# The Complex Truth About Fertilizer Prices - The Fertilizer Institute

> China's export ban on phosphate fertilizer and some nitrogen fertilizers runs through June 2022. China accounted for 25 percent of global processed phosphate exports and about 10 percent of urea exports in 2020.

- Date: 2021-12-13 · published 2021-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43506-the-complex-truth-about-fertilizer-prices-the-fertilizer-institute
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

The ban removes a major share of global phosphate and urea supply, keeping upward pressure on fertilizer prices that feed into crop and feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-11-19 | [DA, FPA connects with FIAP on Increasing Fertilizer Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44335-da-fpa-connects-with-fiap-on-increasing-fertilizer-prices.md) | +3.8% | +3.6% |
| DAP | 2022-10-21 | [Fertilizer prices ease but is affordability a thing of the past: A deep dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39054-fertilizer-prices-ease-but-is-affordability-a-thing-of-the-past-a-deep-dive.md) | -0.1% | -5.4% |
| DAP | 2025-10-13 | [Fertilizer prices rise amid China export limits](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22327-fertilizer-prices-rise-amid-china-export-limits.md) | -0.2% | -4.7% |
| DAP | 2023-12-22 | [Fertilizer Outlook: Global dynamics to influence 2024 fertilizer prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32630-fertilizer-outlook-global-dynamics-to-influence-2024-fertilizer-prices.md) | +0.9% | +3.9% |
| DAP | 2020-01-19 | [Meeting to be held to review the fertilizer prices and availability – PCPA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55384-meeting-to-be-held-to-review-the-fertilizer-prices-and-availability-pcpa.md) | +0.7% | +9.3% |
| UREA | 2021-11-19 | [DA, FPA connects with FIAP on Increasing Fertilizer Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44335-da-fpa-connects-with-fiap-on-increasing-fertilizer-prices.md) | +7.6% | -0.5% |
| UREA | 2025-10-13 | [Fertilizer prices rise amid China export limits](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22327-fertilizer-prices-rise-amid-china-export-limits.md) | -0.5% | +2.8% |
| UREA | 2023-12-22 | [Fertilizer Outlook: Global dynamics to influence 2024 fertilizer prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32630-fertilizer-outlook-global-dynamics-to-influence-2024-fertilizer-prices.md) | +1.7% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- tfi.org: https://www.tfi.org/media-center/2021/12/13/the-complex-truth-about-fertilizer-prices/

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