# Insight: As sanctions bite Russia, fertilizer shortage imperils world food supply

> Western sanctions on Russia, a major exporter of potash, ammonia and urea, have disrupted shipments of key fertilizer inputs worldwide. Russia and Belarus together supplied more than 40% of global potash exports last year, and Russia also accounted for about 22% of ammonia and 14% of urea exports.

- Date: 2022-03-23 · published 2022-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42210-insight-as-sanctions-bite-russia-fertilizer-shortage-imperils-world-food-supply
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Losing this share of nutrient supply tightens fertilizer availability ahead of planting, which pushes input costs up and can cut yields of corn, soy, rice and wheat. Buyers should expect higher feed grain production costs over the coming seasons.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-09-23 | [What Would Global Sanctions Against Russia Do to Fertilizer Markets?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22778-what-would-global-sanctions-against-russia-do-to-fertilizer-markets.md) | -1.1% | -5.4% |
| UREA | 2023-01-26 | [Global fertilizer shortage is threatening a worldwide food crisis \| Fortune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5865-global-fertilizer-shortage-is-threatening-a-worldwide-food-crisis-fortune.md) | -15.2% | -20.7% |
| UREA | 2022-11-09 | [How sanctions on Russia and Belarus are impacting exports of agricultural products and fertilizer \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38622-how-sanctions-on-russia-and-belarus-are-impacting-exports-of-agricultural.md) | -1.4% | -9.8% |
| UREA | 2026-03-10 | [Middle East conflict strains fertilizer supply chains \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20099-middle-east-conflict-strains-fertilizer-supply-chains-world-fertilizer.md) | +2.8% | +21.1% |
| UREA | 2022-09-28 | [How the war in Ukraine is affecting the world's supply of fertilizer : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39891-how-the-war-in-ukraine-is-affecting-the-world-s-supply-of-fertilizer-npr.md) | -5.3% | -9.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/sanctions-bite-russia-fertilizer-shortage-imperils-world-food-supply-2022-03-23/

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