# China waives phosphate rock and silver export quotas through 2027

> China's Ministry of Commerce confirmed it will suspend export quota management for phosphate rock and silver through 2027, keeping shipment licensing rather than quantitative volume limits.

- Date: 2026-10-30 · published 2026-10-31T10:06:09.017Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/3054-china-waives-phosphate-rock-and-silver-export-quotas-through-2027
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Removing quantitative export caps on phosphate rock could increase Chinese supply to global markets, pressuring phosphate prices lower.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- PHOSROCK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2023-11-27 | [China Agrees Fertiliser Export Quota to 2025 \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4326-china-agrees-fertiliser-export-quota-to-2025-cz-app.md) | +0.9% | +3.9% |
| DAP | 2024-03-04 | [China Announces 7 Million Tonne MAP, DAP Export Quota \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4296-china-announces-7-million-tonne-map-dap-export-quota-cz-app.md) | +10.0% | -1.3% |
| DAP | 2023-05-09 | [Urea has increased off the news of a possible increase in China's fertiliser export quota \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36258-urea-has-increased-off-the-news-of-a-possible-increase-in-china-s-fertiliser.md) | +0.9% | -19.6% |
| DAP | 2022-05-05 | [Removing Fertilizer Tariffs is Not a (Phosphate) Rock and a Hard Place](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41720-removing-fertilizer-tariffs-is-not-a-phosphate-rock-and-a-hard-place.md) | 0.0% | -12.2% |
| DAP | 2024-12-17 | [Morocco's phosphate drive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27275-morocco-s-phosphate-drive.md) | +1.7% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- eastasiabrief.com: https://eastasiabrief.com/energy-minerals/china-waives-phosphate-rock-silver-export-quotas-through-2027-1005

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