G/TBT/N/JPN/115
AMENDMENT OF THE OFFICIAL STANDARDS FOR ORDINARY FERTILIZERS
1. The minimum or maximum content of main nutrients, the maximum permissible content of toxic substances and other limited particulars in
following three types of Ordinary Fertilizers are considered to be established or amended in the Official Standards pursuant to the provision of the
Article 3.1 of the Fertilizer Control Law.
(Amend the Standard for the following substance)
Phosphate Fertilizer with six-year-term of validity of registration.
Type of fertilizer
Minimum content of main nutrients (%)
Maximum permissible conten
Other limited particulars
t of toxic substances (%)
Calcined phosphate Citric acid-soluble phosphoric acid
34.0% P2 Per 1.0% P2O5
90% or more of the fertilizer m
O5
Cadmium
0.00015% C ust pass through a wire sieve w
Alkalinity
40.0% CaO or CaO+Mg d
ith 212 micrometer openings.
O
notes: part to be revised is underlined.
(Establish the Standards for the following substances)
Compound Fertilizers with three-year-term of validity of registration
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Type of fertilize
r
Minimum content of main nutrients (%)
Maximum permissible conten Other limited particulars
t of toxic substances (%)
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Complex fertilizer 1. The sum of two or more of the largest nutrient contents
made from ferm of each nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potassium
ented sludge ferti
10.0% N+P2O5, N+K2O, P2O5+K2O, or N+P2O5+K2O
lizers and chemic
2. (1) For a fertilizer with guaranteed total nitrogen:
al fertilizers
Total nitrogen
1.0% N
(2) For a fertilizer with guaranteed ammoniacal nitrogen:
Ammoniacal nitrogen
1.0% N
(3) For a fertilizer with guaranteed nitrate nitrogen:
Nitrate nitrogen
1.0% N
3. (1) For a fertilizer with guaranteed total phosphoric acid:
Total phosphoric acid
1.0% P 2O5
(2) For a fertilizer with guaranteed citric acid-soluble phosp
horic acid:
Citric acid-soluble phosphoric acid
1.0% P2O5
(3) For a fertilizer with guaranteed citrate-soluble phosphori
c acid: Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid
1.0% P2O5
(4) For a fertilizer with guaranteed water-soluble phosphoric
acid: Water-soluble phosphoric acid
1.0% P2O5
4. (1) For a fertilizer with guaranteed total potassium:
Total potassium
1.0% K 2O
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Per 1.0% of the sum of the
largest nutrient content of e
ach nitrogen, phosphoric aci
d and potassium
Thiocyanates
0.005% NH4SCN
Arsenic
0.002% A
s
Nitrous acid
0.02% HNO
2
Biuret nitrogen
0.01%
N
Sulfamic acid
0.005% NH2SO3
H
Cadmium
0.000075% C
d
Nickel
0.005% N
i
Chromium
0.05% Cr
Titanium
0.02% T
i
Mercury
0.00005% H
g
Lead
0.003% P
b
1. The fertilizer with gua
ranteed total nitrogen mu
st contain some forms of
nitrogen other than am
moniacal or nitrate nitrog
en, and contain both am
moniacal and nitrate nitro
gen.
2. The fertilizer with gua
ranteed total phosphoric
acid or guaranteed total
potassium must be made
from animal or vegetabl
e raw materials.
3. The Ordinary Fertilize
r made from both types
of fertilizer containing cit
ric acid-soluble phosphori
c acid and fertilizer cont
aining citrate-soluble pho
sphoric acid must be gua
ranteed with either citric
acid-soluble or citrate-sol
uble phosphoric acid.
4. The fertilizer guarante
ed acid-soluble manganes
e must be made from a
fertilizer with guaranteed
(2) For a fertilizer with guaranteed citric acid-soluble potass
ium: Citric acid-soluble potassium
1.0% K2O
(3) For a fertilizer with guaranteed water-soluble potassium:
Water-soluble potassium
1.0% K2O
5. For a fertilizer with guaranteed acid-soluble silicic acid:
Acid-soluble silicic acid
10.0% SiO 2
6. (1) For a fertilizer with guaranteed citric acid-soluble m
agnesium: Citric acid-soluble magnesium
1.0% MgO
(2) For a fertilizer with guaranteed water-soluble magnesiu
m: Water-soluble magnesium
1.0% MgO
7. (1) For a fertilizer with guaranteed acid-soluble mangane
se:
Acid-soluble manganese
0.10% MnO
(2) For a fertilizer with guaranteed citric acid-soluble manga
nese: Citric acid-soluble manganese
0.10% MnO
(3) For a fertilizer with guaranteed water-soluble manganese
:
Water-soluble manganese
0.10% MnO
8. (1) For a fertilizer with guaranteed citric acid-soluble bor
on:
Citric acid-soluble boron
0.05% B2O3
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acid-soluble manganese.
5. Fermented sludge fertiliz
ers must be used less tha
n 20% of the total weig
ht of complex fertilizer
when calculated as dry f
ermented sludge fertilizer
s.
(2) For a fertilizer with guaranteed water-soluble boron:
Water-soluble boron
0.05% B2O3
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Fused compound
fertilizer made fr
om calcined slud
ge fertilizers
1. Citric acid-soluble phosphoric acid
12.0% P2
O5
Citric acid-soluble potassium
1.0% K2O
2. For a fertilizer with guaranteed alkalinity, acid-soluble sili
cic acid, or citric acid-soluble magnesium in addition to citri
c acid-soluble phosphoric acid and citric acid-soluble potassi
um:
-In addition to the nutrient mentioned in 1,
For alkalinity
40.0% CaO or CaO+MgO
For acid-soluble silicic acid
10.0% SiO2
For citric acid-soluble magnesium
12.0% MgO
Per 1.0% P2O5+K2O
Arsenic
0.002% A
s
Cadmium
0.000075% C
d
Nickel
0.005% N
i
Chromium
0.05% Cr
Mercury
0.00005% H
g
Lead
0.003% P
b
1. 100% of the fertilizer
must pass through a wir
e sieve with 2 millimeter
openings.
2. The fertilizer must be
recognized not to be to
xic to plants as a result
of undergoing vegetation
experiment on toxicity to
plants.
2. Kinds and maximum or minimum content of agricultural chemicals and other substances permissible to be incorporated in a following type of
Ordinary Fertilizer are considered to be established in the Official Standards pursuant to the provision of the Article 25 of the Fertilizer Control
Law.
Fertilizer incorporated with agricultural chemicals and other substances
Type of fertilizer
Kinds of agricultural chemicals and other
substances permissible to be incorporated
Maximum or minimum content of agricultural chemic
als and other substances permissible to be incorporate
d (%)
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Coated compound
0.050% or less
(E)-(S)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,4-dimethyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1fertilizer
yl)pent-1-en-3-ol
【uniconazole-P】
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