The United States Geological Survey revised its estimate of Syrian phosphate rock production for 2024 from 2,000 to 800 thousand metric tons, a reduction of 60 per cent, a year after first publishing it
Claim ID
PHOSPROD-001
Exact or summary claim
The United States Geological Survey revised its estimate of Syrian phosphate rock production for 2024 from 2,000 to 800 thousand metric tons, a reduction of 60 per cent, a year after first publishing it
Destination
Chapter 9
Status
SUPPORTED
Source
United States Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025, January 2025, read at the render research/mcs2025-phosphate_pages/p002.png, Syria row 2024 column: 2,000; and Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, February 2026, read at the render research/CH9_PHOS_mcs2026_phosphate_pages/p002.png, Syria row 2024 column: 800 (SRC-379)
Source type
Official statistical publication of a national geological survey
Published
2026-02
Accessed
2026-08-23
Measure and scope
Phosphate rock mine production in thousand metric tons, Syrian Arab Republic, calendar year 2024, as estimated in two consecutive annual editions; both figures carry the survey's 'estimated' flag
Known conflict
THE SURVEY NAMES THE REVISION ITSELF, which removes any inference: the 2026 edition's World Mine Production and Reserves note reads 'Significant revisions were made to the 2024 production for Morocco, Syria, and Turkey based on company and Government reports.' The 2026 edition gives 800 for 2025 as well, so the revised 2024 and the new 2025 agree
Specialist
Mineral production measurement
Downstream
Chapters 9 and 10
Action
Print it as an estimate revised by its own publisher, quoting the survey's revisions note, and give both figures with their editions and dates. This is one of the chapter's strongest examples because the publisher documents its own correction