This came on top of restrictions that have been steadily put in place since 2021.
Last year, China accounted for about 25% of global output of fertiliser, with exports totalling more than $13bn (£9.6bn).
Malpass, who ran the World Bank from 2019 to 2023, also said that Beijing’s claim to be a developing nation was no longer credible.
“They present themselves as a developing country when they’re the second biggest economy in the world and in many ways rich,” he said.
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