# The Red Sea crisis: Imported fertilisers paint mixed price picture | Agriculture - Business Standard

> The Red Sea crisis, with Houthi attacks on ships, has raised freight on imported fertilizers to India, with rates rising from $20 to $30-40 per tonne. DAP and potash from Jordan, Israel and Russia are most affected, and delivery times have lengthened.

- Date: 2024-01-30 · published 2024-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11963-the-red-sea-crisis-imported-fertilisers-paint-mixed-price-picture-agriculture
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Higher ocean freight and longer routes raise landed fertilizer costs and reflect broader shipping disruption that can lift freight-linked feed input costs.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2025-06-01 | [The price of phosphate fertilisers continues to rise and everything indicates that there will be an upturn in urea prices – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4338-the-price-of-phosphate-fertilisers-continues-to-rise-and-everything-indicates.md) | +0.7% | +3.8% |
| DAP | 2021-06-21 | [Fertiliser prices continue to increase: MoIT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46891-fertiliser-prices-continue-to-increase-moit.md) | -0.2% | -1.3% |
| DAP | 2020-05-22 | [Rising fertilizer freight rates to pressure suppliers \| MoroccoTomorrow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53067-rising-fertilizer-freight-rates-to-pressure-suppliers-moroccotomorrow.md) | +1.5% | +2.5% |
| DAP | 2026-07-29 | [Strait of Hormuz pressure on fertilizers: sulfur rises 322% in one year, phosphates lose demand and urea advances again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18694-strait-of-hormuz-pressure-on-fertilizers-sulfur-rises-322-in-one-year.md) | +1.6% | +1.6% |
| DAP | 2026-07-22 | [Fertilizer Supply Chains Face a Costly Turning Point](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18690-fertilizer-supply-chains-face-a-costly-turning-point.md) | +0.6% | +2.1% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/industry/agriculture/red-sea-crisis-mixed-trends-in-imported-fertiliser-prices-till-dec-2023-124012600888_1.html

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