# Why The ITC Review May Not Be a Silver Bullet to High Fertilizer Prices - AgWeb

> The USITC launched a five-year sunset review of countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia, in place since April 2021. Research cited estimates the duties raised DAP prices by 28.6% to 34%. One of two major domestic producers now seeks their removal.

- Date: 2026-03-04 · published 2026-03-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5106-why-the-itc-review-may-not-be-a-silver-bullet-to-high-fertilizer-prices-agweb
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Removing the duties would lower US DAP costs and could expand supply, but the outcome is uncertain given domestic production concentration, so the price effect is moderate.

## Read by commodity

- DDGS: neutral

## Sources

- agweb.com: https://www.agweb.com/news/business/why-itc-review-may-not-be-silver-bullet-high-fertilizer-prices

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