Tunisia:
Compagnie des phosphates de Gafsa (CPG) on July 18 completed the loading of 32,500 mt of phosphate rock at the port of Sfax for Turkey, the third cargo shipped to the same Turkish customer since the start of 2023, Tunis Afrique Presse reported, citing CPG Director of Loading Centres Maher Rouached.
CPG did not disclose the name of the customer nor the total tons shipped to date this year. CPG hopes to increase phosphate rock exports to fertilizer manufacturers in Europe and Asia to 400,000 mt by the end of 2023, according to the report.
Tunisia has exported a total of 155,000 mt of phosphate rock since the beginning of 2023, Rouached said, with cargoes delivered to Europe, Asia, and Latin America, compared with 90,000 mt last year.
The country’s phosphate rock exports continue to be constrained by the limited transportation resources from the mines to the ports, according to the report.