# When Stars Align: Part 2 | World Fertilizer

> World Fertilizer reports that phosphate prospects have firmed on rising demand and reduced supply. Chinese authorities are ordering closures of older, polluting phosphate plants, with about 3 million tons of P2O5 capacity expected to close during 2015-2020. Chinese phosphate exports have been running at about 6 million tons a year.

- Date: 2018-12-28 · published 2018-12-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61517-when-stars-align-part-2-world-fertilizer
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Permanent capacity closures and falling Chinese exports tighten global phosphate supply, which supports DAP and phosphate rock prices. Higher phosphate prices raise feed mineral costs.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-10-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4700-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | +4.6% | +4.6% |
| DAP | 2021-12-01 | [Fertilizer pricing - Ontario Grain Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43519-fertilizer-pricing-ontario-grain-farmer.md) | -0.2% | -2.6% |
| DAP | 2022-04-01 | [Farmer Fertilizer Focus - Phosphates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5509-farmer-fertilizer-focus-phosphates.md) | -1.6% | -9.3% |
| DAP | 2021-10-20 | [China’s curbs on fertilizer exports to worsen global price shock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44476-china-s-curbs-on-fertilizer-exports-to-worsen-global-price-shock.md) | +0.0% | +4.3% |
| DAP | 2025-10-16 | [Why high fertilizer prices? – Ohio Ag Net \| Ohio's Country Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22742-why-high-fertilizer-prices-ohio-ag-net-ohio-s-country-journal.md) | -0.0% | -3.5% |

## Sources

- worldfertilizer.com: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/special-reports/28122018/when-stars-align-part-2/

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