# China's fertiliser halt impacts market with 2026 planning underway | Farm Weekly | WA

> CSBP reports that China has halted all MAP, DAP and NPS exports until August 2026. The market had expected Chinese export allocations to resume in the second quarter of 2026.

- Date: 2025-12-16 · published 2025-12-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21418-china-s-fertiliser-halt-impacts-market-with-2026-planning-underway-farm-weekly
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

With China absent until August, buyers will compete for a smaller pool of phosphate sellers during peak spring demand, raising the likelihood of price volatility and firmer DAP prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-11-29 | [Political events pressure fertiliser prices \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43976-political-events-pressure-fertiliser-prices-farm-weekly-wa.md) | 0.0% | -2.6% |
| DAP | 2026-01-26 | [China's 2025 Phosphate Export Cuts Tighten Global Fertilizer Market and Impact Key Importers \| Tridge Insights](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20981-china-s-2025-phosphate-export-cuts-tighten-global-fertilizer-market-and-impact.md) | +0.4% | +1.3% |
| DAP | 2021-10-05 | [China’s fertilizer exports ban raises worries from global markets - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5907-china-s-fertilizer-exports-ban-raises-worries-from-global-markets-fastmarkets.md) | 0.0% | +3.3% |
| DAP | 2021-03-18 | [MARD asks to halt fertiliser exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48427-mard-asks-to-halt-fertiliser-exports.md) | +0.5% | +1.9% |
| DAP | 2021-08-07 | [Chinese fertiliser factories 'focusing on local market' as international prices skyrocket - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45880-chinese-fertiliser-factories-focusing-on-local-market-as-international-prices.md) | 0.0% | +5.6% |

## Sources

- farmweekly.com.au: https://www.farmweekly.com.au/story/9134476/chinas-fertiliser-halt-impacts-market-with-2026-planning-underway/

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