U.S. Gulf: The UAN barge market continued to be called $197-$215/st ($6.16-$6.72/unit) FOB. Players appeared to be on either side of a broad chasm, with $197-$200 st ($6.16-$6.25/unit) playing against $210-$215/st ($6.56-$6.72/unit) FOB.
The East Coast vessel price remained at $235/mt CFR, with no new business last week. Buyer price ideas are reported as $230-$235/mt and sellers at $235-$240/mt CFR.
Trammo was reported to have won a recent Abu Qir tender for 30,000 mt of Egyptian UAN. The price was reportedly around $180/mt, with possible freight to the U.S. at around $50/mt.
Eastern Cornbelt: UAN-28 remained at $222-224/st ($7.93-$8.00/unit) FOB Cincinnati for fill ton offers, with the upper end of the regional range pegged at $240-$245/st ($8.57-$8.75/unit) FOB for spot tons out of some terminals in Indiana and Ohio.
Illinois sources reported the UAN-32 market at $256-$270/st ($8.00-$8.44/unit) FOB, with the low again reported for fill ton offers.
Western Cornbelt: The UAN-32 market was unchanged at $260-$275/st ($8.13-$8.59/unit) FOB in the Western Cornbelt, depending on location and time of delivery.
Southern Plains: UAN-32 was tagged at $230-$250/st ($7.19-$7.81/unit) FOB terminals in the Southern Plains, depending on location and time of delivery, with the low end reported out of spot production points for what one source described as a possible “second round” of fill tons offered for July/August pull.
South Central: UAN-32 was quoted at $260-$270/st ($8.13-$8.44/unit) FOB terminals in the South Central region for any remaining sidedress business. Sources also reported some prepay UAN being sold for next spring at around the $250/st ($7.81/unit) FOB level in the Memphis market.
Southeast: The UAN-32 market continued to be quoted at $225-$240/st ($7.03-$7.50/unit) FOB in the Southeast, depending on location, with the low for either prompt or fill tons out of port terminals in the region. Sources continued to report little in the way of new sales, however.