# Fertilizer Industry Largely Spared from COVID-19 Impact - ProAg

> A ProAg review says the fertilizer industry has been only limitedly affected by COVID-19. China's production has recovered after lockdown, though Hubei's phosphoric acid output losses turned China from a DAP exporter into a net importer. Urea was less affected.

- Date: 2020-06-26 · published 2020-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52918-fertilizer-industry-largely-spared-from-covid-19-impact-proag
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

China's shift to DAP importer status and its recovering urea output bear on global phosphate and nitrogen supply balances.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-02-24 | [Made-in-China fertilizer becomes scarce for top buyer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54884-made-in-china-fertilizer-becomes-scarce-for-top-buyer.md) | +0.9% | -1.8% |
| DAP | 2020-02-03 | [Coronavirus to hit China fertilizer market — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54898-coronavirus-to-hit-china-fertilizer-market-fertilizer-daily.md) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| DAP | 2026-04-07 | [Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20045-moroccan-fertilizer-maker-ocp-expects-output-to-drop-30-per-cent-in-q2-sources.md) | +0.7% | +5.9% |
| DAP | 2020-01-31 | [Coronavirus: Spurt in fertiliser import costs seen due to plant closure \| Market - Other Commodities - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4509-coronavirus-spurt-in-fertiliser-import-costs-seen-due-to-plant-closure-market.md) | +9.5% | +9.5% |
| DAP | 2026-09-28 | [Sulfur shock deepens Brazil’s Phosphate fertiliser squeeze](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17783-sulfur-shock-deepens-brazil-s-phosphate-fertiliser-squeeze.md) | 0.0% | 0.0% |

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/fertilizer-industry-largely-spared-from-covid-19-impact/

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