Agricultural groups have asked federal officials not to impose countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizers from Russia and Morocco.
Scott Gerlt with the American Soybean Association tells Brownfield federal officials are assessing preliminary import duties, which has raised prices for farmers and dropped supplies. “Early Congress reports found that they are unfairly subsidizing their phosphates, and so deposits for these started being collected in November.”
Gerlt says the ASA, National Corn Growers Association, and the National Cotton Council submitted written comments this week asking the International Trade Commission not to lock in the countervailing duties for five years in March.
