# Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 236 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)

> The US International Trade Commission scheduled the final phase of countervailing duty investigations into phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia, following Commerce's preliminary finding that these imports are subsidized. The notice sets the review that will determine whether US industry is materially injured.

- Date: 2020-12-08 · published 2020-12-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49587-federal-register-volume-85-issue-236-tuesday-december-8-2020
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Possible countervailing duties on Moroccan and Russian phosphate would restrict import supply and raise US DAP and MAP costs, which lifts phosphate prices for US farmers.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-04-07 | [Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 65 (Wednesday, April 7, 2021)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47922-federal-register-volume-86-issue-65-wednesday-april-7-2021.md) | +2.1% | +7.1% |
| DAP | 2025-12-05 | [Fertilizer market November/December 2025 market report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5186-fertilizer-market-november-december-2025-market-report.md) | -0.8% | -3.8% |
| 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 | 2022-07-15 | [China issues phosphate quotas to rein in fertiliser exports - analysts \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40413-china-issues-phosphate-quotas-to-rein-in-fertiliser-exports-analysts-reuters.md) | +0.6% | -5.7% |
| DAP | 2023-05-29 | [The government has set quotas for the export of mineral fertilizers in June – November 2023 \| AKM EN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35872-the-government-has-set-quotas-for-the-export-of-mineral-fertilizers-in-june.md) | -0.6% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- govinfo.gov: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-12-08/html/2020-26906.htm

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