# China: fertilizer price increase

> Sannong Zhongguo reports that fertilizer prices in China have risen since September as planting season sales boom. Both raw and compound fertilizer prices have increased. Traders are passing on higher costs for urea, sulfur, sulfuric acid, synthetic ammonia and freight.

- Date: 2018-10-12 · published 2018-10-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62850-china-fertilizer-price-increase
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Rising urea and phosphate input costs push up fertilizer prices, which can raise farm production costs and, over time, feed ingredient costs. Prices are expected to keep rising during the planting season.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Sources

- freshplaza.com: https://www.freshplaza.com/asia/article/9031561/china-fertilizer-price-increase/

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