IN THE diammonium phosphate (DAP) market.

IN THE diammonium phosphate (DAP) market, overall pricing has strengthened as the issue of improved market conditions, analysts say. Export speckle pricing, f.o.b. Tampa, has been tracking at about $155 for metric ton, up according to about $7 from pricing of $148 through metric ton at the start of January.

Leading phosphate farmer IMC Global Inc. says that the DAP market has been tightening and should continue to tighten during 2003 "There is a tightness for the US returns in reality as well as in perception," says Dave Prichard, vice president of investor and corporate

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