The U.S. Department of Commerce reduced the subsidy rate that Moroccan fertilizer manufacturer OCP would face on phosphate exports to the U.S., lowering it to 16.88% from 23.46%, according to a memo from the agency.
"On November 30, 2020, we received timely ministerial error allegations that Commerce made significant ministerial errors in the Preliminary Determination with respect to OCP's subsidy rate," the document says. "As a result, we have amended the OCP's Group preliminarily ad valorem rate."
However, Commerce noted that it disagreed with other contentions made by OCP in the information they provided to Commerce.