
Farmers Weekly reviews UK fertilizer import patterns after the 2022 disruption. Urea imports from Russia fell about 60% in early 2023 compared with a year earlier, while Egypt became the main urea supplier.
Poland and Lithuania supply most imported ammonium nitrate.
Shifts in import sources and reduced Russian supply tighten logistics and cost structures for UK farm inputs. The effect on global grain or feed prices is limited.
After 23 past neutral trade events, Urea moved a median 0.0% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.0%), and +2.8% 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.