# Phosphate market price warning coming from China

> Chinese yellow phosphorus producers have declared force majeure, raised prices sharply, or delayed shipments amid power restrictions in the southwest provinces. Environmental curbs on phosphate mining have further tightened supply and are expected to keep prices rising in the short term.

- Date: 2021-09-20 · published 2021-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45373-phosphate-market-price-warning-coming-from-china
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Tight Chinese phosphate supply removes a major export source and keeps global phosphate fertilizer prices elevated, raising costs for feed-grain producers.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- TSP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| DAP | 2024-07-17 | [China agriculture group warns of tighter phosphate export rules as prices surge \| MarketScreener India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29621-china-agriculture-group-warns-of-tighter-phosphate-export-rules-as-prices-surge.md) | -0.1% | +0.9% |
| 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 | 2025-12-02 | [As China Tightens Flows Phosphate Buyers Face a Spring Repricing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21422-as-china-tightens-flows-phosphate-buyers-face-a-spring-repricing.md) | -1.9% | -4.9% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- redox.com: https://redox.com/news/chinese-phosphate-market-price-warning/

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