U.S. Gulf: UAN barge prices continued to firm last week, with sources putting new trades into the $240s/st FOB. CF was reported to be seeking $250/st FOB for barges.
Strong international prices were said to be boosting the East Coast import market, which was now being quoted as high as $280/mt CFR for the next round of business as a result. Others, however, put that market at $270-$275/mt CFR, with some saying the last done business was actually at $265/mt CFR.
Eastern Cornbelt: UAN pricing had firmed slightly, with sources quoting the UAN-28 market at the $265/st ($9.29/unit) level FOB Cincinnati for prompt or prepay tons. Illinois sources tagged the UAN-32 market in a broad range at $285-$300/st ($8.91-$9.38/unit) FOB, depending on location and time of delivery.
Western Cornbelt: Sources quoted the UAN-32 market at $275-$295/st ($8.59-$9.22/unit) FOB in the Western Cornbelt, with the low in southern Missouri and the upper end in the Iowa market.
Northern Plains: The UAN-28 market was quoted at $265/st ($9.46/unit) FOB in the Northern Plains, up slightly from last report. Delivered tons in North Dakota were reported at $280-$300/st ($10.00-$10.71/unit), with the low for prompt and the upper end for spring prepay.
Northeast: Sources reported steady UAN movement out of East Coast terminals earlier in December, and pricing was up from last report. The Baltimore UAN-30 market was pegged at $238-242/st ($7.93-$8.07/unit) FOB last week, with the upper end of the range quoted at the $265/st ($8.28/unit) level for UAN-32.
Out of terminals in upstate New York, the UAN-32 market was reported at $312-$320/st ($9.75-$10.00/unit) FOB, depending on location.
Eastern Canada: The UAN market in Eastern Canada had inched up from last report. Sources quoted UAN-28 at $290-$295/mt ($10.36-$10.54/unit) FOB in the region, with UAN-32 reported at the $331/mt ($10.34/unit) FOB level in Ontario on a spot basis.