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An overview of the African fertilizer market notes a slow start to 2020, with Algerian export licence delays now resolved and Sorfert, Trammo and others trading cargoes. It also reports higher freight rates and lower ammonia consumption at Moroccan plants.
Higher freight rates raise delivered fertilizer costs and can squeeze producer netbacks. Quieter Lunar New Year trade may slow deals in February.
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