# CRU Fertilizers Top 10 calls for 2020 Mid-year review - CRU Group

> CRU reviewed its top 10 fertilizer forecasts for 2020 and found most still on track despite COVID-19 disruption. China's DAP and urea exports are expected to fall, and India's urea imports are projected to decline while DAP imports rebound. The review was published as a mid-year update.

- Date: 2020-06-15 · published 2020-06-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52543-cru-fertilizers-top-10-calls-for-2020-mid-year-review-cru-group
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Chinese phosphate and urea export availability tightens the balance for importers, while India's shifting import needs change where global demand comes from.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-01-24 | [CRU’s top fertilizer calls for 2025 - BC Insight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26437-cru-s-top-fertilizer-calls-for-2025-bc-insight.md) | +1.5% | +12.7% |
| UREA | 2023-11-06 | [Fertilizer market review: What will 2024 bring? \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33094-fertilizer-market-review-what-will-2024-bring-ag-proud.md) | -2.8% | -6.4% |
| UREA | 2022-09-27 | [Fertilizer Prices, Rates, and Costs for 2023 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11906-fertilizer-prices-rates-and-costs-for-2023-farmdoc-daily.md) | -5.7% | -9.1% |
| UREA | 2025-08-06 | [DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10719-dtn-retail-fertilizer-trends.md) | -3.7% | -11.4% |
| UREA | 2020-03-04 | [DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54405-dtn-retail-fertilizer-trends.md) | +2.1% | +0.4% |
| DAP | 2020-01-17 | [AgroPages-CRU Fertilizers top ten calls for 2020-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55013-agropages-cru-fertilizers-top-ten-calls-for-2020-agricultural-news.md) | +2.0% | +11.3% |
| DAP | 2022-09-27 | [Fertilizer Prices, Rates, and Costs for 2023 - farmdoc daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11906-fertilizer-prices-rates-and-costs-for-2023-farmdoc-daily.md) | -2.6% | -2.2% |
| DAP | 2025-08-06 | [DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10719-dtn-retail-fertilizer-trends.md) | +0.1% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- crugroup.com: https://www.crugroup.com/en/communities/thought-leadership/2020/cru-fertilizers-top-10-calls-for-2020-mid-year-review/

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