PhosChem announces trade deal

Phosphate Chemicals Export Association Inc. (PhosChem) said today that it has reached an agreement to supply 400,000 mt of DAP to two large Indian customers for shipment between now and September 2013. The price is at current market levels.

PhosChem was founded in 1974 in accordance with the provisions of the Webb-Pomerene Act and is the export marketing association for its members. The Act was created to promote U.S. exports. PhosChem is the largest exporter of concentrated phosphate from North America. Its member companies include Mosaic Crop Nutrition, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), and PCS Sales (USA), Inc., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (TSE and NYSE: POT).