# US Commerce affirms Morocco phos duty proposal

> The US Department of Commerce upheld its preliminary recommendation to keep countervailing duties on Moroccan phosphate imports, finding a 20.04% subsidy to state-owned OCP. Commerce is recommending the ITC impose a 20.04% import duty, even though President Trump temporarily suspended the levies in June for eight months.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-04T00:16:21.122Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78659-us-commerce-affirms-morocco-phos-duty-proposal
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md)

## Why it matters

Keeping duties on Moroccan phosphate supports US domestic producers and keeps import costs for phosphate fertilizer higher, which feeds into DAP and TSP prices already tight from Gulf supply disruptions. The final ITC decision is not due until May 2027, so near-term price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- TSP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-06-05 | [Morocco’s OCP Group Files Appeal Against US Phosphate Import Duties](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46908-morocco-s-ocp-group-files-appeal-against-us-phosphate-import-duties.md) | +2.5% | +1.2% |
| DAP | 2021-06-23 | [US Farmers Overpay for Fertilizers Due to Duties Imposed on Moroccan and Russian Phosphate Imports – Phosphate Price](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46910-us-farmers-overpay-for-fertilizers-due-to-duties-imposed-on-moroccan-and.md) | -0.6% | -1.4% |
| DAP | 2020-10-09 | [Feedinfo - US Anti-Dumping Investigations on Phosphate Imports from Morocco and Russia Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50576-feedinfo-us-anti-dumping-investigations-on-phosphate-imports-from-morocco-and.md) | 0.0% | -2.8% |
| DAP | 2024-05-07 | [US to raise Morocco phosphate fertilizer tariffs again \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30589-us-to-raise-morocco-phosphate-fertilizer-tariffs-again-agriculture-dive.md) | +6.6% | +7.7% |
| DAP | 2020-12-02 | [Phosphate Fertilizers From Morocco and Russia; Scheduling of the Final Phase of Countervailing Duty Investigations \| 85 FR 79033](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49589-phosphate-fertilizers-from-morocco-and-russia-scheduling-of-the-final-phase-of.md) | +0.9% | +3.7% |

## Sources

- worldports.org: https://www.worldports.org/us-commerce-affirms-morocco-phos-duty-proposal/

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