# This is why fertilizer is getting more expensive - Inside Manure | Boerenbusiness. Nl

> Dutch fertilizer prices are rising, with KAS up €35 per tonne since July and expected to climb €3-5 monthly, despite a subdued local market after a dry season. Potash prices are also firming, though supply from Russia is set to increase in 2019. European producers have requested anti-dumping measures on urea imports from Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the US.

- Date: 2018-09-20 · published 2018-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63344-this-is-why-fertilizer-is-getting-more-expensive-inside-manure-boerenbusiness-nl
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Rising KAS and potash costs raise input expenses for European grain and feed producers, while possible anti-dumping duties on urea could tighten nitrogen supply and lift prices further.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-09-08 | [India fertilizer industry on ‘wait and watch’ mode after China bans urea export - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34434-india-fertilizer-industry-on-wait-and-watch-mode-after-china-bans-urea-export.md) | -0.6% | -4.9% |
| UREA | 2021-02-09 | [Already book your fertilizer? If not, sit down before you read this](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12874-already-book-your-fertilizer-if-not-sit-down-before-you-read-this.md) | -1.0% | +13.1% |
| UREA | 2021-08-05 | [Fertiliser shortage looms as global prices skyrocket \| Business News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45883-fertiliser-shortage-looms-as-global-prices-skyrocket-business-news-the-indian.md) | +1.4% | +8.5% |
| UREA | 2020-08-27 | [Agriculture ministry redetermines fertiliser demand \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9345-agriculture-ministry-redetermines-fertiliser-demand-the-business-standard.md) | -3.1% | -6.0% |
| UREA | 2026-05-01 | [China tightens border inspections for fertilizer exports, sources say](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19636-china-tightens-border-inspections-for-fertilizer-exports-sources-say.md) | -11.0% | -18.0% |

## Sources

- en.boerenbusiness.nl: https://en.boerenbusiness.nl/mest/artikel/10879994/dit-is-waarom-kunstmest-duurder-wordt

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