U.S. Gulf: As in the past few weeks, prompt barges on the water and ready to go were hard to find and still garnering a significant premium – $415-$425/st FOB, according to sources. Barges slated to load in a week or two were pegged around $370/st FOB.
Western Cornbelt: The ammonium nitrate market had reportedly firmed to $480-$490/st FOB for any available tons, with the low reported in the Missouri market on a spot basis.
California: No market was reported for ammonium nitrate in California. CAN-17 was unchanged at $300-$320/st FOB in the state, depending on location, with good movement reported. The AN-20 market was steady as well at $285/st truck-DEL.
Pacific Northwest: Ammonium nitrate pricing had reportedly firmed to $544/st rail-DEL in Montana. CAN-17 was pegged at the $313/st level FOB Kennewick, Wash., up slightly from last report.