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Canpotex, short for Canadian Potash Exporters , is a Canadian potash exporting and marketing firm, incorporated in 1970 and operating since 1972.〔 Based in Saskatchewan, Canpotex manages the entire Saskatchewan potash exporting industry (excluding Canadian and US sales), including transportation and delivery. It has been criticized as a "cartel".〔http://www.financialpost.com/opinion/columnists/Canpotex+cartel+bureau/3453808/story.html〕 Canpotex is the world's largest exporter of potash, selling over nine million tonnes of potash in 2008,〔 representing about one-third of global capacity. The global potash market was considered a duopoly between Canpotex and Belarusian Potash Company (BPC), a similar consortium which exported Belarusian (Belaruskali) and Russian potash (Uralkali); until the BPC marketing venture failed in 2013, the two collectively controlled 70% of global potash exports. ==Member producers== Canpotex is wholly owned by its three member producers:〔〔 *Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) — 54% of potash exported *The Mosaic Company — 37% *Agrium — 9% In August 2010, Australian mining giant BHP Billiton announced intentions to acquire PotashCorp, though its bid was blocked by the Canadian government in November 2010 and subsequently withdrawn.〔 BHP publicly intended to exit the Canpotex partnership as it prefers to market its minerals itself. As over half of Canpotex's sales volumes ware produced by PotashCorp, both Agrium and Mosaic issued concerns.〔 The Saskatchewan government also issued concerns, citing that the breakup of Canpotex would likely result in lower tax revenues for the government. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canpotex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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