# Morocco’s Fertilizer Industry Hit by Gulf Conflict Despite Vast Phosphate Reserves | Bladi.net

> Oxford Economics reported that Morocco's mining and chemical industries fell sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with extractive value added down 28.6% year on year and the chemical production index down 29.5%. The consultancy linked the drop to the Gulf conflict, which has disrupted sulfur and ammonia imports that Moroccan fertilizer production depends on.

- Date: 2026-10-03 · published 2026-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Morocco · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17372-morocco-s-fertilizer-industry-hit-by-gulf-conflict-despite-vast-phosphate
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted sulfur and ammonia supply raises input costs and limits output at one of the largest phosphate producers, which supports DAP prices. Buyers of phosphate-based feed minerals should expect continued cost pressure while Gulf shipping remains disrupted.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2024-05-06 | [Morocco's surging role in the global phosphate market - The Morocco Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30592-morocco-s-surging-role-in-the-global-phosphate-market-the-morocco-post.md) | +3.6% | +7.7% |
| DAP | 2024-03-25 | [Fertilizer industry weighs up war impacts \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31147-fertilizer-industry-weighs-up-war-impacts-latest-market-news.md) | -10.7% | -13.4% |
| DAP | 2026-03-10 | [Middle East conflict strains fertilizer supply chains \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20099-middle-east-conflict-strains-fertilizer-supply-chains-world-fertilizer.md) | -0.9% | +10.2% |
| DAP | 2026-09-06 | [Sulfur tops $1,000/t as Hormuz and Russia cuts reshape phosphate fertilizer economics — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17779-sulfur-tops-1-000-t-as-hormuz-and-russia-cuts-reshape-phosphate-fertilizer.md) | +0.9% | +1.3% |
| DAP | 2022-12-04 | [Arab News \| Morocco reaps cash, clout from fertilizer supply shock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38556-arab-news-morocco-reaps-cash-clout-from-fertilizer-supply-shock.md) | 0.0% | -4.0% |
| UREA | 2026-03-03 | [Iran conflict disrupts Gulf fertilizer trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4433-iran-conflict-disrupts-gulf-fertilizer-trade.md) | +10.0% | +19.1% |
| UREA | 2024-05-06 | [Morocco's surging role in the global phosphate market - The Morocco Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30592-morocco-s-surging-role-in-the-global-phosphate-market-the-morocco-post.md) | +1.1% | -1.0% |
| UREA | 2024-03-25 | [Fertilizer industry weighs up war impacts \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31147-fertilizer-industry-weighs-up-war-impacts-latest-market-news.md) | -12.7% | -19.2% |

## Sources

- en.bladi.net: https://en.bladi.net/morocco-fertilizer-industry-hit-gulf-conflict,124131.html

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