# China Asks Fertilizer Producers to Suspend Urea Shipments - Bloomberg

> China has asked some fertilizer producers to suspend urea exports after domestic prices jumped. The move is expected to restrict supplies and raise costs for farmers in key importing countries.

- Date: 2023-09-07 · published 2023-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9877-china-asks-fertilizer-producers-to-suspend-urea-shipments-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Cutting China's urea exports removes a major source of global nitrogen supply, which tends to push up international urea prices and farm input costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-09-04 | 1 | +11.9% | 3.6 | China's request that producers suspend urea exports cuts global supply and raises prices, though reported Sept 7, after the move, it reflects the underlying driver already circulating. |
| UREA | 2023-09-05 | 1 | +11.9% | 3.5 | China's request that producers suspend urea exports restricts global supply and plausibly drove the jump, though the article is dated two days after the move, so it likely reports a development already known to the market. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-06-24 | [China Imposes More Fertilizer Export Controls to Protect Farmers - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29670-china-imposes-more-fertilizer-export-controls-to-protect-farmers-bloomberg.md) | +0.2% | -1.2% |
| UREA | 2026-03-16 | [China Reins in Fertilizer Exports as War Pushes Up Global Prices - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20096-china-reins-in-fertilizer-exports-as-war-pushes-up-global-prices-bloomberg.md) | +3.2% | +17.0% |
| 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 | 2021-07-30 | [China's major fertiliser makers to suspend exports amid tight supplies \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45993-china-s-major-fertiliser-makers-to-suspend-exports-amid-tight-supplies-reuters.md) | -2.2% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-07/china-asks-fertilizer-makers-to-halt-urea-exports-on-price-surge
- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/market-news/china-asks-fertilizer-producers-to-suspend-urea-exports

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