# USD exchange rate skyrockets: Businesses struggle with cost surges

> Businesses in Vietnam are struggling with higher import costs as the US dollar rises against the dong. A fertilizer importer says a 2% exchange rate move adds roughly $40,000 in input costs.

- Date: 2025-03-27 · published 2025-03-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Vietnam · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25893-usd-exchange-rate-skyrockets-businesses-struggle-with-cost-surges
- Commodities: [Vietnamese Dong (VND per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDVND.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Rising dollar-denominated import costs in Vietnam, including fertilizer, squeeze local margins and can weigh on domestic demand, with limited direct impact on global commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- USDVND: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-12-04 | [Weak rupee may raise fertiliser import, production costs and subsidy load \| Industry News - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5187-weak-rupee-may-raise-fertiliser-import-production-costs-and-subsidy-load.md) | -0.5% | +8.9% |
| UREA | 2021-09-24 | [Europe's gas prices surge but who will cut consumption? Kemp](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7929-europe-s-gas-prices-surge-but-who-will-cut-consumption-kemp.md) | +6.2% | +39.6% |
| UREA | 2023-01-03 | [How Consumers and Businesses are Reacting to Food Price Inflation - Euromonitor.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12190-how-consumers-and-businesses-are-reacting-to-food-price-inflation-euromonitor.md) | -7.1% | -21.7% |
| UREA | 2021-08-19 | [Fertilizer market breaks with all seasonal patterns - Inside Mest \| Boerenbusiness. Nl](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45887-fertilizer-market-breaks-with-all-seasonal-patterns-inside-mest-boerenbusiness.md) | -0.2% | +20.3% |
| UREA | 2022-09-02 | [Fertilizer Costs Are Surging Again Just as US Farmers Look to Buy - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39880-fertilizer-costs-are-surging-again-just-as-us-farmers-look-to-buy-bloomberg.md) | -5.4% | -10.5% |

## Sources

- vietdata.vn: https://www.vietdata.vn/post/usd-exchange-rate-skyrockets-businesses-struggle-with-cost-surges

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