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Platts is ending its FOB Morocco, Bulk, NOLA netback assessments for DAP and MAP, announced in a note published October 1. The change follows shifts in phosphate trade flows.
Losing a benchmark reduces price transparency for DAP and MAP cargoes moving from Morocco into the US market.
After 36 past neutral trade events, DAP moved a median +0.7% over 5 sessions (64% higher; middle half -0.0% to +2.1%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.