# Russia 'still quite active' in urea exports, despite sanctions - Grain Price News

> Yara International said Russia, the largest urea exporter, remains quite active in shipments despite Western sanctions, though visibility on its trade is low. Russia's April urea exports were reported to have fallen about 25%, an estimate Yara called speculative. China has exported very little nitrogen fertilizer.

- Date: 2022-04-28 · published 2022-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Russia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6212-russia-still-quite-active-in-urea-exports-despite-sanctions-grain-price-news
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Sanctions-driven disruption to Russia's roughly 7m tonnes of annual urea exports tightens global nitrogen supply, which supports urea prices and raises costs for feed grain growers.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-11-09 | [How sanctions on Russia and Belarus are impacting exports of agricultural products and fertilizer \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38622-how-sanctions-on-russia-and-belarus-are-impacting-exports-of-agricultural.md) | -1.4% | -9.8% |
| UREA | 2025-06-03 | [Can New Sanctions Spark a Fertilizer Price Shock?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4336-can-new-sanctions-spark-a-fertilizer-price-shock.md) | +0.5% | +10.8% |
| UREA | 2026-10-23 | [Arab News \| Algerian urea exports to France under threat as diplomatic tensions persist , sources say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/754-arab-news-algerian-urea-exports-to-france-under-threat-as-diplomatic-tensions.md) | -0.1% | — |
| UREA | 2025-09-23 | [What Would Global Sanctions Against Russia Do to Fertilizer Markets?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22778-what-would-global-sanctions-against-russia-do-to-fertilizer-markets.md) | -1.1% | -5.4% |
| UREA | 2024-03-25 | [US-Iran war exposes Australia’s urea import reliance \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31527-us-iran-war-exposes-australia-s-urea-import-reliance-latest-market-news.md) | -12.7% | -19.2% |

## Sources

- grainpricenews.com: https://grainpricenews.com/2022/04/28/russia-still-quite-active-in-urea-exports-despite-sanctions/

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