# Removing Fertilizer Tariffs is Not a (Phosphate) Rock and a Hard Place

> An opinion piece argues that US countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphates, imposed in March 2021, are keeping prices high. Ninety members of Congress had requested their suspension, and phosphate prices have risen over 300% to record levels since the duties took effect.

- Date: 2022-05-05 · published 2022-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41720-removing-fertilizer-tariffs-is-not-a-phosphate-rock-and-a-hard-place
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Removing the duties could increase phosphate import supply to the US, easing DAP and phosphate prices, though the industry's largest producer opposes it.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- PHOSROCK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2026-02-01 | [US to review tariffs on Moroccan, Russian phosphate fertilizer imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21375-us-to-review-tariffs-on-moroccan-russian-phosphate-fertilizer-imports.md) | +1.2% | +3.7% |
| DAP | 2026-01-26 | [U.S. set to review tariffs on Moroccan phosphate fertilizers, signaling relief for American farmers - The Morocco Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21376-u-s-set-to-review-tariffs-on-moroccan-phosphate-fertilizers-signaling-relief.md) | +0.4% | +1.3% |
| 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 | 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% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- southernagtoday.org: https://southernagtoday.org/2022/05/05/removing-fertilizer-tariffs-is-not-a-phosphate-rock-and-a-hard-place/

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