# What’s in store for the nitrogen market in 2019? | World Fertilizer

> CRU analyst Laura Cross expects urea and ammonia prices to soften into 2Q19 as Chinese seasonal exports resume, before stabilising. The outlook also cites China capacity closures and an interim tightness period from 2019 to 2022.

- Date: 2019-02-07 · published 2019-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60524-what-s-in-store-for-the-nitrogen-market-in-2019-world-fertilizer
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Softer nitrogen prices in the first half of 2019 lower fertilizer input costs for grain and forage producers, while later tightness could lift prices again.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

## Sources

- worldfertilizer.com: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/nitrogen/07022019/whats-in-store-for-the-nitrogen-market-in-2019/

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