# Urea Monthly Review: Supply Guarantee Policies Affect Market, Urea Prices Under Upward Pressure

> Chinese domestic urea prices were highly volatile in November, rising early on Egyptian gas-related production cuts and then easing as buyers resisted high prices. Export difficulties built port inventories while natural gas shortages and winter maintenance constrained output.

- Date: 2023-12-01 · published 2023-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10280-urea-monthly-review-supply-guarantee-policies-affect-market-urea-prices-under
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Export restrictions and tight enterprise supply support nitrogen prices, but off-season farm demand caps gains. Expected stabilization with slight downward pressure implies limited cost relief for feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-01-14 | [MI&P expresses satisfaction over urea supply, demand situation - Business & Finance - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49450-mi-and-p-expresses-satisfaction-over-urea-supply-demand-situation-business-and.md) | +3.5% | +15.5% |
| UREA | 2020-09-25 | [India’s Fertilizer Under Pressure \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51053-india-s-fertilizer-under-pressure-world-fertilizer.md) | -4.3% | -4.0% |
| UREA | 2025-12-11 | [Urea market braces for EU’s CBAM \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21823-urea-market-braces-for-eu-s-cbam-world-fertilizer.md) | +1.0% | +11.2% |
| UREA | 2024-01-22 | [Congress Needs to Get Creative to Boost Reference Prices, Crop Insurance and Disaster Aid](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32101-congress-needs-to-get-creative-to-boost-reference-prices-crop-insurance-and.md) | +12.6% | +13.1% |
| UREA | 2024-10-25 | [Fertilizer market anticipates little impact from updated Russian export quotas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27784-fertilizer-market-anticipates-little-impact-from-updated-russian-export-quotas.md) | -0.9% | -5.6% |
| NATGAS | 2018-05-18 | [LNG Remains In Tight Supply In This Key Market \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65194-lng-remains-in-tight-supply-in-this-key-market-oilprice-com.md) | +3.8% | +7.7% |
| NATGAS | 2022-07-27 | [Fertilizer market volatility raises pricing questions \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5034-fertilizer-market-volatility-raises-pricing-questions-farmtario.md) | -14.8% | +2.6% |
| NATGAS | 2024-04-24 | [Global fertiliser prices set to drop but gas risks cause concern \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5022-global-fertiliser-prices-set-to-drop-but-gas-risks-cause-concern-farm-online-act.md) | +7.7% | +52.8% |

## Sources

- fdd-global.com: https://www.fdd-global.com/article-hot-news/urea-monthly-review-supply-guarantee-policies-affect-market-urea-prices-under-upward-pressure.html

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