# Tunisia: crude phosphate production reaches 3.3 million tons in 2018, down 25% - African Manager

> Tunisia produced 3.34 million tonnes of crude phosphate in 2018, down 25% from 4.42 million tonnes in 2017, according to the national statistics institute. Recurring strikes by Gafsa Phosphate Company unions are blamed, and the company produced only half of its planned output. Before 2011 Tunisia produced more than 6 million tonnes a year.

- Date: 2019-02-27 · published 2019-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Tunisia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60934-tunisia-crude-phosphate-production-reaches-3-3-million-tons-in-2018-down-25
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Lost Tunisian output tightens phosphate rock and DAP availability for importers, supporting prices, although the volume is small relative to global supply.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2025-06-01 | [The price of phosphate fertilisers continues to rise and everything indicates that there will be an upturn in urea prices – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4338-the-price-of-phosphate-fertilisers-continues-to-rise-and-everything-indicates.md) | +0.7% | +3.8% |
| DAP | 2021-02-19 | [More Than Farm Demand: Why Phosphate and Potash Fertilizer Prices are Surging - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12869-more-than-farm-demand-why-phosphate-and-potash-fertilizer-prices-are-surging.md) | -1.5% | -1.7% |
| DAP | 2026-07-28 | [Urea's cheap but farmers urged to act on phosphate as prices soar \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18656-urea-s-cheap-but-farmers-urged-to-act-on-phosphate-as-prices-soar-farm-online.md) | +1.7% | +1.3% |
| DAP | 2020-04-21 | [Article: Measuring Phosphate Markets in Weeks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53563-article-measuring-phosphate-markets-in-weeks.md) | 0.0% | -7.1% |
| DAP | 2024-10-11 | [USDA Updates Effects of 2018 Farm Bill Expiration and FY 2025 Continuing Resolution - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27842-usda-updates-effects-of-2018-farm-bill-expiration-and-fy-2025-continuing.md) | 0.0% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- en.africanmanager.com: https://en.africanmanager.com/tunisia-crude-phosphate-production-reaches-3-3-million-tons-in-2018-down-25/

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