# Fertilizer: Nigeria-Morocco To Produce 1m Tonnes - The Maghreb Times !

> Nigeria expects its fertilizer agreement with Morocco to yield one million tonnes of local production in 2017 through FEPSAN and OCP. The government hopes this will cut fertilizer prices from N8,000 to as low as N5,000 per bag.

- Date: 2017-01-26 · published 2017-01-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Nigeria · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73310-fertilizer-nigeria-morocco-to-produce-1m-tonnes-the-maghreb-times
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Local production of this scale would reduce African import demand for finished fertilizer, a modest bearish factor for OCP export volumes into Africa.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2024-10-28 | [Morocco’s phosphate fertilizer exports to EU surge, securing a strong position in European market - The Morocco Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28198-morocco-s-phosphate-fertilizer-exports-to-eu-surge-securing-a-strong-position.md) | +0.9% | +0.9% |
| DAP | 2025-07-15 | [Mint Primer: What India is now doing to avoid a fertilizer shock \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5400-mint-primer-what-india-is-now-doing-to-avoid-a-fertilizer-shock-mint.md) | +2.1% | +10.3% |
| DAP | 2026-10-01 | [S&P drops two Morocco-linked fertilizer price benchmarks as trade flows shift \| Bladi.net](https://feedsoft.ai/events/690-s-and-amp-p-drops-two-morocco-linked-fertilizer-price-benchmarks-as-trade-flows.md) | -0.3% | 0.0% |
| DAP | 2022-03-16 | [Morocco's OCP aims to boost fertilizer output despite lack of Russian ammonia \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42577-morocco-s-ocp-aims-to-boost-fertilizer-output-despite-lack-of-russian-ammonia.md) | +3.1% | -1.0% |
| DAP | 2020-06-25 | [Morocco's OCP to commission Nigeria, Ghana plants in 2024 \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52924-morocco-s-ocp-to-commission-nigeria-ghana-plants-in-2024-reuters.md) | +4.8% | +10.7% |

## Sources

- themaghrebtimes.com: https://themaghrebtimes.com/fertilizer-nigeria-morocco-to-produce-1m-tonnes/

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