Glossary
ABNT (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas) – Brazilian Association of Technical Standards
ACRA – Russian rating agency
AN – ammonium nitrate
ANBP – apatite‑nepheline beneficiation plant
APP – ammonium polyphosphate
bln – billion
bps – basis point
BRICS – an association of ten countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, the UAE, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and Indonesia (BRICS – an abbreviation for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)
CAPEX – capital expenditures
CBAM – Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
CCI – Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia
CDP – Carbon Disclosure Project
CGC – Corporate Governance Code of the Bank of Russia
CIS – Commonwealth of Independent States
CO2 – carbon dioxide
CO2‑eq. – a conventional unit used to measure greenhouse gas emissions (including carbon footprint calculations).
CUSIP – Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures
DAP – diammonium phosphate
EBITDA – earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation
EBP – electronic bidding platform
ESG – environmental, social and governance
Expert RA – Russia’s largest credit rating agency accredited by the Bank of Russia
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organisation
FOB (Free on Board) – Incoterms shipment term used to specify delivery conditions and determine which party is responsible for transportation costs
GDR – global depositary receipt
Global Compact LEAD – a platform for sustainable corporate leadership under the United Nations Global Compact
GRI – Global Reporting Initiative
ha – hectare
IFA – International Fertilizer Association
IFRS S1 and S2 (International Financial Reporting Standards S1 and S2) – sustainability standards published in June 2023 by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standards
IRR – internal rate of return
ISIN – international securities identification number
IT – information technology
IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
JSC – joint‑stock company
K2O – potassium oxide
kg – kilogram
KPI – key performance indicator
kWh – kilowatt‑hour
LLC – limited liability company
LTIFR – lost‑time injury frequency rate
m – metre
MAP – monoammonium phosphate
MAR – Market Abuse Regulation of the European Union
MCP – feed grade monocalcium phosphate
mg – milligram
mln – million
MOEX Index (formerly the MICEX Index) — a price‑based composite stock index weighted by market capitalisation. Ticker — MCX: IMOEX. The derivatives market of the Moscow Exchange trades in non‑deliverable futures contracts with the MOEX Index as the underlying asset.
MW – megawatt
n/a – no data available
NP – nitrogen‑phosphorus fertilizer
NPK – nitrogen‑phosphorus‑potassium fertilizer
NPS – sulphur‑containing nitrogen‑phosphorus fertilizer
OJSC – open joint‑stock company
p.p. – percentage point
P2O5 – phosphoric pentoxide
PhosAgro Group – PJSC PhosAgro and legal entities controlled by it
PJSC – public joint‑stock company
PKS – phosphorus‑potassium granular fertilizer
RAEX (RAEX Analytics) – Russia’s largest non‑credit rating agency
RAFP– Russian Association of Fertilizer Producers
RAS – Russian Accounting Standards
RIC – Reuters Instrument (Identification) Code
RSPP – Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
RTS – Russian Trading System, one of the leading Russian stock exchanges until December 2011, when it merged with MICEX to form the MICEX‑RTS exchange (Moscow Exchange since 2012). RTS Index (MCX: RTSI) – stock market index and the main benchmark for the Russian stock market. Its calculation began on 1 September 1995 with a base value of 100 points. Currently, the RTS Index is calculated by the Moscow Exchange. Denominated in US dollars, it shares a common calculation base with the MOEX Index, which is measured in Russian roubles.
RUB – Russian rouble
SDG – UN Sustainable Development Goal
SEDOL – Stock Exchange Daily Official List used in the UK and Ireland
SPIEF – St Petersburg International Economic Forum
STPP – sodium tripolyphosphate
Strategy to 2025 – PhosAgro’s Development Strategy to 2025
TCFD – Task Force on Climate‑related Financial Disclosures
Total volume of manufactured products and semi‑finished products – the total volume of manufactured products and semi‑finished products corresponds to the amount of the Company’s products produced during the reporting period, including mineral fertilizers, feed, technical phosphates and industrial products, apatite and nepheline concentrates
UN – United Nations
UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, a body of the UN General Assembly
UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
USA – United States of America
USD – United States dollar
VAT – value‑added tax
WPA – wet‑process phosphoric acid