# United States launches countervailing duty investigation on imported phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia-China urea, Adblue urea, DEF urea supplier-STARCO CHEM

> The countervailing duty investigation into phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco and Russia followed a June 26 petition. After the launch, DAP at New Orleans rose to an FOB offer of $280 per short ton, a two-month high.

- Date: 2020-06-29 · published 2020-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52430-united-states-launches-countervailing-duty-investigation-on-imported-phosphate
- Commodities: [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

The price reaction shows the market pricing in tariff risk on Moroccan and Russian DAP, which tightens US phosphate supply and supports prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- TSP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2020-08-07 | [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 | 2020-11-23 | [Mosaic - U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Preliminary Countervailing Duty Determinations on Phosphate Fertilizer Imports from Morocco and Russia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50089-mosaic-u-s-department-of-commerce-issues-preliminary-countervailing-duty.md) | +7.1% | +8.1% |
| DAP | 2021-02-09 | [Mosaic - U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations on Phosphate Fertilizer Imports from Morocco and Russia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48568-mosaic-u-s-department-of-commerce-issues-final-affirmative-countervailing-duty.md) | -0.4% | -1.5% |
| DAP | 2020-12-29 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Phosphate Fertilizers From the Kingdom of Morocco: Amended Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49974-federal-register-phosphate-fertilizers-from-the-kingdom-of-morocco-amended.md) | -0.3% | +5.9% |

## Sources

- okstarco.com: https://www.okstarco.com/news/news35.html
- worldfertilizer.com: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/phosphates/29062020/mosaic-seeking-countervailing-duty-investigations-into-phosphate-fertilizer-imports-from-morocco-and-russia/

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