US DAP and MAP imports in May did little to alter the trend of declining arrivals for the first 11 months of the current fertilizer year through May compared to the prior year period, according to data from the US Department of Commerce. May 2016 DAP arrivals jumped to 18,207 st (16,517 mt) from just 1,391 st (1,262 mt) during May 2015. Most of the differnce between the two months is accounted for by imports from Russia during May 2016 of 15,416 st compared to nothing one year earlier.
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