# UK nitrogen prices sees 50 per cent increase compared to last year - FarmingUK News

> UK nitrogen fertiliser prices are 40 to 50 percent higher than in July 2016, driven largely by urea. China's shift from exporting to possibly importing urea, a pending second Indian urea purchase of up to one million tonnes, and lower-than-expected US output are tightening global supply.

- Date: 2017-02-23 · published 2017-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72425-uk-nitrogen-prices-sees-50-per-cent-increase-compared-to-last-year-farminguk
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Global urea tightness from China, India and the US sustains higher nitrogen costs, which feeds through to grain production costs and farm input budgets.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-04-16 | [Nitrogen prices soar on reduced Chinese exports \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25020-nitrogen-prices-soar-on-reduced-chinese-exports-the-western-producer.md) | +1.4% | +18.5% |
| UREA | 2020-08-10 | [Profercy World Nitrogen Index registers large gains as urea prices continue to ramp up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51542-profercy-world-nitrogen-index-registers-large-gains-as-urea-prices-continue-to.md) | -2.8% | -6.6% |
| UREA | 2021-06-22 | [Nitrogen prices resurgent in ‘frantic’ global market \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46500-nitrogen-prices-resurgent-in-frantic-global-market-capital-press.md) | +1.4% | -0.3% |
| UREA | 2020-11-20 | [Profercy World Nitrogen Index makes strong gains as urea values continue to increase ahead of India’s return](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50466-profercy-world-nitrogen-index-makes-strong-gains-as-urea-values-continue-to.md) | +9.4% | +7.9% |
| UREA | 2023-09-05 | [Global factors raise price of nitrogen - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9881-global-factors-raise-price-of-nitrogen-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +14.0% | +9.1% |

## Sources

- farminguk.com: https://www.farminguk.com/news/uk-nitrogen-prices-sees-50-per-cent-increase-compared-to-last-year_45713.html

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