# Belarus’ potash industry is going through the mill – Economy and ecology | IPS Journal

> An IPS Journal analysis examines Belarus's potash industry, which once supplied 10 to 12 million tons a year to more than 100 countries. Sanctions and the war in Ukraine disrupted its Lithuanian export route, and exports have been redirected. The piece questions whether the resulting decline threatened global food security.

- Date: 2023-11-21 · published 2023-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Belarus · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33509-belarus-potash-industry-is-going-through-the-mill-economy-and-ecology-ips
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Rerouting of Belarusian potash through Russia has kept global supply flowing, which limits the price support that a sustained loss of Belarusian tonnage would otherwise provide.

## Read by commodity

- POTASH: neutral

## Sources

- ips-journal.eu: https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/economy-and-ecology/belarus-potash-industry-is-going-through-the-mill-7139

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