# Upstream limit new production capacity phosphate rock or accelerate price increase in line with international prices - Shanghai Metals Market (SMM)

> China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and six other departments issued guidance on April 7 to strictly control new phosphate chemical capacity. Phosphate rock prices have risen since April on supply constraints, and large producers are tightening their rock supplies.

- Date: 2022-04-09 · published 2022-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42169-upstream-limit-new-production-capacity-phosphate-rock-or-accelerate-price
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Limits on new chemical capacity and tighter rock supply in China support higher phosphate rock and DAP prices in global markets.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-08-07 | [Chinese fertiliser factories 'focusing on local market' as international prices skyrocket - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45880-chinese-fertiliser-factories-focusing-on-local-market-as-international-prices.md) | 0.0% | +5.6% |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 2022-05-18 | [Special research on basic chemical industry: why is phosphate rock so scarce this year? \| China Stock Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41740-special-research-on-basic-chemical-industry-why-is-phosphate-rock-so-scarce.md) | 0.0% | -11.0% |

## Sources

- news.metal.com: https://news.metal.com/newscontent/101800572/upstream-limit-new-production-capacity-phosphate-rock-or-accelerate-price-increase-in-line-with-international-prices

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