# Global Urea Prices Surge as Some Mideast Producers Halt Output - Bloomberg

> Global urea prices have surged as escalating violence in the Middle East threatens supplies from a major producing and exporting region. Some Mideast producers have halted output, and the region accounts for nearly half of world urea exports.

- Date: 2025-06-23 · published 2025-06-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24143-global-urea-prices-surge-as-some-mideast-producers-halt-output-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Lost output from a region supplying about half of seaborne urea tightens global supply and lifts prices for fertilizer buyers and corn growers' input costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-04-27 | [Mideast Urea Output Drops as Fertilizer Shipments Stall in Strait of Hormuz - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10730-mideast-urea-output-drops-as-fertilizer-shipments-stall-in-strait-of-hormuz.md) | -8.8% | -16.4% |
| UREA | 2025-06-23 | [Urea Prices Spike as Middle East Conflict Cuts Iranian Production \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24541-urea-prices-spike-as-middle-east-conflict-cuts-iranian-production-cz-app.md) | +1.4% | +12.4% |
| UREA | 2025-07-01 | [Global urea prices rise with Middle East conflict \| News \| farmtalknews.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24079-global-urea-prices-rise-with-middle-east-conflict-news-farmtalknews-com.md) | +10.7% | +11.9% |
| UREA | 2026-03-18 | [Urea – Midweek Update: Middle East crisis sees global urea prices established above $700pt fob](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20463-urea-midweek-update-middle-east-crisis-sees-global-urea-prices-established.md) | +2.0% | +18.0% |
| UREA | 2026-03-03 | [Global oil and gas prices soar as Iran crisis disrupts shipping, production \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8777-global-oil-and-gas-prices-soar-as-iran-crisis-disrupts-shipping-production.md) | +10.0% | +19.1% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/global-urea-prices-surge-as-some-mideast-producers-halt-output

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