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80% of the world's supply comes from Sudan...that is certainly a surprise. I'd love to see a table of some of the world's most essential goods that have 80% or

by jmkd 2y ago

80% of the world's supply comes from Sudan...that is certainly a surprise. I'd love to see a table of some of the world's most essential goods that have 80% or more reliance on a single market.

ceejayoz 2y ago
60% of IV fluids used in the US came from a single manufacturing plant that got hit by a hurricane last year. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5193027/nationwide-iv-fluid-shortage-intravenous-drugs-hospitals-patient-hydration-helene-hurricane-baxter https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/19/nx... My wife gets regular infusions and had to ration for months; the local hospital canceled elective surgeries as well.
- ipsum2 2y ago
  IV fluids aren't even difficult to produce compared to gum arabic, its just different salts in water. This is just pure government regulation causing rationing and harming people. For those downvoting me, here's the American Medical Association: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/fixing-iv-fluid-shortage-only-start-addressing-drug-supply https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/fixin... > The Biden administration has invoked the Defense Production Act “to help speed up recovery efforts and get that North Cove plant back up and running,” Garcia noted. Hospitals, meanwhile, are turning to alternative options such as hydration tablets and sports drinks while prioritizing IV fluids for the higher-acuity and higher-risk patients. > The FDA, meanwhile, has “released new guidance that eases up on rules regarding the compounding of IV solutions,” she added. “That's to make it easier for hospitals and other facilities to do this during the shortage period.” NBC https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-helene-iv-fluid-shortages-plagued-hospitals-rcna175563 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-helene-iv-fl...: > So, why are these essential fluids — a lifeline for hospitals — so hard to come by? > As is often the case with drug shortages, it comes down to money, and IV fluids don’t bring in much of it for manufacturers, said Erin Fox, senior pharmacy director at the University of Utah Health. > “These are life-saving products, but at the same time these are absolutely treated as kind of commodities,” Fox said. > The high barrier to entry — including the time and cost required to meet the regulatory requirements for setting up a manufacturing facility — along with the pressure to keep prices low, means drugmakers aren’t really motivated to jump into the market, Fox said. NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5149344/hurricane-season-iv-fluid-supply-shortage https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/11/nx... > On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced it has authorized 19 IV products for temporary importation from Canada, China, Ireland and the U.K.
  - frereubu 2y ago
    With respect, any time someone writes "just" in a sentence like this I'm immediately suspicious that it comes from a place of ignorance. What is your qualification to make such a sweeping statement?
    - rootsudo 2y ago
      1. You can read the ingreendients of IV fluid. 2. You can go online to different markets to see availability. 3. You can look up regulation to see if there are FDA limits that force USA health care to go to a specific vendor or approved vendor. It is very much known that you can arbitrage medical costs, drug costs by going to Canada and Mexico. It is very much also very simple to research, search and find vendors or manufacturers located outside different geographic areas. Therefore, your "qualifications" rebuttal becomes nil, this is basic adult literacy. Call it economics/subsitution research, call it being informed, or just googling. It is very much not ignorance but a very valid question to a very valid concern - most market restrictions are not because of "safety" (unfortunately, but it does become a boogey man) or "non-availability" (there is supply, but it isn't allowed.) but because it benefits some one/some company financially.
      - ceejayoz 2y ago
        > You can read the ingreendients of IV fluid. Bread has four ingredients. Flour, water, salt, and yeast. Do you think all breads are therefore the same?
        rootsudo 2y ago
        [flagged]
        ceejayoz 2y ago
        Ah, I thought this was a good-faith discussion. My bad.
    - 2y ago
kiritanpo 2y ago
The essentiality of the product is debatable, but ~80% of maple syrup production comes from Canada, 91% of that from the province of Quebec. China produces ~80% of the world's magnesium. Cobalt comes mostly from Congo. In the 40-50% range, there is Kazakhstan with uranium and Australia with lithium. You can explore more here: https://worldpopulationreview.com/search?query=production&filter=country+rankings https://worldpopulationreview.com/search?query=production&fi...
Havoc 2y ago
Yeah there are a couple of resource concentrations in Africa that aren’t immediately obvious. Platinum group metals, phosphorus, manganese, cobalt etc all pretty Africa heavy usually one or two countries
staplung 2y ago
~70% of the world's phosphate reserves are in Morocco. Considering how important phosphates are to the entire planet's food security I'd rate it near the top of the list. Practically speaking, phosphates are a non-renewable resource.
- WillAdams 2y ago
  Yeah, China quit exporting them a couple of years ago. Moreover, they are famously the limiting element in Isaac Asimov's thought-experiment of converting the earth's crust into biomass.
  - droideqa 2y ago
    Ooh, I would like to learn/see links about that!
    - staplung 2y ago
      I think it's sort of a companion bit to the short story 2430 A.D. The story line is a bit different but the internet suggests that as an addendum or companion article he did a kind of back of the envelope calculation going from the elemental composition of the earth's crust to maximum biomass. Basically, you'd run out of phosphorus first. Much of the crust would still remain because silicon and aluminum are mostly unused and although iron is used, there's still far too much of it after you run out of phosphorus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2430_A.D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2430_A.D.
- Aloisius 2y ago
  Only ~13% of the world's phosphate is mined in Morocco today, so it's a rather different situation. And of course, phosphate reserves are only a small portion (0.02%) of the world's estimated phosphate resources.
rasz 2y ago
Over 80% of the potash used by U.S. farmers comes from Canadian mines.
- Sabinus 2y ago
  I wonder what that statistic will be a year from now.

