OCP Resumes U.S. Fertilizer Shipments With 54,000 Tons After Trump Suspends 16% Duties
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Updated · Farm Policy News · Aug 19
OCP Resumes U.S. Fertilizer Shipments With 54,000 Tons After Trump Suspends 16% Duties
3 articles · Updated · Farm Policy News · Aug 19
Summary
54,000 metric tons of Moroccan phosphate fertilizer have landed in New Orleans, marking OCP’s first U.S. shipment since Trump lifted countervailing duties in June.
More than 16% duties had kept the state-owned producer out of the U.S. market; Trump suspended them under an emergency declaration that cited risks to farm output and food security.
Phosphate prices are still near two-year highs heading into late-summer planting, and analysts said this cargo should ease costs only modestly because it carried triple superphosphate rather than the more widely used DAP or MAP.
Global supply remains tight: China’s exports have fallen to about 183,000 tons from 10 million tons in 2021, while Saudi logistics constraints and Russia’s export ban have removed roughly two-thirds of tradable supply.
OCP said temporary relief helps, but longer-term certainty is needed to support U.S. investment and stabilize fertilizer supply for American farmers.