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An IFA Global Markets Conference summary says geopolitical and logistics risks have become structural for fertiliser markets. Argus estimates the Middle East supplies about 50% of global sulfur exports and over 30% of urea exports, and about 5.5 Mt of urea output was disrupted during the conflict.
Structural disruption to Gulf urea and sulfur supply keeps nitrogen and phosphate prices elevated and raises the risk premium on fertiliser imports.
fertilizer.orgJul 24, 2026After 205 past bullish geopolitics events, Urea moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (53% higher; middle half -2.1% to +3.0%), and -0.4% over 20.
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.
