# Fate of phosphate duties will fall to Biden administration | 2021-01-12  | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> The US Commerce Department placed preliminary countervailing duties of 16.88% on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco's OCP Group and 21-72.5% on certain Russian imports. A final decision is not expected until April, and the Biden administration will make the final call. Mosaic, the largest US phosphate producer, petitioned for the investigation and says it needs curbs on imports to survive.

- Date: 2021-01-12 · published 2021-01-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49083-fate-of-phosphate-duties-will-fall-to-biden-administration-2021-01-12-agri
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

If the duties are finalized, US phosphate supply would tighten and domestic DAP and MAP prices would likely firm, raising costs for feed and crop producers.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2026-04-16 | [US will tap tariff funds to calm fertilizer crisis: Rollins \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19681-us-will-tap-tariff-funds-to-calm-fertilizer-crisis-rollins-agri-pulse.md) | -0.7% | +3.8% |
| DAP | 2025-09-24 | [Fertilizer woes cloud new crop outlook as farmers mull cutbacks \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12022-fertilizer-woes-cloud-new-crop-outlook-as-farmers-mull-cutbacks-agri-pulse.md) | -3.2% | -1.7% |
| DAP | 2025-11-26 | [Trump has cut tariffs on fertilizer, but lower prices could remain elusive \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4470-trump-has-cut-tariffs-on-fertilizer-but-lower-prices-could-remain-elusive-agri.md) | -9.7% | -12.2% |
| DAP | 2023-05-05 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Phosphate Fertilizers From the Kingdom of Morocco: Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2020-2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36286-federal-register-phosphate-fertilizers-from-the-kingdom-of-morocco-preliminary.md) | 0.0% | -19.6% |
| DAP | 2024-05-02 | [Phosphate Fertilizers From the Kingdom of Morocco: Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2022 \| 89 FR 35800](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30591-phosphate-fertilizers-from-the-kingdom-of-morocco-preliminary-results-of-the.md) | -0.0% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/15131-fate-of-phosphate-duties-will-fall-to-biden-administration

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