# Urea ammonium nitrate imports face registration at EU borders | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

> The European Commission has moved to require registration of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) imports from the US, Russia and Trinidad and Tobago at EU borders while its anti-dumping probe continues. The registration would let regulators backdate any duties imposed later.

- Date: 2019-03-14 · published 2019-03-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60026-urea-ammonium-nitrate-imports-face-registration-at-eu-borders-mlex-specialist
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Backdated duties could raise landed costs for EU-bound UAN and reduce import competition, supporting EU nitrogen prices. Exporters from the named countries may need to redirect supply.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-11-26 | [Arab News \| Bangladesh’s urea imports from Middle East up 15% as local supply dwindles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7857-arab-news-bangladesh-s-urea-imports-from-middle-east-up-15-as-local-supply.md) | -8.3% | -10.2% |
| UREA | 2026-04-22 | [India to import record 2.5 million tons of urea at nearly double price paid two months ago \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20031-india-to-import-record-2-5-million-tons-of-urea-at-nearly-double-price-paid-two.md) | -0.5% | -15.4% |
| UREA | 2025-03-31 | [European Food Production at Risk As More Ammonia Production Lost \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9269-european-food-production-at-risk-as-more-ammonia-production-lost-cz-app.md) | +5.2% | +10.3% |
| UREA | 2020-06-22 | [Urea market stages recovery on buying interest in Latin America and Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52542-urea-market-stages-recovery-on-buying-interest-in-latin-america-and-africa.md) | +2.3% | +6.2% |
| UREA | 2021-07-23 | [Potential Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties on UAN Solutions Raise Eyebrows \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45997-potential-countervailing-and-anti-dumping-duties-on-uan-solutions-raise.md) | -0.7% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- mlex.com: https://www.mlex.com/mlex/articles/2065546/urea-ammonium-nitrate-imports-face-registration-at-eu-borders

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