# Tunisia's Gabès port increases traffic in Jan-Oct 2017

> Exports from Tunisia's Gabès port reached 1.6 million tons in January to October 2017, up 10% on 2016. The cargo was mainly phosphate-based fertilizers and industrial chemicals.

- Date: 2017-12-18 · published 2017-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Tunisia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67793-tunisia-s-gabes-port-increases-traffic-in-jan-oct-2017
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Tunisian phosphate export flows add modest supply to the global DAP and TSP market, a small bearish factor for phosphate prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- TSP: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2022-11-09 | [Fertilizer Prices Continue to Slump as Rail Strike Worries Reignite](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39003-fertilizer-prices-continue-to-slump-as-rail-strike-worries-reignite.md) | +1.5% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- portseurope.com: https://www.portseurope.com/tunisias-gabes-port-increases-traffic-in-jan-oct-2017/

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