# Morocco's surging role in the global phosphate market - The Morocco Post

> Morocco is gaining share in European phosphate imports as China and Russia exports decline. DAP prices rose about 10% quarter-on-quarter in Q1 2024 but remained 3% below a year earlier, according to a World Bank report citing Chinese phosphate and Russian ammonia export restrictions.

- Date: 2024-05-06 · published 2024-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30592-morocco-s-surging-role-in-the-global-phosphate-market-the-morocco-post
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Export restrictions from China and Russia are tightening global DAP and ammonia availability, supporting phosphate prices and raising costs for feed mineral and fertilizer buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2026-03-03 | [Fertilizer Markets Surge Following Escalation in the Middle East - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4435-fertilizer-markets-surge-following-escalation-in-the-middle-east-rfd.md) | +1.2% | +7.3% |
| DAP | 2024-03-25 | [High prices to curb southern LatAm phosphate imports \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31532-high-prices-to-curb-southern-latam-phosphate-imports-latest-market-news.md) | -10.7% | -13.4% |
| DAP | 2026-10-03 | [Morocco’s Fertilizer Industry Hit by Gulf Conflict Despite Vast Phosphate Reserves \| Bladi.net](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17372-morocco-s-fertilizer-industry-hit-by-gulf-conflict-despite-vast-phosphate.md) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| DAP | 2023-01-19 | [The next global food crisis? Phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted... \| PotatoPro](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38129-the-next-global-food-crisis-phosphorus-supply-is-increasingly-disrupted.md) | +0.6% | -1.3% |
| DAP | 2019-07-29 | [The Polisario warns a Chinese firm against importing phosphate rocks from the Sahara](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58413-the-polisario-warns-a-chinese-firm-against-importing-phosphate-rocks-from-the.md) | -0.7% | -2.5% |
| UREA | 2026-03-03 | [Fertilizer Markets Surge Following Escalation in the Middle East - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4435-fertilizer-markets-surge-following-escalation-in-the-middle-east-rfd.md) | +10.0% | +19.1% |
| UREA | 2026-10-03 | [Morocco’s Fertilizer Industry Hit by Gulf Conflict Despite Vast Phosphate Reserves \| Bladi.net](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17372-morocco-s-fertilizer-industry-hit-by-gulf-conflict-despite-vast-phosphate.md) | -2.2% | -0.1% |
| UREA | 2026-03-10 | [Nitrogen and Phosphate Markets Enter Supply Shock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20101-nitrogen-and-phosphate-markets-enter-supply-shock.md) | +2.8% | +21.1% |

## Sources

- themoroccopost.com: https://themoroccopost.com/moroccos-surging-role-in-the-global-phosphate-market/

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