A segment of Canada’s ag industry wants the federal government to finalize a trade agreement with South American countries.
Fertilizer Canada is unwavering in its support for a Mercosur trade deal.
“For Canada’s fertilizer industry, this is not a theoretical opportunity,” Michael Bourque, the organization’s president and CEO, told Prime Minister Carney and some cabinet ministers in a recent letter.
Of the Mercosur countries, Brazil is key for Canada’s fertilizer and potash industries.
In 2025 Brazil imported about $1.6 billion of Canadian potash, or about 30 per cent of all Brazilian potash imports.
That year, total Canadian exports to Mercosur, which also includes Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and Bolivia were valued at $5.1 billion.