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Where does India get its phosphate rock? Import sources 2024

In 2024, India imported $1.8 billion of phosphate rock (12.4 million tonnes), 35.6% of the world total. Its main sources were Jordan (41%), Morocco (19%) and Togo (16%). India was the world’s largest importer of phosphate rock.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
12.4million tonnes
Share of world total
35.6%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Jordan745Tonnes: 5,066,887USD per tonne: $14740.9%Sea
Morocco344Tonnes: 2,851,648USD per tonne: $12118.9%Sea
Togo284Tonnes: 1,337,545USD per tonne: $21315.6%Sea
Egypt215Tonnes: 1,598,089USD per tonne: $13511.8%Sea
Algeria100Tonnes: 652,130USD per tonne: $1535.5%Sea
Syria47.7Tonnes: 360,105USD per tonne: $1322.6%Sea
Senegal43Tonnes: 272,856USD per tonne: $1572.4%Sea
Lebanon34Tonnes: 177,294USD per tonne: $1921.9%Sea
Australia2.8Tonnes: 23,699USD per tonne: $1190.15%Sea
Sri Lanka2.8Tonnes: 20,615USD per tonne: $1350.15%Sea
Netherlands re-exports2.4Tonnes: 4,019USD per tonne: $5900.13%Sea
United Kingdom0.32Tonnes: 335USD per tonne: $9560.02%Sea
China0.14Tonnes: 271USD per tonne: $5110.01%Sea
Spain0.02Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $7440%Sea
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 112USD per tonne: $1410%Sea
Peru0.01Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $4030%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $1,5090%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $31,5800%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $5900%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Jordan has been its main source since 2021

Value in USD millions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Jordan 745
  • Morocco 344
  • Togo 284
  • Egypt 215
  • Algeria 100

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Jordan75.1745
Morocco17.1344
Togo0.47284
Egypt0215
Algeria0100

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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