# China’s Fertiliser Export Ban Creates Uncertainty | CZ app

> China's ban on fertilizer exports has halted processed phosphate exports, even for cargoes already cleared. Chinese DAP export prices are nominal, and exports may stay restricted into 2024. Potash markets are quiet with further declines expected in Brazil, while ammonia buyers expect lower prices.

- Date: 2023-11-20 · published 2023-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33092-china-s-fertiliser-export-ban-creates-uncertainty-cz-app
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

With China out of the market, phosphate supply rests on Morocco and Saudi Arabia, pushing DAP and MAP prices higher for importers such as Brazil and Australia, while potash and ammonia remain softer.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2023-12-04 | [China Bans Fertiliser Exports Until April ‘24 \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32632-china-bans-fertiliser-exports-until-april-24-cz-app.md) | +0.9% | +3.9% |
| DAP | 2022-07-06 | [China Tightening Restrictions on Fertiliser Exports: Reports \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40419-china-tightening-restrictions-on-fertiliser-exports-reports-cz-app.md) | +4.7% | +0.3% |
| DAP | 2025-05-19 | [More Clarity on Chinese Exports For Fertiliser Market \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9362-more-clarity-on-chinese-exports-for-fertiliser-market-cz-app.md) | +1.5% | +6.8% |
| DAP | 2025-10-13 | [Fertilizer prices rise amid China export limits](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22327-fertilizer-prices-rise-amid-china-export-limits.md) | -0.2% | -4.7% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- czapp.com: https://www.czapp.com/analyst-insights/chinas-fertiliser-export-ban-creates-uncertainty/

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