# Urea fertilizer prices tumble as strait reopens | The Western Producer

> Urea barge prices in New Orleans fell to $350 per ton on June 22, less than half the wartime peak of $782. The drop followed the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and China's return to the export market, with about 200,000 tonnes moving through the strait since the ceasefire.

- Date: 2026-06-22 · published 2026-06-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19116-urea-fertilizer-prices-tumble-as-strait-reopens-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Reopened Hormuz flows and Chinese exports add supply to a market where the Middle East supplies about a third of global urea trade, pushing prices lower during the Northern Hemisphere off-season.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-06-26 | [Fertilizer shipments begin exiting through Hormuz strait \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18704-fertilizer-shipments-begin-exiting-through-hormuz-strait-the-western-producer.md) | -9.1% | +1.5% |
| UREA | 2026-04-17 | [Fertilizer Prices Fall After Iran Says Strait Is Open - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20034-fertilizer-prices-fall-after-iran-says-strait-is-open-tt.md) | -2.7% | -17.7% |
| UREA | 2023-03-09 | [The Russia-Ukraine war after a year: Impacts on fertilizer production, prices, and trade flows \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36783-the-russia-ukraine-war-after-a-year-impacts-on-fertilizer-production-prices-and.md) | +2.8% | +5.7% |
| UREA | 2026-07-24 | [WTO data confirms Strait of Hormuz fertilizer trade disruption is easing as urea nears pre-war price — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18655-wto-data-confirms-strait-of-hormuz-fertilizer-trade-disruption-is-easing-as.md) | +1.6% | -1.2% |
| UREA | 2026-07-01 | [Fertiliser prices tumble as traders look beyond Middle East disruption](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19113-fertiliser-prices-tumble-as-traders-look-beyond-middle-east-disruption.md) | -6.6% | +3.4% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/daily/urea-fertilizer-prices-tumble-as-strait-reopens/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.