… the bigger message that over the decades what, what used to be an almost entirely American basically fertilizer production facilities has now moved across the world. And as a result We now import of our fertilizer in this country and is about $9 billion. And so what we announced yesterday in connection I had Chris Wright from Department of Energy, Lee Zeldin, epa, Howard Lutnick a couple of weeks ago. (01:02–01:08)
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Asserts that the U.S. imports approximately $9 billion worth of fertilizer.
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