# Carrasco fertilizer plant to begin the export of urea to Brazil and Argentina | World Fertilizer

> Bolivia's Carrasco ammonia and urea plant will begin exporting granular urea to Brazil and Argentina using 500 specialized containers shipped via Chile. Product will move to border points Puerto Suárez and Yacuiba.

- Date: 2017-03-22 · published 2017-03-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71934-carrasco-fertilizer-plant-to-begin-the-export-of-urea-to-brazil-and-argentina
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

New Bolivian urea export capacity adds modest supply to South American markets, a minor bearish factor for regional urea prices.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- worldfertilizer.com: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/phosphates/22032017/carrasco-fertilizer-plant-to-begin-the-export-of-urea-to-brazil-and-argentina/

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