U.S. Gulf: Recent barge trades continued to be called $335-$345/st FOB. Domestic price ideas were called $345/st FOB.
Imports were up 49 percent in May, to 76,443 st from the year-ago 51,343 st. July-May imports are up 2 percent, to 694,772 st from 681,645 st.
Western Cornbelt: Ammonium nitrate pricing in the Western Cornbelt was pegged at $435-$450/st FOB, down slightly from last report.
California: No current prices were reported for ammonium nitrate in California.
CAN-17 remained at $290-$310/st FOB in California, depending on location, with some supply outages reported in the state in July. Reference prices for AN-20 in California included $325/st FOB from Calamco and $345/st truck-DEL from Agrium.
Pacific Northwest: No current prices were reported for ammonium nitrate in the Pacific Northwest. Effective July 20, Agrium’s AN-20 posting moved to $260/st FOB Kennewick and $270/st rail-DEL in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada. Those levels reflected a $4/st increase from Agrium’s July 13 AN-20 postings.