# China’s 3.3 million tonne urea quota and FOB price floors reshape global nitrogen trade for Q4

> China's 2026 urea export quota is 3.3 million tonnes, about 1.7 million below 2025 shipments of roughly 5 million tonnes. Beijing also sets minimum FOB price floors of $430–$440/t, rising to $500/t for India-bound cargoes. Indian state tenders have been heavily oversubscribed.

- Date: 2026-09-18 · published 2026-09-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17413-china-s-3-3-million-tonne-urea-quota-and-fob-price-floors-reshape-global
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

A sharply reduced Chinese quota removes a major share of global urea supply, and China's price floors put a cost floor under world nitrogen prices. This supports urea into Q4 and raises the cost of nitrogen used in feed-grain production.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-03-04 | [China Announces 7 Million Tonne MAP, DAP Export Quota \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4296-china-announces-7-million-tonne-map-dap-export-quota-cz-app.md) | -0.0% | -13.2% |
| UREA | 2021-03-01 | [Egypt: Ministry of Trade and Industry increased export duties on Nitrogen fertilizers - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48052-egypt-ministry-of-trade-and-industry-increased-export-duties-on-nitrogen.md) | +4.3% | +4.3% |
| UREA | 2024-11-11 | [China’s record low urea exports support nitrogen fertilizers outlook: Fertiglobe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27319-china-s-record-low-urea-exports-support-nitrogen-fertilizers-outlook-fertiglobe.md) | +0.5% | +1.3% |
| UREA | 2021-06-03 | [Egypt: Ministry of Trade and Industry amends export duty on Nitrogen fertilizers - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46504-egypt-ministry-of-trade-and-industry-amends-export-duty-on-nitrogen-fertilizers.md) | +3.6% | +5.0% |
| UREA | 2021-10-20 | [China’s curbs on fertilizer exports to worsen global price shock](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44476-china-s-curbs-on-fertilizer-exports-to-worsen-global-price-shock.md) | -2.0% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- fertilizerdaily.com: https://www.fertilizerdaily.com/20260918-china-urea-export-quota-2026-nitrogen-price-floor/

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