# Industry Overview - Global Potash Market

> A Gensource Potash Corp. release describes the global potash market, noting MOP prices are about 58% above late-2016 lows. It cites FAO forecasts of 68 million tonnes of 2019 demand and 4% annual consumption growth over the last five years.

- Date: 2019-06-04 · published 2019-06-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58906-industry-overview-global-potash-market
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Strong demand growth and slow ramp-up of new greenfield supply support firm potash prices, which raises fertiliser costs for crop producers and can feed through to grain and feed margins.

## Read by commodity

- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Sources

- investcom.com: https://www.investcom.com/industry_overview/potash/global_potash_market_4Jun2019.htm

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