subject: Feb International Fertilizer Market Decidedly Mixed - Fertilizer Market - The Chemical Industry [print this page] Perhaps in January international urea prices move up too fast, in February urea price failed to shake off a weak state, especially the performance of small particles, the beginning of the end of the price drop to 20 to 25 dollars (t value, the same below) , large particles relative price stability, but significantly reduced volume from the previous month mainly due to large-scale procurement is not in India, other Asian and even African countries formed the psychological shadow of the importer. And transportation constraints with the Black Sea and the Baltic region normally shipped the goods, in the context of limited demand, high freight rates also weighed on FOB port. However, the import market to gradually start early trend continues, so in February of last week have seen in Thailand, Brazil, U.S. and European market launch signs.
Steadily is the February International P The market's key words. United States, North Africa, there were net exports Diammonium 10 to 20 dollar increase, the current mainstream fob 490 ~ 500. Almost all orders for suppliers are already lined up in March, while the sulfur from the raw material price and supply pressures brought not only the cost of business problems, normal production is gradually being threatened. India's largest contract negotiations postponed to April, with Morocco's phosphate contract price was fixed grid in the CIF 690 U.S. dollars, off of pure rose to 80 U.S. dollars chain. Some Asian and Latin American countries continued to rise in the price of the case shows the intention to postpone purchases, but the U.S. domestic market, export prices remain strong, driven.
B PC , IPC, and Germany have raised the main objectives of potassium in the potassium chloride market price, adjusted for standard and large granular potassium chloride spot trading prices back above 410 U.S. dollars FOB level. BPC orders significantly better, but the Black Sea region is still limited by the transport. In a large contract on the basis of the implementation of large particles signs of tight supply. The second half of North America K Sell Alliance linking with China and India set for the second quarter of potassium chloride supply contract is beyond everyone's expectations, although the transaction price and the price level equal to the big contract, but it allows you to see the supplier trade with China and India model transformation, a large contract this form has been less able to adapt to changing market conditions.
So much sulfur the market to attract more international attention, as it is to increase everyone's concern, the Middle East, and Canada once again broke the sulfur Spot FOB FOB 160 U.S. dollars, several major importing countries are a step CIF one step close to or above the CIF 200. Before upgrading the overall sulfur yield, nearly all suppliers have a large number of pre-orders, it is no time to take into account the spot market to find one. Seems to supply the more tense, more anxious buyers, in turn, offer further support manufacturers, it is possible for many people to overlook the weak spots: China and Brazil, the major consuming countries such as the actual demand for sulfur production season approaches, corn futures price level of the farmers lack incentives.
