# OCP’s Africa Fertilizer Complex Seeks to Triple Fertilizer Production

> Morocco's OCP Group says its Africa Fertilizer Complex, launched in 2016 at Jorf Lasfar, produces nearly one million tons of fertilizer a year for Africa. OCP plans new facilities to lift output to three million tons annually. The company says demand currently exceeds supply.

- Date: 2018-12-24 · published 2018-12-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61869-ocp-s-africa-fertilizer-complex-seeks-to-triple-fertilizer-production
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Planned capacity growth from the largest phosphate producer would add supply to African fertilizer markets over time, which is a modest bearish factor for phosphate and DAP prices once the capacity comes online.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- PHOSROCK: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2025-11-19 | [Tariff Exemptions Shift Fertilizer Outlook for Producers - RFD-TV](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22258-tariff-exemptions-shift-fertilizer-outlook-for-producers-rfd-tv.md) | -1.4% | -13.4% |
| DAP | 2021-01-07 | [OCP Group acknowledges US decision to reduce preliminary countervailing duty rate \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49465-ocp-group-acknowledges-us-decision-to-reduce-preliminary-countervailing-duty.md) | +0.5% | +39.8% |
| DAP | 2025-10-08 | [India’s DAP stocks see a rise heading into October \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22732-india-s-dap-stocks-see-a-rise-heading-into-october-world-fertilizer.md) | +0.4% | -3.5% |
| DAP | 2023-10-18 | [Moroccan fertilizer company sees way back into US market for spring planting \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33960-moroccan-fertilizer-company-sees-way-back-into-us-market-for-spring-planting.md) | +0.5% | +4.0% |
| DAP | 2025-08-26 | [Amid thaw in ties, China to soon revive fertilizer supply to India \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23274-amid-thaw-in-ties-china-to-soon-revive-fertilizer-supply-to-india-mint.md) | -2.0% | -2.7% |

## Sources

- moroccoworldnews.com: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/12/84034/ocp-africa-fertilizer-complex-morocco/

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