# Import duties impact US farmers’ access to key fertilizers

> OCP North America, a subsidiary of Morocco's OCP S.A., launched a website opposing US import duties on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia. The duties were imposed preliminarily by the US Department of Commerce after a trade petition by Mosaic, which controls over 70% of the US phosphate fertilizer market.

- Date: 2020-12-09 · published 2020-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49972-import-duties-impact-us-farmers-access-to-key-fertilizers
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md)

## Why it matters

Preliminary duties above 70% restrict low-cost phosphate imports, tightening US supply and supporting domestic DAP and TSP prices that feed-related farm inputs depend on.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- TSP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-01-19 | [Import Duties Against Moroccan Phosphate Imports Threaten US Farmers’ Access to Key Fertilizers – Phosphate Price](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49463-import-duties-against-moroccan-phosphate-imports-threaten-us-farmers-access-to.md) | +3.4% | +36.5% |
| DAP | 2022-03-02 | [Waive fertilizer dumping duties, corn farmers ask](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42257-waive-fertilizer-dumping-duties-corn-farmers-ask.md) | +9.5% | +11.8% |
| DAP | 2021-03-11 | [Mosaic - Morocco and Russia Subject to Phosphate Fertilizer Import Duties](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48049-mosaic-morocco-and-russia-subject-to-phosphate-fertilizer-import-duties.md) | -0.6% | +1.1% |
| DAP | 2021-11-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5552-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | +7.8% | +10.0% |
| DAP | 2022-01-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43478-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | -0.1% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- agrospectrumindia.com: https://agrospectrumindia.com/news/103/24640/import-duties-impact-us-farmers-access-to-key-fertilizers.html

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