Shares of agricultural chemicals company The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) are up 11% in 3:15 p.m. EST trading Tuesday after the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration ruled in the company's favor on allegations of price dumping by foreign exporters of phosphate fertilizer from Morocco and the Russian Federation. The ITA announced "affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations" of five separate foreign exporters, and suggested imposing tariffs of anywhere from 23.5% to 72.5%, depending on the exporter, to bring their prices in the U.S. up to market levels.
In a note discussing ITA's action and its implications for Mosaic, investment bank Bernstein observed that ITA's proposed tariffs were higher than expected, which it called "clearly positive" for Mosaic, reports TheFly.com . With foreign exporters less able to undercut Mosaic on price when selling to U.S. farmers, the company will both lose fewer sales after this action and be better able to charge higher prices on its own products.
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