BASF, the German chemical company who imported Western Saharan phosphates early October, wrote that they "are fully confident that the operations of OCP at Boucraa and the purchase of the replacement delivery were consistent with international law". But after request from WSRW [Western Sahara Resource Watch], they refuse to publish their “expert opinion” upon which their conclusion is based...[WSRW] believes that the Moroccan economic activities in the occupied territories of Western Sahara have lead to the systematic marginalisation of the Sahrawi from the phosphate industry...Mrs. Anne Forst of BASF [said:] “unfortunately, we [BASF] cannot provide you with a copy of the expert opinion we received from the OCP”. Instead, they called upon WSRW to contact the US based law firm Covington & Burling for further information.