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Over 50 state grower groups and eight national ag groups filed a letter with the Department of Commerce on Friday asking it to revoke countervailing duties on imports of phosphate fertilizer as the sunset review begins. The letter was signed by groups like the National Corn Growers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, USA Rice, and several others, and said that if the duties continue, they will further worsen the dire economic conditions faced by American farmers.
“Maintaining the phosphate fertilizer duties will allow a small set of powerful corporations to continue to limit supply options for farmers,” the letter said. “This has already prevented farmers from accessing the tools that meet their crop production needs and resulted in lower yields and negative economic impacts.”
In 2020, the Commerce Department, acting on a petition filed by The Mosaic Company, imposed duties on phosphate fertilizers imported from Morocco and Russia.
NAFB news service
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