Editing Phosphate (section)

===Mining===
[[File:International Exchange of Phosphates in 1937 - DPLA - 03790fc57d3206e73683a68ec11c8fb2.jpg|thumb|right|Phosphate imports/exports in 1937]]
The three principal phosphate producer countries (China, Morocco and the United States) account for about 70% of world production.

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|+ Production and global reserves of natural phosphate by country in 2019<br /><small>(USGS, 2021)</small><ref>{{cite web| url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-phosphate.pdf| title = PHOSPHATE ROCK, usgs}}</ref>
! Country !! Production <br />(millions kg) !! Share of <br /> global <br /> production (%) !! Reserves<br />(millions kg)
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| [[Algeria]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:1300}} || align="right" | 0.54 || align="right" | {{formatnum:2200000}}
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| [[Australia]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:2700}} || align="right" | 1.17 || align="right" | {{formatnum:1100000}}
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| [[Brazil]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:4700}} || align="right" | 3.00 || align="right" | {{formatnum:1600000}}
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| [[China]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:95000}} || align="right" | 44.83 || align="right" | {{formatnum:3200000}}
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| [[Egypt]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:5000}} || align="right" | 2.47 || align="right" | {{formatnum:2800000}}
|-
|[[Finland]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:995}} || align="right" | - || align="right" | {{formatnum:1000000}}
|-
| [[India]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:1,480}} || align="right" | 0.49 || align="right" | {{formatnum:46000}}
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| [[Iraq]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:200}} || align="right" | 0.09 || align="right" | {{formatnum:430000}}
|-
| [[Israel]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:2,810}} || align="right" | 1.48 || align="right" | {{formatnum:57000}}
|-
| [[Jordan]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:9,220}} || align="right" | 3.36 || align="right" | {{formatnum:800000}}
|-
| [[Kazakhstan]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:1500}} || align="right" | 0.72 || align="right" | {{formatnum:260000}}
|-
| [[Mexico]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:558}} || align="right" | 0.76 || align="right" | {{formatnum:30000}}
|-
| [[Morocco]] and [[Western Sahara]] || align="right" |{{formatnum:35500}} || align="right" | 13.45 || align="right" | {{formatnum:50000000}}
|-
| [[Peru]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:4000}} || align="right" | 1.79 || align="right" | {{formatnum:210000}}
|-
| [[Russia]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:13100}} || align="right" | 5.60 || align="right" | {{formatnum:600000}}
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| [[Saudi Arabia]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:6500}} || align="right" | 1.48 || align="right" | {{formatnum:1400000}}
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| [[Senegal]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:3,420}} || align="right" | 0.45 || align="right" | {{formatnum:50000}}
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| [[South Africa]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:2100}} || align="right" | 0.99 || align="right" | {{formatnum:1400000}}
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| [[Syria]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:2000}} || align="right" | 0.34 || align="right" | {{formatnum:1800000}}
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| [[Togo]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:800}} || align="right" | 0.45 || align="right" | {{formatnum:30000}}
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| [[Tunisia]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:4,110}} || align="right" | 1.79 || align="right" | {{formatnum:100000}}
|-
|[[Uzbekistan]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:900}} || align="right" | - || align="right" | {{formatnum:100000}}
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| [[United States]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:23300}} || align="right" | 12.37 || align="right" | {{formatnum:1000000}}
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| [[Vietnam]] || align="right" | {{formatnum:4,650}} || align="right" | 1.21 || align="right" | {{formatnum:30000}}
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| Other countries || align="right" | {{formatnum:1,140}} || align="right" | 1.17 || align="right" | {{formatnum:840000}}
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| '''Total''' || align="right" | '''{{formatnum:227000}}''' || align="right" | '''100''' || align="right" | '''{{formatnum:71000000}}'''
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