# Australia to ramp up local urea production to avert trucking crisis

> Australia plans to expand domestic urea production to avert a trucking crisis. Urea prices have surged more than 200% this year, and some countries are rationing AdBlue.

- Date: 2021-12-19 · published 2021-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43915-australia-to-ramp-up-local-urea-production-to-avert-trucking-crisis
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Added domestic output would modestly reduce Australia's reliance on imports, though global urea prices would still be driven by energy costs and supply.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-10-03 | [U.N. pushes for global fertilizer price cut to avoid 'future crisis' \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39049-u-n-pushes-for-global-fertilizer-price-cut-to-avoid-future-crisis-reuters.md) | +2.0% | -12.6% |
| UREA | 2025-06-26 | [China to Relax Urea Export Ban, Easing Global Price Pressure - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24142-china-to-relax-urea-export-ban-easing-global-price-pressure-bloomberg.md) | +5.4% | +11.3% |
| UREA | 2026-10-28 | [South Korea to Lift Urea Hoarding Ban as Supplies Stabilize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/298-south-korea-to-lift-urea-hoarding-ban-as-supplies-stabilize.md) | -1.3% | — |
| UREA | 2020-06-19 | [Government decides to reduce VCM on urea - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52919-government-decides-to-reduce-vcm-on-urea-business-recorder.md) | +0.6% | +6.2% |
| UREA | 2026-06-03 | [All signs point to China sticking with US soy deal, Vaden says \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14573-all-signs-point-to-china-sticking-with-us-soy-deal-vaden-says-agri-pulse.md) | -6.5% | -20.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/australia-ramp-up-local-urea-production-avert-trucking-crisis-2021-12-19/

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