Many fertilizer companies are involved in owning phosphate deposits and in producing the phosphate rock concentrate needed to manufacture their downstream fertilizer products. This "vertically integrated" part of the concentrate market accounts for approximately 84% of the total produced each year.
The remaining 16% of phosphate rock concentrate produced in the world is sold (exported) by independent producers mainly in the merchant market.
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