# Western Saharan phosphate imports cause controversy | Farm Online | ACT

> Incitec Pivot Fertilisers imported about 33,000 tonnes of rock phosphate from Western Sahara into Geelong, Australia, worth roughly A$15 million, after Vietnamese supply was disrupted. The Maritime Union of Australia criticised the purchase as potentially a war crime.

- Date: 2022-10-23 · published 2022-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39469-western-saharan-phosphate-imports-cause-controversy-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted Vietnamese phosphate rock supply forced Australian buyers to source from new origins, a tightening factor for phosphate rock and single super phosphate costs.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/7952133/controversy-over-ipf-phosphate-imports/

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