Trade Alliance to Promote Prosperity Supports Review of Tariffs on Phosphate Fertilizers

According to reports,  the U.S. Department of Commerce is expected to begin tariff reviews in March that could lead to the termination of anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed in 2021 on certain phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco and Russia. TAPP supports the review and encourages lifting the tariffs for the benefit of American farmers and grocery consumers.

A January 2026 report by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University found that the countervailing duties imposed on Moroccan phosphate fertilizer imports led to higher fertilizer prices and placed significant additional costs on U.S. farmers over multiple growing seasons. According to the study, the tariffs increased prices of diammonium phosphate, one of the most widely used phosphorus fertilizers in the United States, by about 30%. The study estimated that the countervailing duties increased phosphorus fertilizer supply costs for U.S. producers by approximately $6.9 billion between the 2021 and 2025 growing seasons.

This is among the reasons that TAPP encourages the Department of Commerce to conduct a review of the tariffs. TAPP also encourages equally swift removal of this tax on U.S. farmers.