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Footnotes

1. Availability of Raw Materials Source: Fertecon, EIA
2. Cost of New Capacity Source: Fertecon, PotashCorp
3. Greenfield Definition: New operation built on undeveloped site
4. Greenfield Development Time Source: Fertecon, PotashCorp
5. Producing Countries Source: Fertecon
6. State- or Subsidy-Controlled Capacity Source: Fertecon, British Sulphur, PotashCorp
7. Industry Operating Rate Source: Fertecon, PotashCorp
8. PotashCorp % of World Capacity
Source: Fertecon, PotashCorp
9. PotashCorp World Position by Capacity
Source: Fertecon; Blue, Johnson; Agrium; Mosaic; Terra; PotashCorp

Abbreviated Company Names and Sources*

AAPFCO American Association of Plant Food Control Officials, USA
Agrifos Agrifos Fertilizer Inc., USA
Agrium Agrium Inc. (TSX and NYSE: AGU), Canada
APC Arab Potash Company Ltd. (Amman: ARPT), Jordan
Belaruskali PA Belaruskali, Belarus
Bloomberg Bloomberg L.P., USA
Blue, Johnson Blue, Johnson & Associates, USA
British Sulphur British Sulphur Consultants, UK
Canadian National Railway Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX: CNR, NYSE: CNI), Canada
Canpotex Canpotex Limited, Canada
CBOT Chicago Board of Trade, USA
CF Industries CF Industries, Inc. (NYSE: CF), USA
CNC Caribbean Nitrogen Company, Trinidad
CP Rail Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX: CP), Canada
Doane Doane Advisory Services, USA
EIA Energy Information Administration, USA
FAI Fertilizer Association of India, India
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAPRI Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, USA
Fertecon Fertecon Limited and Fertecon Research Centre Limited, UK
FMB FMB Group Limited, UK
ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd. (Tel Aviv: ICL), Israel
IFA International Fertilizer Industry Association, France
IMF International Monetary Fund, USA
Innophos Innophos Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPHS), USA
Intrepid Intrepid Potash (NYSE: IPI), USA
IPNI International Plant Nutrition Institute, USA
K+S K+S Group (Xetra: SDF), Germany
Koch Koch Industries, Inc., USA
LME London Metal Exchange, UK
Mississippi Phosphate Mississippi Phosphate Corporation, USA
Moody’s Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO), USA
Mosaic The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), USA
NYMEX New York Mercantile Exchange, USA
NYSE New York Stock Exchange, USA
OCP Office Cherifien des Phosphates, Morocco
OMS Overseas Marine Service, USA
Pemex Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico
PhosChem Phosphate Chemicals Export Association, Inc., USA
QSLP Qinghai Salt Lake Potash Co. Ltd., China
Silvinit JSC Silvinit, Russia
Simplot J.R. Simplot Company, USA
Sinofert Sinofert Holdings Limited (HKSE, 0297.HK), China
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (Santiago Bolsa de Comercio Exchange,
NYSE: SQM), Chile
Terra Terra Industries, Inc. (NYSE: TRA), USA
TFI The Fertilizer Institute, USA
Thomson Reuters Thomson Reuters, USA
Togliatti OAO Togliatti Azot, Russia
Tringen Trinidad Nitrogen Co., Limited, Trinidad
TSX Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada
Uralkali JSC Uralkali (LSE and RTS: URKA), Russia
USDA US Department of Agriculture, USA
Vale Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Bovespa: Vale), Brazil
Yara Yara International (Oslo: YAR), Norway
 
* Where PotashCorp is listed as a source in conjunction with external sources, we have supplemented the external data with internal analysis.