# Ukrainian fertilizer market: on the threshold of the unknown - Інфоіндустрія

> Ukrainian farmers and traders are preparing for spring fertilizer demand after a disruptive 2018 that stopped Ukrainian plants during the 2017 spring season. Stocks of ammonium nitrate and substitutes totaling about 590,000 tons were reportedly bought since 2017, roughly 60% of the requirement.

- Date: 2019-02-18 · published 2019-02-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60910-ukrainian-fertilizer-market-on-the-threshold-of-the-unknown
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Early buying and stockpiling reduce the risk of a spring price spike for nitrogen fertilizers, but any further plant outages could tighten supply quickly and lift urea and ammonium nitrate prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral

## Sources

- infoindustria.com.ua: https://infoindustria.com.ua/ukrainian-fertilizer-market-on-the-threshold-of-the-unknown/

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