# Explained: How China has caused a DAP supply squeeze

> China's export restrictions have sharply cut its DAP shipments, shrinking India's opening stocks for the kharif season to 12.4 lakh tonnes, well below last year. Indian sowing is advancing on above-average monsoon rain.

- Date: 2025-07-01 · published 2025-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24145-explained-how-china-has-caused-a-dap-supply-squeeze
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced Chinese phosphate exports tighten global DAP supply, supporting prices as India needs stock for planting.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2026-10-19 | [China's Phosphate Fertilizer Exports Collapse, Squeezing Global Supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17363-china-s-phosphate-fertilizer-exports-collapse-squeezing-global-supply.md) | 0.0% | — |
| DAP | 2024-12-02 | [December sees latest Chinese DAP/MAP export halt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27265-december-sees-latest-chinese-dap-map-export-halt.md) | -0.7% | +1.3% |
| DAP | 2026-09-02 | [China DAP, MAP exports remain uncertain as September begins \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17414-china-dap-map-exports-remain-uncertain-as-september-begins-s-and-p-global.md) | +1.3% | +1.6% |
| DAP | 2021-08-02 | [China's Fertilizer Firms to Suspend Exports Amid Tight Supplies \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45496-china-s-fertilizer-firms-to-suspend-exports-amid-tight-supplies-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| DAP | 2026-03-19 | [China restricts fertiliser exports, further crimping war-tightened supply \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20095-china-restricts-fertiliser-exports-further-crimping-war-tightened-supply-reuters.md) | +1.4% | +12.7% |

## Sources

- indianexpress.com: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/how-china-has-caused-a-dap-supply-squeeze-10096536/

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