# South Africa Returns Morocco’s Phosphate Cargo to OCP

> South Africa returned a 55,000-tonne Moroccan phosphate cargo to OCP after the cargo, seized in 2017, failed to find buyers. A South African court had ruled the phosphate belonged to Polisario, and the shipowner returned it to OCP for a nominal fee. OCP says buyers refused the cargo because of its disputed origin.

- Date: 2018-05-08 · published 2018-05-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Morocco · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65334-south-africa-returns-morocco-s-phosphate-cargo-to-ocp
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

The cargo is small relative to global phosphate trade, so the return has little price effect, though the dispute highlights sourcing risk for buyers of Moroccan phosphate.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: neutral

## Sources

- moroccoworldnews.com: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/05/90116/south-africa-returns-moroccos-phosphate-cargo-to-ocp/

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