# Special research on basic chemical industry: why is phosphate rock so scarce this year? | China Stock Market News

> Chinese phosphate rock prices have risen since 2021, and downstream buyers report procurement difficulty in 2022. Causes cited include capacity closures under the revised safety production law, leading miners withholding sales, and declining grades of reserves.

- Date: 2022-05-18 · published 2022-05-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41740-special-research-on-basic-chemical-industry-why-is-phosphate-rock-so-scarce
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Tight Chinese phosphate rock supply supports DAP and phosphate fertilizer prices, raising costs for farmers and the feed grain supply chain.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2021-09-20 | [Phosphate market price warning coming from China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45373-phosphate-market-price-warning-coming-from-china.md) | +0.2% | +6.0% |
| DAP | 2024-12-04 | [Phosphate Rock Market Fluctuates: Export Ban Triggers Price Volatility \| ECHEMI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27286-phosphate-rock-market-fluctuates-export-ban-triggers-price-volatility-echemi.md) | -0.4% | +2.0% |
| DAP | 2021-10-01 | [China expected to stop phosphate exports,  food production prices set to rise - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4698-china-expected-to-stop-phosphate-exports-food-production-prices-set-to-rise-abc.md) | +4.6% | +4.6% |
| DAP | 2021-04-10 | [China bans phosphate exports \| mic-cust.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47540-china-bans-phosphate-exports-mic-cust-com.md) | +0.1% | +5.4% |

## Sources

- chinastockmarketnews.com: https://chinastockmarketnews.com/post/771374.html

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