Global Phosphate Market - Procurement Intelligence Report

Phosphate Market Analysis

The spend growth in the phosphate market has the potential to reach a value of over USD 10 billion with a spend momentum accelerating at a CAGR of over 3% through 2024. This spend growth will be primarily attributed to the high demand for food-grade phosphates that are used as preservatives in the food industry. The phosphate market is witnessing a substantial demand in the laundry detergent market as phosphate is used as an essential ingredient in the composition of detergents, personal hygiene products, pharmaceutical drugs, anti-corrosion coating, and construction materials. These factors will have cumulative impacts on the spend growth of the global phosphate market.

Top Spending Regions in the Phosphate Market

The growth of the pork and poultry business and the augmentation in crop production are some of the factors that will drive the spend momentum of the phosphate market across regions.

North America

Consumers in most of the countries are exhibiting their growing fondness towards pork which is resulting in the recent surge in the export of pork from the US to Canada, China, and Mexico. This is offering a major boost to the pork and poultry business in this region, which, in turn, is favoring the demand growth of phosphate suppliers in this region. The preference for organic chicken products, which are the second most consumed meat in the US, is further contributing towards the spend growth in the phosphate market.

South America

Cultivators are taking initiatives to augment their crop production with Brazil and Argentina extensively cultivating soybean. This is creating substantial requirements of phosphate fertilizers to enhance the crop yield. Also, Brazil has planned to expand its soybean cultivation area to approximately 36 million hectares by 2020. Thus, increasing soy cultivation in the region will drive the category demand from the manufacturers of phosphate fertilizers such as DAP and MAP during the forecast period.

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What are the Key Price Trends that will Impact Buyer's TCO in the Phosphate Market

According to the phosphate price trends, procurement expenses borne by buyers will increase at a substantial rate primarily due to the predicted volatility in raw materials prices and the widening gap between the demand and supply of phosphates. These factors will pose as major hindrances for buyers in determining their TCO in the phosphate market. This will impact the stability in their pricing strategies which will ultimately ramify into excess procurement spend in the phosphate market.

Phosphate Price Trends:

• The prices of raw materials such as sulfur, phosphate rock, and ammonia are predicted to undergo frequent phases of dynamism during the forecast period. This will have a subsequent inflationary impact on the procurement expenditure of buyers in the phosphate market.
   
• The exponential demand of phosphates from the food and the fertilizer industries is fast depleting the supply reserves which is resulting in a demand-supply imbalance. According to the phosphate price trends, this imbalance will be reflective in the overall price that will have an inflationary impact on the buyer's TCO in the phosphate market.
   
• The massive environmental footprint that the manufacturing of phosphate entails is compelling governments to implement new regulations to curb this environmental threat. Such changes will result in phosphate suppliers incur compliance costs which will be ultimately compensated by buyers in the form of excess procurement spend.
   

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Key Phosphate Suppliers Selection Criteria

While it is evident that supplier's increasing OPEX will drive the buyer's procurement spend, there are no immediate strategies that will stabilize such the OPEX. However, keeping the market dynamics in mind, strategic selection of suppliers and maintaining an effective supplier relationship management are observed to facilitate buyers with optimized procurement expenditure and better category management in the phosphate market.

Engage with phosphate suppliers that provide intermodal transportation

For buyers, whose operation is highly dependent on a steady supply of phosphate, it is prudent of them to evaluate suppliers based on their networking with vendors who provide multiple modes of transportation. Buyers must ensure that the vendors with whom the phosphate suppliers are engaging have technologically advanced tools to track end-to-end delivery and take effective actions in case of any natural calamity. Engagement with such suppliers who provide intermodal can guarantee the buyers with a high supply assurance during geopolitical or meteorological.

Pending litigation

The phosphate market is prone to lawsuits because of mining activities. The mining industry is also subject to strict scrutiny regarding environmental and EHS emissions. To ensure smooth business operations, it is essential for buyers to prefer phosphate suppliers with limited pending litigations.

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Insights Offered in this Phosphate Market Report

• Global and regional spend potential for the phosphate market for the period of 2019-2024
• Top phosphate suppliers and their cost structure
• Phosphate suppliers relationship management practices
• US phosphate spend management insights
• Phosphate price trends and forecasts
• Phosphate market trends and challenges
• Cost-benefit analysis of pricing models in the phosphate market
• Cost drivers influencing the phosphate market size