What this tab covers How it is regulated and what could disrupt supply: hazard classification, rules in the EU, US and India, anti-dumping duties and other trade measures, and supply-risk notes.
Hazards
Classification
UN number
Key risks
generally not classified as hazardous; some suppliers list eye irritation
not regulated
Decomposes when heated, releasing ammonia; contains cadmium, fluorine and traces of uranium from rock.
favours low-cadmium rock and adds carbon cost to imports
EU
Tariffs on Russian and Belarusian fertilisers from July 2025, rising each year to 2028
pushes EU buyers to Morocco and others (indicative)
US
Countervailing duties on Moroccan and Russian phosphate fertilisers (2021); some suspended in June 2026
kept US DAP prices above world levels
India
Rule
Effect
Fertiliser (Control) Order 1985: DAP 18-46-0, MAP 11-52-0 grades
sets nutrient and quality specs
Nutrient Based Subsidy (since 2010), seasonal rates per kg of N and P2O5
caps farm prices; government carries import price risk
Long-term supply agreements with Morocco, Saudi Arabia and others (2025)
secures volume, not price
Trade measures
China export licensing and quotas for phosphate fertilisers since late 2021
US countervailing duties on Moroccan and Russian DAP/MAP (partly suspended June 2026)
EU tariffs on Russian fertilisers from July 2025 and CBAM from 2026
Supply risk
High. China and Morocco dominate rock and DAP exports, sulphur and ammonia pass through Hormuz, and India has almost no domestic rock. Phosphate rock is on the EU and US critical lists.