# Phosphorus fertiliser could hit $1300/t port next year | Farm Online | ACT

> Australian port phosphorus fertilizer prices were about A$1480/t, and analysts warned they could exceed A$1500/t by autumn 2022 at peak demand. The Chinese phosphate export ban forces Australia to source from Morocco, which carries higher freight costs and longer lead times.

- Date: 2021-11-16 · published 2021-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12684-phosphorus-fertiliser-could-hit-1300-t-port-next-year-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md)

## Why it matters

The loss of Chinese phosphate supply shifts Australian buying to distant Moroccan origins, raising freight and landed costs. Tight phosphate supply supports DAP and TSP prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- TSP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-09-29 | [Fertiliser price hits 13-year high, China 'bans' phosphate exports, glyphosate prices surge \| Queensland Country Life \| QLD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4697-fertiliser-price-hits-13-year-high-china-bans-phosphate-exports-glyphosate.md) | +5.2% | +5.7% |
| DAP | 2021-10-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4700-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | +4.6% | +4.6% |
| DAP | 2022-04-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5509-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | -1.6% | -9.3% |
| DAP | 2021-09-05 | [Fertiliser shortage hits paddy farmers in Andhra Pradesh - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45374-fertiliser-shortage-hits-paddy-farmers-in-andhra-pradesh-the-hindu.md) | +1.2% | +7.9% |
| DAP | 2025-10-15 | [November '25 Farmer Fertilizer Newsletter - Phosphate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22328-november-25-farmer-fertilizer-newsletter-phosphate.md) | -0.1% | -3.7% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/7512258/phosphorus-fertiliser-could-hit-1500t-port-next-year/

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