# Fertilizer freight rates double for Iran-China route on sanctions concerns :: Content :: Tập đoàn Hoá chất Việt Nam (Vinachem)

> Iranian ship brokers have doubled freight rates for non-Iranian vessels carrying fertilizer from Iran to China, from $14,000 to $30,000 per day, ahead of upcoming US sanctions. Traders say Iranian urea re-exported via China to South Asia and Africa is becoming harder to move.

- Date: 2018-09-24 · published 2018-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Iran · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63345-fertilizer-freight-rates-double-for-iran-china-route-on-sanctions-concerns
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Higher freight and sanctions-driven frictions reduce Iranian urea availability in export markets, which supports global urea prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-04-24 | [World’s fertilizer market in turmoil :: Content :: Tập đoàn Hoá chất Việt Nam (Vinachem)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36331-world-s-fertilizer-market-in-turmoil-content-tap-oan-hoa-chat-viet-nam-vinachem.md) | +3.2% | +5.6% |
| UREA | 2022-07-13 | [Fertilizer prices expected to remain higher for longer :: Content :: Tập đoàn Hoá chất Việt Nam (Vinachem)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40825-fertilizer-prices-expected-to-remain-higher-for-longer-content-tap-oan-hoa-chat.md) | -3.4% | +9.3% |
| UREA | 2026-02-17 | [China and Iran Redraw Fertilizer Trade Lines](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20529-china-and-iran-redraw-fertilizer-trade-lines.md) | +0.3% | +31.4% |
| 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 | 2022-03-23 | [Insight: As sanctions bite Russia, fertilizer shortage imperils world food supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42210-insight-as-sanctions-bite-russia-fertilizer-shortage-imperils-world-food-supply.md) | +0.4% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- vinachem.com.vn: https://www.vinachem.com.vn/articles/market-and-product-vnc/fertilizer-freight-rates-double-for-iran-china-route-on-sanctions-concerns.html

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