# CRU: Winter in China Tightens Feedstock Supply Idling Additional Urea Plants

> Chinese environmental controls have forced coal-to-gas switching, causing acute natural gas shortages and suspending over 9.4 million tonnes of gas-based urea output. Rising coal costs add to the tightness in China's urea market.

- Date: 2018-01-10 · published 2018-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67289-cru-winter-in-china-tightens-feedstock-supply-idling-additional-urea-plants
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced Chinese urea exports remove supply from the global market, tightening nitrogen fertilizer prices unless other marginal exporters fill the gap.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-03-19 | [China restricts fertiliser exports, further crimping war-tightened supply \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20095-china-restricts-fertiliser-exports-further-crimping-war-tightened-supply-reuters.md) | +2.5% | +16.9% |
| UREA | 2022-07-06 | [China Tightening Restrictions on Fertiliser Exports: Reports \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40419-china-tightening-restrictions-on-fertiliser-exports-reports-cz-app.md) | +2.2% | +13.7% |
| UREA | 2021-08-02 | [China's Fertilizer Firms to Suspend Exports Amid Tight Supplies \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45496-china-s-fertilizer-firms-to-suspend-exports-amid-tight-supplies-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.1% | +1.4% |
| UREA | 2025-10-25 | [Fertiliser Prices Set to Surge as China Suspends Exports - PLY INSIGHT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9556-fertiliser-prices-set-to-surge-as-china-suspends-exports-ply-insight.md) | +1.1% | +1.5% |
| UREA | 2023-09-26 | [Fertilizer prices surge after China imposes export ban - VnExpress International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34021-fertilizer-prices-surge-after-china-imposes-export-ban-vnexpress-international.md) | -3.2% | -6.5% |
| CORN | 2022-07-20 | [China's hog supply guaranteed in H2: official-Xinhua](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40471-china-s-hog-supply-guaranteed-in-h2-official-xinhua.md) | -6.0% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2025-01-08 | [Urea prices continue to rise in line with the international market trend – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11881-urea-prices-continue-to-rise-in-line-with-the-international-market-trend-dezba.md) | +2.8% | +5.1% |
| CORN | 2022-12-28 | [NDRC in coordination with Chinese farmers to stabilise supply - European Pork \| European Pork, the Smart Choice](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38236-ndrc-in-coordination-with-chinese-farmers-to-stabilise-supply-european-pork.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- prnewswire.com: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cru-winter-in-china-tightens-feedstock-supply-idling-additional-urea-plants-668553203.html

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