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POTASH PUTS
Food on The Table

Canadian potash helps farmers grow healthy crops to feed a healthy world. In other words, potash puts food on the table. Domestically-produced potash isn’t just agriculture’s essential ingredient, it also supports thousands of jobs, contributes billions to our economy, and protects our food supply from disruption. Unfortunately, those jobs, the industry’s future, and Canada’s food security are now threatened by predatory competition from abroad and duplicative red-tape at home.

To Keep Canada Competitive and continue to put food on everyone’s table it’s time to dig deeper.

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Competitive
Potash

Many foreign potash producers, like China, Russia and Belarus, do little to safeguard their workers or protect the environment.

Now, they are targeting Canada’s potash producers.

Here at home, high taxes, duplicative red-tape, and insufficient infrastructure threaten to make Canadian potash more expensive for farmers and less competitive globally.

That’s a big problem for Canadian workers and Canadian food security. Simply put, it’s dangerous to depend on global competitors to feed Canada’s families.

Lowest Cost

A Level Playing Field is Good for Canada

The price of potash is set by the market, and made more expensive by duplicative red-tape, uncompetitive taxes, and access to trade infrastructure.

Foreign competitors take advantage of less comprehensive environmental regulations in their countries and are often owned and operated by governments themselves.

Subsidies by their governments undermine the competitiveness of the potash industry, artificially lowering their production costs and enabling them to sell goods at prices below market value.

Keeping Canada Competitive means avoiding needless costs and regulatory burdens.

Predatory Global Competition

Foreign competitors are taking advantage of Canada’s rising costs and benefit from favorable currency exchange rates.

These rates mean global customers can more affordably purchase Russian and Belarus’ potash, increasing those countries' market share.

To keep Canada competitive, we must:

Stop the policies that harm potash production and export like heavy taxes and duplicative red-tape

Start implementing policies that give Canada a competitive edge, like modernizing critical trade infrastructure.

Sources: CRU/IFA/NRCan/USGS

2023 World Production

CANADA
WORLD PRODUCTION:
22M
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CANADA

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

22M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

4,500M

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

21.6M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
RUSSIA
WORLD PRODUCTION:
12M
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RUSSIA

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

12M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

11.5M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
BELARUS
WORLD PRODUCTION:
8.5M
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BELARUS

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

8.5M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

3,300M

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

12.3M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
CHINA

CHINA

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

6.8M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

N/A

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
ISRAEL

ISRAEL

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

3.6M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

3.3M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
CHILE

CHILE

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

1.6M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

N/A

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
LAOS

LAOS

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

2.1M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

N/A

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
GERMANY

GERMANY

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

3.3M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

3.1M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
CANADA
WORLD PRODUCTION:
22M
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CANADA

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

22M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

4,500M

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

21.6M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
RUSSIA
WORLD PRODUCTION:
12M
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RUSSIA

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

12M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

11.5M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
BELARUS
WORLD PRODUCTION:
8.5M
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BELARUS

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

8.5M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

3,300M

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

12.3M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
CHINA

CHINA

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

6.8M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

N/A

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
ISRAEL

ISRAEL

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

3.6M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

3.3M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
CHILE

CHILE

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

1.6M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

N/A

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
LAOS

LAOS

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

2.1M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

N/A

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN
GERMANY

GERMANY

WORLD PRODUCTION:

production

3.3M

TONNES

WORLD RESERVES:

reserves

N/A

TONNES

WORLD EXPORTS:

export

3.1M

TONNES

Source: Statistics from NRCAN

Food Security is National Security

Potash is not only essential to Canada but also to the global food supply and international stability.

The Russo-Ukrainian War saw sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus that temporarily increased the price of fertilizer and disrupted the supply chain.

Agricultural products including fertilizers are excluded from sanctions.

Governments concerned about stable potash supplies asked North American producers to increase supply to secure crop production.

Despite sanctions, competition in the potash market remains fierce. Foreign producers continue to deliver potash products to global markets at pre-war levels.

Canada should avoid needless costs and red tape to keep its potash industry competitive in a market affected by global instability.

Clean Energy Transition

Clean Energy Transition

Transitioning to clean energy is a defining issue of our time—and Canadian potash producers are ready to meet it head-on. For example, The Mosaic Company is reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% per tonne of product and aligning with the Paris Agreement’s goal requiring net-zero emissions.

THE MOSAIC COMPANY'S TARGETS

NetZERO

20%

Emissions by 2040

Reduction in GHGs per tonne by 2025

Keep Canada Competitive

Foreign competitors are aggressively expanding their operations to take market share and threaten domestic production and jobs. We must maintain our competitive edge.

Current New Potash Projects Globally


Expanding Potash

Canada

As of 2023, there are 3 potash projects under development by Canada’s potash industry.

Expanding Potash Projects

Russia / Belarus

As of 2023, there are 7 projects underway in Russia and Belarus

Expanding Potash Projects

Laos

As of 2023, there are 2 potash projects under development in Laos

Invest in Infrastructure and Supply Chains

Reliable port and rail infrastructure is essential to ensuring potash reaches global markets.

When supply chain disruptions occur due to avoidable infrastructure-related challenges, labor shortages or port governance issues, global competitors will fill the void, putting Canadian jobs at risk and increasing the cost of food production.

Investing in and maintaining transportation infrastructure and supply chains is key to maintaining Canada’s competitive edge.

Big Impact

Sustainable, Ethically-Produced, Competitive Potash

Canadian potash is already the most sustainable in the world. Keeping Canadian potash competitive is not only essential to our food security and critical to our economy, it’s good for the environment, too.

50%

Fewer Greenhouse Gas Emissions

20%

Less Water Used Per Ton of Product

Time to Dig

Time to Dig Deeper - Together

It’s time to act to secure Canada’s prosperity, our food supply, and our future.

Will you stand up for Canadian workers?

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