# Federal Judge Questions Mosaic's Phosphate Market Dominance

> A US federal judge questioned the 19% countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphate imports imposed by the ITC, during a hearing on OCP North America's appeal. MAP and DAP prices are running 47-55% above a year ago, though both eased about $16/t in the latest week.

- Date: 2022-06-29 · published 2022-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41240-federal-judge-questions-mosaic-s-phosphate-market-dominance
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

A ruling that loosens the Moroccan duties could bring more phosphate supply into the US market and ease DAP and MAP costs.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2024-12-17 | [Morocco's phosphate drive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27275-morocco-s-phosphate-drive.md) | +1.7% | +3.2% |
| DAP | 2021-06-18 | [U.S. phosphate fertilizer prices: duties suspended in 2026](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46922-u-s-phosphate-fertilizer-prices-duties-suspended-in-2026.md) | +1.9% | +0.8% |
| DAP | 2026-06-30 | [US to suspend some duties on phosphate fertilizer from Morocco \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19130-us-to-suspend-some-duties-on-phosphate-fertilizer-from-morocco-reuters.md) | 0.0% | +4.3% |
| DAP | 2019-12-16 | [Diammonium phosphate to come down in Bangladesh — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5348-diammonium-phosphate-to-come-down-in-bangladesh-fertilizer-daily.md) | +2.7% | +3.5% |
| DAP | 2026-04-30 | [New bill in the U.S. Senate aims to lower price of phosphate fertilizers \| Farm Office](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20048-new-bill-in-the-u-s-senate-aims-to-lower-price-of-phosphate-fertilizers-farm.md) | +4.8% | +7.3% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2022/06/29/federal-judge-questions-mosaics

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