by jmkd 2y ago

80% of the world's supply comes from Sudan...that is certainly a surprise. I'd love to see a table of some of the world's most essential goods that have 80% or more reliance on a single market.

ceejayoz 2y ago

60% of IV fluids used in the US came from a single manufacturing plant that got hit by a hurricane last year. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5193027/nationwide-iv-fluid-shortage-intravenous-drugs-hospitals-patient-hydration-helene-hurricane-baxter https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/19/nx... My wife gets regular infusions and had to ration for months; the local hospital canceled elective surgeries as well.

ipsum2 2y ago
IV fluids aren't even difficult to produce compared to gum arabic, its just different salts in water. This is just pure government regulation causing rationing and harming people. For those downvoting me, here's the American Medical Association: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/fixing-iv-fluid-shortage-only-start-addressing-drug-supply https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/fixin... > The Biden administration has invoked the Defense Production Act “to help speed up recovery efforts and get that North Cove plant back up and running,” Garcia noted. Hospitals, meanwhile, are turning to alternative options such as hydration tablets and sports drinks while prioritizing IV fluids for the higher-acuity and higher-risk patients. > The FDA, meanwhile, has “released new guidance that eases up on rules regarding the compounding of IV solutions,” she added. “That's to make it easier for hospitals and other facilities to do this during the shortage period.” NBC https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-helene-iv-fluid-shortages-plagued-hospitals-rcna175563 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-helene-iv-fl...: > So, why are these essential fluids — a lifeline for hospitals — so hard to come by? > As is often the case with drug shortages, it comes down to money, and IV fluids don’t bring in much of it for manufacturers, said Erin Fox, senior pharmacy director at the University of Utah Health. > “These are life-saving products, but at the same time these are absolutely treated as kind of commodities,” Fox said. > The high barrier to entry — including the time and cost required to meet the regulatory requirements for setting up a manufacturing facility — along with the pressure to keep prices low, means drugmakers aren’t really motivated to jump into the market, Fox said. NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5149344/hurricane-season-iv-fluid-supply-shortage https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/11/nx... > On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced it has authorized 19 IV products for temporary importation from Canada, China, Ireland and the U.K.
- frereubu 2y ago
  With respect, any time someone writes "just" in a sentence like this I'm immediately suspicious that it comes from a place of ignorance. What is your qualification to make such a sweeping statement?
  - rootsudo 2y ago
    1. You can read the ingreendients of IV fluid. 2. You can go online to different markets to see availability. 3. You can look up regulation to see if there are FDA limits that force USA health care to go to a specific vendor or approved vendor. It is very much known that you can arbitrage medical costs, drug costs by going to Canada and Mexico. It is very much also very simple to research, search and find vendors or manufacturers located outside different geographic areas. Therefore, your "qualifications" rebuttal becomes nil, this is basic adult literacy. Call it economics/subsitution research, call it being informed, or just googling. It is very much not ignorance but a very valid question to a very valid concern - most market restrictions are not because of "safety" (unfortunately, but it does become a boogey man) or "non-availability" (there is supply, but it isn't allowed.) but because it benefits some one/some company financially.
    - ceejayoz 2y ago
      > You can read the ingreendients of IV fluid. Bread has four ingredients. Flour, water, salt, and yeast. Do you think all breads are therefore the same?
      - rootsudo 2y ago
        [flagged]
        ceejayoz 2y ago
        Ah, I thought this was a good-faith discussion. My bad.
  - 2y ago

kiritanpo 2y ago

The essentiality of the product is debatable, but ~80% of maple syrup production comes from Canada, 91% of that from the province of Quebec. China produces ~80% of the world's magnesium. Cobalt comes mostly from Congo. In the 40-50% range, there is Kazakhstan with uranium and Australia with lithium. You can explore more here: https://worldpopulationreview.com/search?query=production&filter=country+rankings https://worldpopulationreview.com/search?query=production&fi...

Havoc 2y ago

Yeah there are a couple of resource concentrations in Africa that aren’t immediately obvious. Platinum group metals, phosphorus, manganese, cobalt etc all pretty Africa heavy usually one or two countries

staplung 2y ago

~70% of the world's phosphate reserves are in Morocco. Considering how important phosphates are to the entire planet's food security I'd rate it near the top of the list. Practically speaking, phosphates are a non-renewable resource.

WillAdams 2y ago
Yeah, China quit exporting them a couple of years ago. Moreover, they are famously the limiting element in Isaac Asimov's thought-experiment of converting the earth's crust into biomass.
- droideqa 2y ago
  Ooh, I would like to learn/see links about that!
  - staplung 2y ago
    I think it's sort of a companion bit to the short story 2430 A.D. The story line is a bit different but the internet suggests that as an addendum or companion article he did a kind of back of the envelope calculation going from the elemental composition of the earth's crust to maximum biomass. Basically, you'd run out of phosphorus first. Much of the crust would still remain because silicon and aluminum are mostly unused and although iron is used, there's still far too much of it after you run out of phosphorus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2430_A.D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2430_A.D.
Aloisius 2y ago
Only ~13% of the world's phosphate is mined in Morocco today, so it's a rather different situation. And of course, phosphate reserves are only a small portion (0.02%) of the world's estimated phosphate resources.

rasz 2y ago

Over 80% of the potash used by U.S. farmers comes from Canadian mines.

Sabinus 2y ago
I wonder what that statistic will be a year from now.