# Higher urea values in Asia spur Chinese exports

> Higher international urea prices have prompted Chinese producers to build export sales, with about 150,000 t sold for export recently. Bangladesh's BCIC tenders have drawn Chinese cargoes, with winning offers in the low-to-mid $350s/t CFR for granular urea.

- Date: 2018-09-21 · published 2018-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62976-higher-urea-values-in-asia-spur-chinese-exports
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Chinese export volume adds supply to Asian urea markets, which can cap further price gains. Buyers should watch whether China's export quotas loosen further, since that would push prices lower.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2020-06-24 | [Urea: Indian tender offers set to test Chinese export interest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52915-urea-indian-tender-offers-set-to-test-chinese-export-interest.md) | +2.5% | +6.6% |
| UREA | 2024-12-02 | [China Could Provide Urea Price Support in Q1’25 \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26890-china-could-provide-urea-price-support-in-q1-25-cz-app.md) | +1.1% | +8.5% |
| UREA | 2024-06-25 | [Export Situation of Major Fertilizers in China in May.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30106-export-situation-of-major-fertilizers-in-china-in-may.md) | -2.6% | -1.0% |
| UREA | 2025-05-01 | [Nigeria's Aliko Dangote 'comfortable' with impact of Trump tariffs on urea exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4278-nigeria-s-aliko-dangote-comfortable-with-impact-of-trump-tariffs-on-urea-exports.md) | +15.9% | +6.3% |
| UREA | 2025-07-07 | [India Tender Drives Urea Price as Iran, Egypt Resume Production \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23692-india-tender-drives-urea-price-as-iran-egypt-resume-production-cz-app.md) | +3.6% | +13.0% |

## Sources

- profercy.com: https://www.profercy.com/insights/higher-urea-values-in-asia-spur-chinese-exports

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