →

ON THE GROUND

Mines, terminals, plant floors.

Photography from our own site visits — open pits, ore processing, production plants, ports. If we have not stood on it, we do not claim it.

All field photography →

THE DESK

Built by people who
traded the spot first.

Zhongrong was built by one of China's earliest professional commodity electronic spot trading teams, with more than a decade of hands-on work across the full chemical chain.

EXPERIENCE

A decade on the chain

Plants, mines, processing facilities, warehouses and sea shipping — not a brokerage that has only seen a screen.

REACH

Three seats, one book

Headquarters in Beijing, trading and settlement in Hong Kong, China-market operations in Wuhan — plus on-the-ground partners across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

DISCIPLINE

Institutional process

Standard flow, documentary settlement, independent inspection and pre-set exposure limits. Rules, not judgement calls under pressure.

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NEXT STEP

Tell us the product, the tonnage
and the destination.

Our desk comes back with a structured response: indicative terms, timeline and the right counterparties. One business day.

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China buys at scale.Get closer to the end-user.