# OCP plans to quit US market if the country imposes duty on its imports, officials said

> Morocco's OCP group said it could stop selling fertilizer in the US if a countervailing duty is imposed on its imports, and would redirect exports to other markets. OCP plans to challenge the petition, which was filed by Mosaic, and says its products receive no state subsidy.

- Date: 2020-07-24 · published 2020-07-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52431-ocp-plans-to-quit-us-market-if-the-country-imposes-duty-on-its-imports
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

If OCP exits the US, global phosphate supply would be redirected rather than lost, but US buyers could face tighter DAP and MAP availability and higher prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-07-30 | 1 | +4.8% | 7.2 | OCP's warning that it could stop selling in the US and redirect exports signals potential US supply tightness and trade flow disruption, adding to bullish DAP sentiment. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-07-27 | [Anti-Subsidy Duty Could Push Morocco’s OCP out of US Fertilizer Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52421-anti-subsidy-duty-could-push-morocco-s-ocp-out-of-us-fertilizer-market.md) | +6.1% | +11.7% |
| DAP | 2025-10-03 | [OCP Revenues Surge on Exports, TSP Demand \| Green Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22720-ocp-revenues-surge-on-exports-tsp-demand-green-markets.md) | +1.9% | +1.6% |
| 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 | 2022-03-31 | [How to export suspension and resurgence of Covid in China affecting the Global Yellow Phosphorus Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42593-how-to-export-suspension-and-resurgence-of-covid-in-china-affecting-the-global.md) | -2.1% | -2.7% |

## Sources

- en.yabiladi.com: https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/96941/plans-quit-market-country-imposes.html

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