# The Polisario warns a Chinese firm against importing phosphate rocks from the Sahara

> The Polisario Front warned Chinese chemical firm Sinochem against importing phosphate rock from Western Sahara, calling it stolen cargo and demanding a halt until the UN decolonization process is complete. The article notes a five-year Sinochem-OCP supply deal signed in October 2017 for 5 million tons of Moroccan phosphates.

- Date: 2019-07-29 · published 2019-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Western Sahara · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58413-the-polisario-warns-a-chinese-firm-against-importing-phosphate-rocks-from-the
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

A political challenge to Moroccan phosphate flows could add modest supply risk for phosphate rock and DAP, but the letter alone does not change current volumes.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2024-05-06 | [Morocco's surging role in the global phosphate market - The Morocco Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30592-morocco-s-surging-role-in-the-global-phosphate-market-the-morocco-post.md) | +3.6% | +7.7% |
| DAP | 2023-06-27 | [Chatham Rock comments on strong phosphate prices \| BusinessDesk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35813-chatham-rock-comments-on-strong-phosphate-prices-businessdesk.md) | 0.0% | +12.8% |
| DAP | 2024-03-25 | [High prices to curb southern LatAm phosphate imports \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31532-high-prices-to-curb-southern-latam-phosphate-imports-latest-market-news.md) | -10.7% | -13.4% |
| DAP | 2022-06-10 | [Using phosphorus from sewage could help with soaring food bills, says report \| Environment \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41283-using-phosphorus-from-sewage-could-help-with-soaring-food-bills-says-report.md) | +3.5% | +5.0% |
| DAP | 2022-10-04 | [AUSTRALIA/MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA • OCP resumes Western Sahara phosphate exports to Australia - 04/10/2022 - Africa Intelligence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39466-australia-morocco-western-sahara-ocp-resumes-western-sahara-phosphate-exports.md) | -1.7% | -5.5% |

## Sources

- en.yabiladi.com: https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/81632/polisario-warns-chinese-firm-against.html

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