latest statements from potash corp, page-2

another exerpt from that article. Note the small difference in last year versus this year.


"Of the $44.2 million in third-quarter phosphate gross margin (compared to
$507.2 million in the same quarter last year), industrial products generated
$40.5 million. Year-to-date phosphate gross margin totaled $73.5 million
compared to $1.0 billion in the first nine months of 2008. Industrial products
benefited from cost-plus and market-index contract provisions, which supported
gross margin even as sales volumes declined 21 percent quarter over quarter.
Although the decline in sales volumes for solid and liquid fertilizers was
less significant, a sharp drop in prices resulted in negative gross margin in
these product categories.
Phosphate cost of goods sold was reduced dramatically in third-quarter 2009,
as input costs for sulfur and ammonia were 80 percent and 29 percent lower,
respectively, than in the same period last year."