Senator Chuck Grassley and bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to the International Trade Commission asking it to remove duties on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer and to suspend proposed duties on UAN from Trinidad and Tobago. They warned farmers face fertilizer prices four to five times higher than last year.
Commerce Department has not yet responded.
Removing tariffs on phosphate and nitrogen imports could ease US fertilizer costs for the 2022 season, though the request is pending and does not yet change supply.
After 40 past bearish trade events, DAP moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (38% higher; middle half -3.7% to +0.5%), and -2.4% over 20.
After 81 past bearish trade events, Urea moved a median -1.0% over 5 sessions (28% higher; middle half -7.2% to +0.4%), and -5.5% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.