# Urea: US-Iran Sanctions - Trade flow disruption ahead?

> Iran's president said a broad outline had been agreed with the USA and other nations to end oil, petrochemical and banking restrictions. Sanctions since 2018 had blocked Iranian urea from key markets such as India, forcing discounted sales elsewhere, and oil markets are already pricing in easing.

- Date: 2021-05-24 · published 2021-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Iran · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5696-urea-us-iran-sanctions-trade-flow-disruption-ahead
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Easing sanctions would let Iranian urea return to major import tenders such as India's, adding supply and likely pressuring global urea prices. Trade flows could shift back toward Iranian origin at competitive prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼
- BRENT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRENT | 2026-04-10 | [Dollar set for weekly drop ahead of US-Iran peace talks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11159-dollar-set-for-weekly-drop-ahead-of-us-iran-peace-talks.md) | +0.8% | -5.5% |
| BRENT | 2018-07-11 | [Crude oil falls after US softens stance on Iranian sanction waivers - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10097-crude-oil-falls-after-us-softens-stance-on-iranian-sanction-waivers-the.md) | -8.7% | -6.2% |
| BRENT | 2020-01-08 | [Oil dives as U.S., Iran tensions ease and on U.S. crude build](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9656-oil-dives-as-u-s-iran-tensions-ease-and-on-u-s-crude-build.md) | -5.9% | -21.3% |
| BRENT | 2018-07-16 | [Oil tumbles as Mnuchin says oil buyers may get Iran sanctions waivers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64230-oil-tumbles-as-mnuchin-says-oil-buyers-may-get-iran-sanctions-waivers.md) | -2.9% | -3.8% |
| BRENT | 2019-06-24 | [U.S. oil ends higher, but Brent falls as Trump administration announces additional Iran sanctions - MarketWatch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58755-u-s-oil-ends-higher-but-brent-falls-as-trump-administration-announces.md) | +2.2% | -5.9% |
| UREA | 2026-07-24 | [WTO data confirms Strait of Hormuz fertilizer trade disruption is easing as urea nears pre-war price — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18655-wto-data-confirms-strait-of-hormuz-fertilizer-trade-disruption-is-easing-as.md) | +1.6% | -1.2% |
| UREA | 2026-07-01 | [Fertiliser prices tumble as traders look beyond Middle East disruption](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19113-fertiliser-prices-tumble-as-traders-look-beyond-middle-east-disruption.md) | -6.6% | +3.4% |
| UREA | 2023-03-09 | [The Russia-Ukraine war after a year: Impacts on fertilizer production, prices, and trade flows \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36783-the-russia-ukraine-war-after-a-year-impacts-on-fertilizer-production-prices-and.md) | +2.8% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- profercy.com: https://www.profercy.com/insights/urea-us-iran-sanctions-trade-flow-disruption-ahead
- profercy.com: https://www.profercy.com/urea-us-iran-sanctions-trade-flow-disruption-ahead/

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