U.S. Gulf: Most saw a weaker tone to the NOLA barge market last week for UAN, calling the last done business within the $225-$230/st ($7.03-$7.19/unit) FOB range.
U.S. UAN imports were off 60 percent in July, to 113,555 st from the year-ago 280,464 st.
Eastern Cornbelt: The UAN-32 market remained at $285-$295/st ($8.91-$9.22/unit) FOB in Illinois, with UAN-28 pegged in the $260-$265/st ($9.29-$9.46/unit) FOB range in Ohio and Indiana.
Western Cornbelt: UAN-32 continued to be quoted in a broad range in the Western Cornbelt. The low end was tagged at $275-$295/st ($8.59-$9.22/unit) FOB spot river terminals, while the upper end remained at $300-$310/st ($9.38-$9.69/unit) FOB inland.
Northern Plains: UAN-28 pricing in the Northern Plains was down from last report, with sources quoting the dealer market at $260/st ($9.29/unit) FOB in Minnesota and $290/st ($10.36/unit) DEL in North Dakota.
Northeast: UAN pricing FOB Baltimore, Md., had reportedly slipped to $243.75/st ($8.13/unit) for UAN-30 and $260/st ($8.13/unit) for UAN-32 last week, although some were still reporting spot UAN-32 pricing from the previous week at $278.40/st ($8.70/unit) FOB. Dealer pricing for UAN-32 out of the Wilmington, N.C., market had also fallen to the $260/st ($8.13/unit) FOB mark.
Out of terminals in upstate New York, the UAN-32 market was quoted at $310.40/st ($9.70/unit) FOB, down nearly $10/st from last report.
Sources said Transammonia celebrated the grand opening of its new UAN terminal at Fairless, Penn., last week. Transammonia already markets urea out of that location.
Eastern Canada: The UAN-28 market had reportedly settled at the $310/mt ($11.07/unit) FOB level in Ontario for the last business, with UAN-32 pegged at $355/mt ($11.09/unit) FOB in Eastern Canada.
Pacific Northwest: Effective Sept. 13, Agrium lowered its UAN-32 postings to $340/st ($10.63/unit) rail-DEL in Washington, northern Idaho, and Oregon excluding Malheur County; $345/st ($10.78/unit) rail-DEL and $350/st ($10.94/unit) truck-DEL in Nevada, Utah, southern Idaho, and Oregon’s Malheur County; and $345/st ($10.78/unit) rail-DEL and $360/st ($11.25/unit) truck-DEL in the Klamath Basin sales area.