# Friday’s Insider: Urea Chess

> Fertilizer Daily's weekly analysis describes India's delayed urea tender and its announcement during Eid, which prompted producers in Egypt and the Middle East to raise offers. Offers are expected around $365-4xx and the author expects the tender to close near next week.

- Date: 2025-04-04 · published 2025-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9272-friday-s-insider-urea-chess
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher offers from producers after India's tender timing shift lift global urea prices, which increases nitrogen input costs for feed grain and forage growers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-01-16 | [India's MMTC receives urea tender offers \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61027-india-s-mmtc-receives-urea-tender-offers-latest-market-news.md) | +1.2% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2025-12-26 | [SunSirs: Excess Supply Continues to Restrict Urea Price Recovery](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6496-sunsirs-excess-supply-continues-to-restrict-urea-price-recovery.md) | -1.8% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2017-08-25 | [Argentina: Soybean Industry Finds a Friend in China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69283-argentina-soybean-industry-finds-a-friend-in-china.md) | +0.2% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2018-05-23 | [U.S.-China trade row sows confusion in farmer planting plans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64914-u-s-china-trade-row-sows-confusion-in-farmer-planting-plans.md) | -0.5% | -8.5% |
| CORN | 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) | -1.4% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- fertilizerdaily.com: https://www.fertilizerdaily.com/20250404-fridays-insider-urea-chess/

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