Regions continued Latin America

The regional market may mean several things—the European Economic Community or the Central American Common Market are among those that come to mind.. For our purposes, however, let us think in terms of larger geographic definitions Europe, Latin America, Canada, Japan, Australia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Over the last twenty years, each of these areas has developed differently and, from the point of view of the worlds chemical industry, has exhibited a different set of needs. In the foreseeable future, the differentiation will continue. This basic fact underlies, and is a key factor in, the determination of how we must organize to sell in the world market. 

At the regional level, Asia will continue to dominate the global fertilizer scene. Nearly half of the projected increase in fertilizer use will occur in Asia. Both East Asia and South Asia will increase their fertilizer use by 5-6 million nutrient tonnes each. In West Asia, fertilizer use is expected to increase by over 1 million tonnes. In Latin America, both Central and South America, are... 

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