# Western Sahara Resource Watch

> Western Sahara Resource Watch reports a vessel offloading about 55,000 tonnes of phosphate rock from Western Sahara into Innophos facilities at Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, in early September 2021. A third vessel was reported en route.

- Date: 2021-09-05 · published 2021-09-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45378-western-sahara-resource-watch
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Increased phosphate rock imports into Mexico add supply to the regional market, though the volume is small relative to global phosphate trade and the story is mainly political.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- PHOSROCK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-04-15 | [Phosphate finds new way to reach the Prairies \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47918-phosphate-finds-new-way-to-reach-the-prairies-the-western-producer.md) | -0.1% | +6.7% |
| DAP | 2020-02-23 | [Morocco Suffers Sharp Fall In Phosphate Sales From Disputed Territory Of Western Sahara, As North American Orders Dry Up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54889-morocco-suffers-sharp-fall-in-phosphate-sales-from-disputed-territory-of.md) | +0.9% | -1.8% |
| DAP | 2021-09-09 | [Mexico resumes imports of Moroccan phosphate – Phosphate Price](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45377-mexico-resumes-imports-of-moroccan-phosphate-phosphate-price.md) | +0.4% | +7.1% |
| DAP | 2020-06-25 | [Morocco's OCP to commission Nigeria, Ghana plants in 2024 \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52924-morocco-s-ocp-to-commission-nigeria-ghana-plants-in-2024-reuters.md) | +4.8% | +10.7% |
| DAP | 2020-10-15 | [Morocco’s OCP hires US public relations firm FleishmanHillard for trade fight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50936-morocco-s-ocp-hires-us-public-relations-firm-fleishmanhillard-for-trade-fight.md) | +0.1% | -1.7% |

## Sources

- wsrw.org: https://wsrw.org/en/news/innophos-importing-heavily-from-occupied-western-sahara

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