# Morocco, Russia-sourced fertilizers may have harmed domestic industry, USITC says | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

> The USITC said phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia may have harmed the domestic industry and will continue its investigation into the alleged unfair subsidized trade. The commission's preliminary finding keeps the countervailing duty case moving toward a Commerce Department determination.

- Date: 2020-08-07 · published 2020-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51939-morocco-russia-sourced-fertilizers-may-have-harmed-domestic-industry-usitc-says
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md)

## Why it matters

Possible duties on Moroccan and Russian phosphate would reduce import supply to US buyers and could lift DAP and TSP prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- TSP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-08-07 | [USITC Votes to Continue Investigations Concerning Phosphate Fertilizers from Morocco and Russia \| United States International Trade Commission](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51918-usitc-votes-to-continue-investigations-concerning-phosphate-fertilizers-from.md) | +2.6% | +11.7% |
| DAP | 2020-08-13 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Phosphate Fertilizers From Morocco and Russia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51541-federal-register-phosphate-fertilizers-from-morocco-and-russia.md) | +3.2% | +11.0% |
| DAP | 2021-04-05 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Phosphate Fertilizers From Morocco and Russia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47545-federal-register-phosphate-fertilizers-from-morocco-and-russia.md) | +2.6% | +4.5% |
| DAP | 2020-07-17 | [U.S. Department of Commerce Initiates Countervailing Duty Investigations of Imports of Phosphate Fertilizers from Morocco and Russia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52061-u-s-department-of-commerce-initiates-countervailing-duty-investigations-of.md) | +1.3% | +11.1% |
| DAP | 2020-06-29 | [United States launches countervailing duty investigation on imported phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia-China urea, Adblue urea, DEF urea supplier-STARCO CHEM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52430-united-states-launches-countervailing-duty-investigation-on-imported-phosphate.md) | +4.8% | +9.3% |

## Sources

- mlex.com: https://www.mlex.com/mlex/articles/2056631/morocco-russia-sourced-fertilizers-may-have-harmed-domestic-industry-usitc-says

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