# Trade duties disrupt fertilizer flow; ag groups respond | Profitability | farmweeknow.com

> The US Commerce Department made a preliminary ruling that UAN fertilizer imports from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago are unfairly subsidized, which could bring additional tariffs. The National Corn Growers Association opposed the move, warning that tariffs would create shortages and raise costs.

- Date: 2022-01-25 · published 2022-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43457-trade-duties-disrupt-fertilizer-flow-ag-groups-respond-profitability
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Proposed countervailing duties could restrict US nitrogen import supply and lift domestic fertilizer prices, adding cost pressure for corn growers. Trade flows are shifting to other origins as a result.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-08-15 | [Fertilizer demand remains strong \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45869-fertilizer-demand-remains-strong-profitability-farmweeknow-com.md) | -0.4% | +19.8% |
| UREA | 2025-01-13 | [Tight global supply keeping fertilizer prices elevated \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26832-tight-global-supply-keeping-fertilizer-prices-elevated-profitability.md) | +0.4% | +13.8% |
| UREA | 2023-01-17 | [What could eat into farm profitability in '23? \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37771-what-could-eat-into-farm-profitability-in-23-profitability-farmweeknow-com.md) | -0.5% | -22.3% |
| UREA | 2022-03-02 | [Waive fertilizer dumping duties, corn farmers ask](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42257-waive-fertilizer-dumping-duties-corn-farmers-ask.md) | +22.0% | +20.9% |
| UREA | 2022-06-16 | [Farm state lawmakers press ITC to reverse on fertilizer duties \| 2022-06-16 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40925-farm-state-lawmakers-press-itc-to-reverse-on-fertilizer-duties-2022-06-16-agri.md) | -0.9% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2023-01-17 | [What could eat into farm profitability in '23? \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37771-what-could-eat-into-farm-profitability-in-23-profitability-farmweeknow-com.md) | -1.8% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2017-05-03 | [U.S. farm groups seek trade stability amid turbulence over NAFTA \| 2017-05-03 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70980-u-s-farm-groups-seek-trade-stability-amid-turbulence-over-nafta-2017-05-03-agri.md) | +0.5% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2018-01-03 | [Ag groups see trade, farm bill among top challenges in 2018 \| 2018-01-02 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66972-ag-groups-see-trade-farm-bill-among-top-challenges-in-2018-2018-01-02-agri.md) | -0.9% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- farmweeknow.com: https://www.farmweeknow.com/profitability/trade-duties-disrupt-fertilizer-flow-ag-groups-respond/article_6ab369bc-7576-11ec-9b86-4bca0af35b19.html

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