5. Phospate in the Netherlands 33 5.1 Import, export and consumption The Netherlands does not have any economically-viable phosphate resources and is therefore dependent on the import of phosphate from abroad. Local occurrences of phosphorite nodules in upper Miocene sediments near Ootmarsum and at some depth in Zeeland are not commercially viable. In 2005, the total import of phosphate amounted to some 1.06 Mt P2O5, which includes both inorganic phosphate (e.g. rock phosphate, fertilisers and feed additives) as well as organic phosphate contained in food and animal feed (see Table 5.1). The bulk of the phosphate imported into the Netherlands is again exported in the form of fertilisers and inorganic chemicals (648 100 t P2O5), as food for human consumption (185 500 t P2O5) and to a lesser extent as animal feed and manure (43 500 t P2O5). In total, some 83% of the phosphate that entered the Netherlands in 2005 was again exported in some form. A more detailed overview of the import, export and consumption of phosphate is presented in Annex I. In 2005 the phosphate balance of the Netherlands amounted to 183 300 t P2O5 (Table 5.1), which amounts to per capita consumption of some 11 kg P2O5. The actual agricultural phosphate consumption -which includes the phosphate in agricultural export commodities such as food and animal feed - is somewhat higher (208 500 t P2O5; see Annex I). The phosphate used for agricultural production is primarily imported as animal feed (142 100 t P2O5), whereas the remaining phosphate is from fertilisers (48 100 t P2O5), feed additives (16 000 t P2O5) and other forms (2 300 t P2O5). Pagina 42
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