# Brazil imported 23% less urea from August to October

> Brazil's urea imports fell 23% and ammonium sulfate imports fell 36% over August to October. October urea arrivals rose to 840,000 tonnes from 480,000 in September, still 14% below a year earlier. About 40% of second-crop (safrinha) fertilizer purchases remain open, and the falling dollar corn price has worsened the corn-to-fertilizer exchange ratio.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-13T06:11:10.079Z
- Category: trade · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97237-brazil-imported-23-less-urea-from-august-to-october
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower nitrogen imports ahead of the safrinha corn planting window tighten fertilizer supply and can cut yield potential. A weaker corn price against fertilizer costs also reduces farmer buying power, which adds to the uncertainty.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2020-11-11 | [Brazil’s 2020 urea imports set to surpass 2019 by over 1m. tonnes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50468-brazil-s-2020-urea-imports-set-to-surpass-2019-by-over-1m-tonnes.md) | +2.0% | +10.0% |
| UREA | 2025-11-03 | [India's urea imports jumps 2x to 5.8 million tonnes in April-Oct: Govt \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6230-india-s-urea-imports-jumps-2x-to-5-8-million-tonnes-in-april-oct-govt.md) | +2.3% | -5.2% |
| UREA | 2022-11-26 | [Arab News \| Bangladesh’s urea imports from Middle East up 15% as local supply dwindles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7857-arab-news-bangladesh-s-urea-imports-from-middle-east-up-15-as-local-supply.md) | -8.3% | -10.2% |
| UREA | 2026-04-27 | [India To Import 64 Lakh Tonnnes Of Urea, 19 Lakh Tonnes Of Other Fertilisers Amid Rising Prices From US-Israel-Iran War](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7259-india-to-import-64-lakh-tonnnes-of-urea-19-lakh-tonnes-of-other-fertilisers.md) | -8.8% | -16.4% |
| UREA | 2025-09-26 | [EU Opens Anti-Dumping Probe Into Fertilizer Imports From Russia - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23187-eu-opens-anti-dumping-probe-into-fertilizer-imports-from-russia-bloomberg.md) | -3.5% | -4.8% |
| CORN | 2018-11-14 | [Amid Trade Spat With US, China To Boost Grain Import From Belt And Road Nations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61934-amid-trade-spat-with-us-china-to-boost-grain-import-from-belt-and-road-nations.md) | -0.7% | +7.1% |
| CORN | 2018-03-26 | [Export of grain from sea ports of Ukraine boosted by 65k tons — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65857-export-of-grain-from-sea-ports-of-ukraine-boosted-by-65k-tons-latifundist-com.md) | +3.8% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2023-02-13 | [UN: More than 21M tonnes of foodstuffs already exported from Ukrainian ports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14416-un-more-than-21m-tonnes-of-foodstuffs-already-exported-from-ukrainian-ports.md) | -1.3% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- agrolink.com.br: https://www.agrolink.com.br/noticias/brasil-importou-23--menos-ureia-de-agosto-a-outubro_520931.html

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