# US urea market awakens to supply shortfall

> NOLA urea rose more than $20 per short ton in one week to about $236 FOB for February barges, with March barges at $240. Distributors bought March tonnage as Q1 import line-up fell below 800,000 tonnes versus 1.38 million a year earlier.

- Date: 2020-02-07 · published 2020-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6016-us-urea-market-awakens-to-supply-shortfall
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A tight US import pipeline ahead of spring application raises nitrogen input costs for corn growers and supports urea prices into the planting season.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-06-30 | [India Tender Supports Volatile Urea Market \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24144-india-tender-supports-volatile-urea-market-cz-app.md) | +7.9% | +11.8% |
| UREA | 2020-03-06 | [Urea market immune to World economic woes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54076-urea-market-immune-to-world-economic-woes.md) | -0.2% | -2.5% |
| UREA | 2024-10-03 | [Urea market squeeze due to several factors - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28188-urea-market-squeeze-due-to-several-factors-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.4% | +0.2% |
| UREA | 2024-05-28 | [China Absence, India Tender Creates Urea Market Rally \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30180-china-absence-india-tender-creates-urea-market-rally-cz-app.md) | -2.7% | +4.2% |
| UREA | 2021-09-03 | [Urea market rallies in the west, while east continues to await Indian announcement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5162-urea-market-rallies-in-the-west-while-east-continues-to-await-indian.md) | +8.6% | +43.5% |
| CORN | 2016-11-01 | [Surging ethanol exports are helping to support corn market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73854-surging-ethanol-exports-are-helping-to-support-corn-market.md) | +1.9% | -4.3% |
| CORN | 2025-08-07 | [Exporters sell US corn to Mexico- USDA \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23298-exporters-sell-us-corn-to-mexico-usda-marketscreener.md) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2022-02-02 | [Analysis: Supply concerns in competing countries likely to make US corn attractive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42743-analysis-supply-concerns-in-competing-countries-likely-to-make-us-corn.md) | +0.6% | +14.2% |

## Sources

- profercy.com: https://www.profercy.com/insights/us-urea-market-awakens-to-supply-shortfall

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