So russian potash via belarus
I fucking hate the US
So russian potash via belarus
I fucking hate the US
According to Belarusian media reports Monday, President Alexander Lukashenko said even if there was a desire to enter western markets, there is nothing left to supply.
According to reporting from Reuters, potash from Belarus remains under EU sanctions, and the landlocked country has been barred from exporting via the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda since February 2022.
Also, can't trade with Canada because of human rights abuses, but can trade with Belarus because of human rights abuses.
Shipping costs?
I don't see many ways that can shake out economically. Considering the fuel oil required to barge it across the entire fucking Atlantic ocean has doubled in price in the last 6 months, there's no way that savings can happen
Edit: lmao
Not to mention that the Canadian supply chain of potash to the US is highly optimized. Parts of it utilize dedicated rail because it was more efficient than trucking even. There's no world in which this works.
Turns out it doesn't matter lmao
https://thehill.com/policy/international/6102469-trump-lukashenko-potash-deal-clash/
It's not about economics, it's about his ego. He only wants to trade with people willing to pretend he's a big boy, no matter how much it hurts.
“The pricing would be for substantially less than we are currently paying to Canada, very good news for our Farmers and Ranchers,” he posted to Truth Social on Monday.
Not unless he's convinced Putin to sell it at a massive loss it won't be. He'll get his potash. The cost of fertilizer will bankrupt every farm in the country unless he's going to pay the difference on the public dime.
We all know that theirs is inferior potassium . - Kazakh national anthem, according to Borat
U.S. President Donald Trump says
So that's a lie then
Belarus has already responded saying there is no potash available to sell to the US: https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/09/21/we-dont-have-any-for-the-usa-lukashenko-spoke-about-the-situation-with-the-export-of-potash-fertilizers
Even when russian Belarusian potash was available farmers didn’t want it because it was such shit quality and required so much extra processing it was more expensive in the end anyways so the farmers aren’t even going to be happy about this anyways
Interestingly enough, EU has sanctioned Russia (and most sanctions are mirrored to Belarus) which specifically call out potash. This means that shipping thru EU might not be possible.
This is becoming a serious international incident!
https://genius.com/Borat-o-kazakhstan-lyrics
"Kazakhstan, greatest country in the world All other countries are run by little girls Kazakhstan, number one exporter of potassium All other countries have inferior potassium..."
This is to help Putin, by Putin's stooge helping another of Putin's stooges.
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