# Chinese cutbacks cause nitrogen price surge | Capital Press

> A sharp cut in Chinese fertilizer exports has driven a steep rise in urea and nitrogen prices over the past year, with Gulf urea trading at $310-325/t versus about $160 in mid-2017. China is projected to export about 1.5 million tons of urea in 2018, roughly one-tenth of its 2017 exports.

- Date: 2018-10-18 · published 2018-10-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62464-chinese-cutbacks-cause-nitrogen-price-surge-capital-press
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Chinese export supply keeps global nitrogen costs high, raising grain production costs and feed-grain pricing pressure for US farmers through the domestic-international price link.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2021-06-22 | [Nitrogen prices resurgent in ‘frantic’ global market \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46500-nitrogen-prices-resurgent-in-frantic-global-market-capital-press.md) | +1.4% | -0.3% |
| UREA | 2025-04-16 | [Nitrogen prices soar on reduced Chinese exports \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25020-nitrogen-prices-soar-on-reduced-chinese-exports-the-western-producer.md) | +1.4% | +18.5% |
| UREA | 2023-09-05 | [Global factors raise price of nitrogen - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9881-global-factors-raise-price-of-nitrogen-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +14.0% | +9.1% |
| UREA | 2024-12-09 | [India Urea Tender Rumours Drive Price Surge \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26889-india-urea-tender-rumours-drive-price-surge-cz-app.md) | +2.5% | +9.5% |
| UREA | 2020-08-10 | [Profercy World Nitrogen Index registers large gains as urea prices continue to ramp up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51542-profercy-world-nitrogen-index-registers-large-gains-as-urea-prices-continue-to.md) | -2.8% | -6.6% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2018/10/18/chinese-cutbacks-cause-nitrogen-price-surge/

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