# The global fertilizer market: taking stock of a tightening market situation

> An FAO information note describes the global fertilizer market as tightening. It frames the situation as a supply squeeze following the war in Ukraine and related export disruptions.

- Date: 2022-11-03 · published 2022-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38619-the-global-fertilizer-market-taking-stock-of-a-tightening-market-situation
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter fertilizer supply tends to keep nutrient prices firm, which raises input costs for feed-grain growers and can lower application rates and future yields.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-07-05 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40415-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | -0.0% | +12.8% |
| UREA | 2022-12-22 | [Top 10 calls of 2023 for the fertilizer market - CRU Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38176-top-10-calls-of-2023-for-the-fertilizer-market-cru-group.md) | -1.7% | -11.8% |
| UREA | 2022-06-30 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40878-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | +2.0% | +4.4% |
| UREA | 2026-05-14 | [Fertilizer prices surge as Strait of Hormuz disruptions tighten supplies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19175-fertilizer-prices-surge-as-strait-of-hormuz-disruptions-tighten-supplies.md) | -1.4% | -29.2% |
| UREA | 2026-04-07 | [Semi-Annual Global Fertilizer Outlook - Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20027-semi-annual-global-fertilizer-outlook-rabobank.md) | 0.0% | -10.4% |
| DAP | 2022-07-05 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40415-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | +4.0% | -0.7% |
| DAP | 2022-06-30 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40878-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| DAP | 2026-04-07 | [Semi-Annual Global Fertilizer Outlook - Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20027-semi-annual-global-fertilizer-outlook-rabobank.md) | +0.7% | +5.9% |

## Sources

- fao.org: https://www.fao.org/newsroom/briefing-notes-detail/The.global.fertilizer.market.taking.stock.of.a.tightening.market.situation/en

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