Senegal: July phosphate rock exports fall 64%

摘要

Senegal's exports of phosphate rock fell 64% in July, according to the latest customs data from IHS Global Trade Atlas. July rock exports dropped to 30,925 mt, compared to 86,301 mt in the same month a year earlier. Exports of rock from the West African nation in the first seven months of the calendar year fell 14% at 330,191 mt, with 61% of the tonnage loaded for Poland, almost double the same period in 2015 Lebanon was the second most significant destination for Senegalese material, receiving 53,939 mt January-July, down 33% on the same period a year earlier. Exports to Spain were down 48% in the first seven months at 42,914 mt.