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Commoditypotash
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Potash

industrial_mineral · primary

USGS_2025

Trade · cross-border

Trade & import dependency

92% net import reliance

US import dependency

2021–2024 · USGS MCS

79% of US imports from Canada · All

  1. 1🇨🇦CanadaAll
    79%
  2. 2🇷🇺RussiaAll
    12%
  3. 3 Other
    6%
  4. 4 Other countriesAll

Provenance

Where this data comes from

  • BGS World Mineral Statistics
  • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
  • USGS DS-140 (constant 1998 USD)
  • USGS DS-140 (nominal)
  • USGS MCS (All products)
  • USGS MCS (MOP)
  • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
  • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
Federated from primary sources. Every fact carries its provenance.
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6%
  • 5🇮🇱IsraelAll
    3%
  • Net import reliance · 2025

    92% net import reliant

    Import vs export balance · 2021–2025

    USGS MCS

    Latest 2025: net importer

    ◀ exportsthousand metric tonsimports ▶
    2021
    +6.4M t
    2022
    +4.7M t
    2023
    +5.5M t
    2024
    +5.8M t
    2025
    +5.4M t
    YearImportsExportsNet
    20216.5M t112.0K t+6.4M t
    20224.9M t267.0K t+4.7M t
    20235.6M t157.0K t+5.5M t
    20246.0M t150.0K t+5.8M t
    20255.6M t170.0K t+5.4M t

    Top global exporters · 2024

    CEPII BACI · export value
    🇷🇺Russian Federation
    $7.0B
    🇨🇦Canada
    $6.7B
    🇩🇪Germany
    $1.8B
    🇮🇱Israel
    $1.4B
    🇧🇪Belgium
    $1.2B
    🇳🇴Norway
    $1.1B
    🇺🇸USA
    $1.1B
    🇧🇾Belarus
    $1.1B
    🇯🇴Jordan
    $957.9M
    🇱🇦Lao People's Dem. Rep.
    $847.9M

    Export restrictions

    10 measures · OECD
    ReporterMeasureCount
    🇨🇳ChinaExport tax33
    🇯🇴JordanExport tax14
    🇧🇾BelarusExport tax12
    🇨🇳ChinaExport surtax12
    🇬🇦GabonExport tax12
    🇬🇭GhanaLicensing requirement12
    🇲🇽MexicoLicensing requirement12
    🇲🇲MyanmarLicensing requirement12
    🇬🇦GabonFiscal tax on exports6
    🇲🇲MyanmarOther export measures5
  • USGS Minerals Yearbook OFR 2025-1047
  • USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019
  • usgs myb1 potash 2019
  • World Bank Pink Sheet
  • 12 sources · click to verify

    Live

    Ir100%Canada · top shareRh100%Canada · top shareRu100%Canada · top shareGa98%China · top shareGe94%China · top shareNb92%Brazil · top shareSi82%China · top shareW79%China · top shareCo77%Congo, Democratic Republic · top share75%China · top shareTe75%China · top share75%China · top shareIn74%China · top sharePt73%South Africa · top shareCu70%China · top share66%China · top shareV64%China · top shareLi64%Australia · top shareAl66%China · top shareNi65%Indonesia · top sharePb62%China · top shareAs50%Peru · top shareMg58%China · top shareBe55%USA · top shareCr55%South Africa · top shareBi54%China · top sharePd44%Russia · top shareTa46%Congo (Kinshasa) · top share49%China · top shareSb43%China · top shareRe44%Chile · top shareB44%Turkey · top shareU38%Kazakhstan · top shareZr36%Australia · top shareMn39%South Africa · top shareZn39%China · top shareTi28%Mozambique · top shareAg34%Mexico · top share29%Canada · top share26%China · top shareSn26%China · top share🇨🇱 CLCutax2024🇨🇩 CDCusurtax2022🇨🇱 CLListrategic resource2023🇨🇳 CNLiexport license2024🇿🇼 ZWLiraw ore ban2022🇮🇩 IDNiraw ore ban2020🇵🇭 PHNiroyalty2024🇷🇺 RUNiimport ban2024🇨🇳 CN→🇻🇳 VNREE+4700%re export surge🇮🇩 IDNi-97%export ban effectLi+38%concentration shift🇨🇳 CNREE-25%concentration shift

    Concentration

    HHI

    0.18

    Moderate

    Top-1
    29%
    Top-3
    65%
    Top-5
    84%
    NIR
    92%

    Active alerts · 1

    • 29%

      Canada · top share

    Critical lists · 1

    • USGS_2025

    Sources · 12

    • BGS World Mineral Statistics
    • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
    • usgs myb1 potash 2019
    • + 7 more in the Provenance section

    Concentration

    HHI

    0.18

    Moderate

    Top-1
    29%
    Top-3
    65%
    Top-5
    84%
    NIR
    92%

    Active alerts · 1

    • 29%

      Canada · top share

    Critical lists · 1

    • USGS_2025

    Sources · 12

    • BGS World Mineral Statistics
    • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
    • usgs myb1 potash 2019
    • + 7 more in the Provenance section