# Urea market finds liquidity following news of India’s potential return

> Urea market found buying interest after reports that India's IPL could issue a fresh purchasing tender as early as next week. Egyptian granular urea fell to around $600/t fob earlier in the week, and Algerian sales were reported at up to $620-640/t fob.

- Date: 2022-01-28 · published 2022-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43453-urea-market-finds-liquidity-following-news-of-india-s-potential-return
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A possible Indian tender for February-March shipments would support urea prices after a sharp slide from the December peak near $960/t. Lower fertilizer costs could ease feed-grain production costs in coming seasons.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2020-11-20 | [AgroPages-Urea market fed by the hand of India-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50467-agropages-urea-market-fed-by-the-hand-of-india-agricultural-news.md) | +9.4% | +7.9% |
| UREA | 2020-04-20 | [AgroPages-China’s prilled urea sellers await return of India-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53562-agropages-china-s-prilled-urea-sellers-await-return-of-india-agricultural-news.md) | -1.8% | -19.6% |
| UREA | 2020-07-31 | [Urea market firms with India still playing catch-up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5057-urea-market-firms-with-india-still-playing-catch-up.md) | +20.9% | +15.1% |
| UREA | 2022-10-21 | [IPL India set to book 1.5m. tonnes following latest urea purchasing inquiry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39460-ipl-india-set-to-book-1-5m-tonnes-following-latest-urea-purchasing-inquiry.md) | -2.5% | -13.0% |
| UREA | 2026-02-25 | [Urea: India raises the stakes for markets requiring April arrivals](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20925-urea-india-raises-the-stakes-for-markets-requiring-april-arrivals.md) | +28.3% | +35.4% |
| CORN | 2019-01-16 | [India's MMTC receives urea tender offers \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61027-india-s-mmtc-receives-urea-tender-offers-latest-market-news.md) | +1.2% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2025-05-20 | [Brazil's potential 7 million-tonne share in China's DDG market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24769-brazil-s-potential-7-million-tonne-share-in-china-s-ddg-market.md) | +1.6% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2017-05-15 | [Competitive feed market in Malaysia creates potential for U.S. DDGS \| World-grain.com \| May 15, 2017 13:38 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70994-competitive-feed-market-in-malaysia-creates-potential-for-u-s-ddgs-world-grain.md) | +0.5% | +3.5% |

## Sources

- profercy.com: https://www.profercy.com/insights/urea-market-finds-liquidity-following-news-of-indias-potential-return-to-the-market

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