US Imports:
May ammonium nitrate imports softened 21.8%, to 25,280 st from the year-ago 32,329 st. Imports totaled 294,758 st in the July-May fertilizer year-to-date, off 6.0% from 313,685 st in the prior-year period.
Cargoes shipping from Canada totaled 200,619 st in July-May, followed by 90,712 st from Russia.
US Exports:
Ammonium nitrate exports were up 40.5% in July-May, to 567,234 st from the year-ago 403,741 st. May exports punched in at 67,539 st, up 96.7% from 34,338 st recorded one year earlier.
Canada purchased 299,088 st in the July-May period, while the US sent 146,967 st to Mexico and 72,444 st to Lithuania.
Western Cornbelt:
Ammonium nitrate pricing was unchanged at $400-$420/st FOB in Missouri.
Brazil:
Trade Data Monitor reported January-June ammonium nitrate imports at 408,000 mt, up from 168,000 mt imported in the first half of 2022. Russia supplied 407,000 mt of material, reflecting Russia’s changing export policy compared to the same period in 2022.
Second-quarter imports were noted at 222,000 mt – all from Russia – compared to 102,000 mt recorded in April-June 2022. Brail imported 86,000 mt in June, firming from 34,000 mt in the same period last year.
France:
Yara on July 13 announced a new list price for ammonium nitrate 33.5% (YaraBelaExtran 33.5) in France at €380/mt bulk CPT for September deliveries, with immediate effect. The new price is a €9/mt increase on the July price of €371/mt CPT. Once again, the supplier warned that only a limited volume would be available at this price.
Poland:
Grupa Azoty reported that its production of nitrogen fertilizers, which includes ammonium nitrate, CAN, urea, UAN, and other products, declined by 40% in June, to 143,000 mt from 238,000 mt in June last year.