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Chewachem's Q4 2023 review reports that urea, DAP and MOP prices closed 2023 substantially lower, with urea and MOP stabilizing at those levels. Container and bulk freight rose to 18-month highs in Q4 on Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels and reduced Panama Canal transits due to El Niño drought.
China's November suspension of CIQ inspections also halted fertilizer exports.
Higher freight costs raise landed fertilizer and feed-ingredient costs for importers even as fertilizer prices soften. Ongoing shipping disruption keeps upward pressure on delivered prices.
chewachem.comMark LeonardJan 12, 2024Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 64 past logistics events, Urea moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.0% to +2.3%), and -0.3% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
