# Middle East fertiliser exports plunge 70%, Kpler says - Updater News

> Middle East fertilizer exports fell 70% to 75%, with September shipments at 994,000 tonnes versus 3.41 million a year earlier, according to Kpler. The Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, and attacks on vessels have made shipowners wary. Sulphur costs have forced Mosaic to idle or slow phosphate plants.

- Date: 2026-10-31 · published 2026-11-01T06:12:32.597Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4375-middle-east-fertiliser-exports-plunge-70-kpler-says-updater-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

The Gulf supplies a large share of seaborne urea and sulphur, so the export loss tightens global nitrogen, sulphur and phosphate supply. Analysts expect higher prices and smaller harvests in 2027.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- TSP: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-07-27 | [Fertiliser Market Update — Bartholomews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5033-fertiliser-market-update-bartholomews.md) | +3.1% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2026-03-03 | [Fertilizer Markets Surge Following Escalation in the Middle East - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4435-fertilizer-markets-surge-following-escalation-in-the-middle-east-rfd.md) | +0.7% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 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) | +3.2% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2026-04-21 | [Global fertiliser market facing prolonged period of strain from Middle East disruption – industry report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20020-global-fertiliser-market-facing-prolonged-period-of-strain-from-middle-east.md) | +1.3% | +4.8% |
| CORN | 2026-03-18 | [Urea – Midweek Update: Middle East crisis sees global urea prices established above $700pt fob](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20463-urea-midweek-update-middle-east-crisis-sees-global-urea-prices-established.md) | +2.0% | +0.2% |
| UREA | 2026-07-14 | [Middle East crisis: fertiliser trade "severely disrupted", WTO says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18267-middle-east-crisis-fertiliser-trade-severely-disrupted-wto-says.md) | +1.6% | +4.2% |
| UREA | 2022-07-27 | [Fertiliser Market Update — Bartholomews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5033-fertiliser-market-update-bartholomews.md) | +16.4% | +13.6% |
| UREA | 2026-08-28 | [Wesfarmers says Middle East conflict pushed up fertilizer costs as WesCEF earnings rose 18.5%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5477-wesfarmers-says-middle-east-conflict-pushed-up-fertilizer-costs-as-wescef.md) | +11.5% | +15.0% |

## Sources

- capitaltimes.asia: https://capitaltimes.asia/world/middle-east-africa/middle-east-fertilizer-exports-fall-hormuz-urea/
- updater.news: https://updater.news/middle-east-fertiliser-exports-plunge-70-kpler-says/

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