# Tunisia: phosphate production reaches record high - Tunisian Monitor

> Tunisia's phosphate production reached 500,000 tons in January 2017, the highest monthly level since January 2011. The energy minister said output this year could average 6 million tons, a level not reached in years.

- Date: 2017-02-04 · published 2017-02-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72815-tunisia-phosphate-production-reaches-record-high-tunisian-monitor
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

A recovery in Tunisian output adds modest supply to the phosphate market, a small bearish factor against otherwise firm phosphate prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- PHOSROCK: bearish ▼

## Sources

- tmo-mag.com.tn: https://tmo-mag.com.tn/tunisia-phosphate-production-reaches-record-high/

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