# Tightening Inventories Keep Urea Prices Elevated Across Asia and Europe

> Urea prices have stayed elevated in China and Europe since early November 2025, supported by tightening inventories and winter stockpiling. Chinese national urea inventories fell to about 1.444 million tons amid active export activity, following China's suspension of fertilizer exports and India's latest urea tender.

- Date: 2025-11-27 · published 2025-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5337-tightening-inventories-keep-urea-prices-elevated-across-asia-and-europe
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Tight urea supplies and China's export suspension raise nitrogen input costs for grain and oilseed growers, which can support crop prices over time. The effect on feed commodities is indirect and mainly runs through farm input costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2025-02-21 | [Urea prices surge due to strong Indian demand and tight supplies \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26360-urea-prices-surge-due-to-strong-indian-demand-and-tight-supplies-farm-weekly-wa.md) | -0.5% | -4.7% |
| UREA | 2024-10-14 | [Urea Prices Remain Firm as Brazil, Europe Return Imminent \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27788-urea-prices-remain-firm-as-brazil-europe-return-imminent-cz-app.md) | -0.4% | -6.2% |
| UREA | 2024-06-28 | [Upcoming India Urea Tender Provides Price Support \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29671-upcoming-india-urea-tender-provides-price-support-cz-app.md) | -2.1% | -0.5% |
| UREA | 2024-01-15 | [Urea, Phosphate Prices Rise on Tight Availability \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32051-urea-phosphate-prices-rise-on-tight-availability-cz-app.md) | -0.3% | +12.6% |
| CORN | 2024-08-14 | [Urea supply tight as China keeps exports low \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28672-urea-supply-tight-as-china-keeps-exports-low-the-western-producer.md) | -0.7% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2025-01-21 | [Export prices for barley in Ukraine reached the level of corn and feed wheat prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26576-export-prices-for-barley-in-ukraine-reached-the-level-of-corn-and-feed-wheat.md) | -0.5% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2018-10-31 | [Grain imports on the cards as drought drives up prices and crop forecasts slashed - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62498-grain-imports-on-the-cards-as-drought-drives-up-prices-and-crop-forecasts.md) | +3.5% | -4.6% |

## Sources

- chemanalyst.com: https://www.chemanalyst.com/NewsAndDeals/NewsDetails/tightening-inventories-keep-urea-prices-elevated-across-asia-and-europe-40188

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