# Fertilizer prices ease but is affordability a thing of the past: A deep dive

> Fertilizer prices have eased, but affordability remains a concern for farmers. China has limited phosphate fertilizer exports, possibly into 2023, and Ukraine has suspended fertilizer exports until year-end.

- Date: 2022-10-21 · published 2022-10-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39054-fertilizer-prices-ease-but-is-affordability-a-thing-of-the-past-a-deep-dive
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Export restrictions from China and Ukraine tighten global phosphate supply, which keeps fertilizer costs high and can reduce planted acreage and future grain output.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-01-19 | [Meeting to be held to review the fertilizer prices and availability – PCPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55384-meeting-to-be-held-to-review-the-fertilizer-prices-and-availability-pcpa.md) | +0.7% | +9.3% |
| DAP | 2021-12-13 | [The Complex Truth About Fertilizer Prices - The Fertilizer Institute](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43506-the-complex-truth-about-fertilizer-prices-the-fertilizer-institute.md) | 0.0% | -2.8% |
| DAP | 2026-10-21 | [China's phosphate rock market is affected by the ban on phosphate fertilizer exports, affecting both prices and supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/684-china-s-phosphate-rock-market-is-affected-by-the-ban-on-phosphate-fertilizer.md) | 0.0% | — |
| DAP | 2021-11-19 | [DA, FPA connects with FIAP on Increasing Fertilizer Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44335-da-fpa-connects-with-fiap-on-increasing-fertilizer-prices.md) | +3.8% | +3.6% |
| DAP | 2025-12-17 | [Why Fertilizer Prices Now Move on Politics Not Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21420-why-fertilizer-prices-now-move-on-politics-not-demand.md) | -1.2% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- invezz.com: https://invezz.com/news/2022/10/21/fertilizer-prices-ease-but-is-affordability-a-thing-of-the-past-a-deep-dive/

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