# Fertiliser outlook: : Oversupplied and under-priced

> An Industrial Minerals outlook says the fertilizer market is oversupplied, with potash producers adding capacity from new projects. The PotashCorp and Agrium merger would create a company with nameplate potash capacity above 20 million tonnes a year.

- Date: 2018-01-01 · published 2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67288-fertiliser-outlook-oversupplied-and-under-priced
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding potash capacity and expected falling raw material costs point to softer potash prices through 2018. Higher phosphate prices driven by reduced US and Chinese exports are expected to be short-lived.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- POTASH: bearish ▼
- PHOSROCK: neutral

## Sources

- dialnet.unirioja.es: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6577780

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