# China bans phosphate exports | mic-cust.com

> China has temporarily banned exports of phosphate fertilizers, with state-owned producers required to halt shipments until at least June 2022. The government cited domestic price protection, high energy costs and reduced domestic output. China is the world's largest phosphate exporter, and buyers such as India and Pakistan had relied on its diammonium phosphate and urea.

- Date: 2021-04-10 · published 2021-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47540-china-bans-phosphate-exports-mic-cust-com
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Removing the largest phosphate exporter from the market tightens global DAP and phosphate supply during the Northern Hemisphere application season, which supports higher prices for feed-grain producers' fertilizer costs and raises the risk of tighter grain supply.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2025-05-29 | [China Slashes Phosphate Exports as US Courts Upend Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4337-china-slashes-phosphate-exports-as-us-courts-upend-tariffs.md) | +1.7% | +4.8% |
| DAP | 2025-12-12 | [China Groups Urge Firms to Halt Phosphate Exports Until August - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21417-china-groups-urge-firms-to-halt-phosphate-exports-until-august-bloomberg.md) | -1.9% | -3.1% |
| 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 | 2026-10-19 | [China's Phosphate Fertilizer Exports Collapse, Squeezing Global Supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17363-china-s-phosphate-fertilizer-exports-collapse-squeezing-global-supply.md) | 0.0% | — |
| DAP | 2022-08-11 | [China extends phosphate export restrictions \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39978-china-extends-phosphate-export-restrictions-the-western-producer.md) | +0.9% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- mic-cust.com: https://www.mic-cust.com/mic-blog/posts/detail/ad/china-bans-phosphate-exports/

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