“With the announcement of a 10 percent baseline tariff on all U.S. trading partner nations as well as higher duty rates for other countries, The Fertilizer Institute continues its call for fertilizer products of all types from all nations to receive a strategic carveout from any tariff orders as critical crop inputs for ensuring U.S. farmers have successful harvests. Stable, affordable access to fertilizers is critical to maintaining a globally competitive U.S. agricultural sector, strengthening rural economies, and keeping food prices affordable for hard working American families.
President Trump has taken several important actions over the first few months of his term to support a strong U.S. fertilizer industry and productive American agricultural sector, and TFI commends those actions. This includes ensuring that Canadian and Mexican imports of fertilizers meeting USMCA preference status continue to be subject to no duty under the fentanyl / migration tariffs and establishing through his Increase American Mineral Production Executive Order a framework to grow development of domestic fertilizer resources. Fertilizer is a globally traded commodity, and an open, fair, predictable, and transparent trading environment is vital to the continued growth of a resilient, competitive, and sustainable fertilizer industry for our farmer customers. A fertilizer carveout from the new tariffs is aligned with this objective and the past actions of the Trump Administration to support American farmers.”