The limited availability of phosphates in the US , especially with the idling of Mosaic 's Plant City facility in Mosaic , is forcing up prices domestically on top of already rising international prices. The suspension of production from the Mosaic plant has removed around 320,000 tons per quarter from domestic supplies and had contributed to the 11% rise in DAP phosphate ( DAP ) and Monoammonium phosphate ( MAP ) imports from January to June of this year , while exports have also fallen 43% to 1.69 million tons . Strong demand from Plant City may make supplies on the international market harder to come by as well.
The limited availability of phosphates in the US, especially with the idling of Mosaic's Plant City facility in Florida, is forcing up prices domestically on top of already rising international prices. The suspension of production from the Mosaic plant has removed around 320,000 tons per quarter from domestic supplies and had contributed to the 43% rise in Diammonium phosphate (DAP) and Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) imports from January to June of this year, while exports have also fallen 11% to 1.69 million tons. Strong demand from South America may make supplies on the international market harder to come by as well.