U.S. Gulf:
The last done NOLA price ideas for UAN-32 barges were at the $325/st ($10.16/unit) FOB mark, up from the previous $315-$325/st ($9.84-$10.16/unit) FOB.
U.S. Imports:
Imports of UAN were up 4.5 percent in July, to 215,043 st from the prior-year 205,794 st.Trinidad and Tobago led the market with 97,696 st, followed by Russia at 81,543 st and Canada at 28,933 st.
U.S. Exports:
UAN exports totaled 81,821 st for July, down 2.7 percent from 84,091 st in July 2020.
Eastern Cornbelt:
The UAN-32 market was quoted at $355-$375/st ($11.09-$11.72/unit) FOB for very limited offers in the Eastern Cornbelt, with the low reported for the last business at Cincinnati and the high reflecting new offers for prompt shipment on a spot basis.
“There is really no market since Hurricane Ida hit as most producers are afraid to quote until we quantify how long plants are impacted,” said one industry contact.
Western Cornbelt:
Prompt UAN-32 pricing, where available, was reported in the $375-$395/st ($11.72-$12.34/unit) FOB range in the Western Cornbelt, up significantly from last report, with the same levels reported in the Kansas market.
Northern Plains:
UAN-32 pricing was quoted at $370/st ($11.56/unit) FOB Winona, Minn., for the last offers, with UAN-28 reported at the $345/st ($12.32/unit) FOB and $355/st ($12.68/unit) DEL levels on a spot basis in North Dakota.
Great Lakes:
The last UAN quotes were reported in the $340-$350/st ($12.14-$12.50/unit) FOB range for UAN-28 in Michigan and $376/st ($11.75/unit) FOB for UAN-32 in Wisconsin, but new offers were hard to come by in early September.
Northeast:
The UAN-32 market in the Northeast was quoted at $355-$360/st ($11.09-$11.25/unit) FOB Baltimore, Md., for the last offers, up another $10-$15/st from last report and $30-$35/st higher than mid-summer pricing levels, although some suppliers had reportedly pulled offers in the wake of the Gulf Coast production outages caused by Hurricane Ida.
UAN-32 pricing out of terminals in upstate New York was pegged at the $416/st ($13.00/unit) FOB level, up $16/st from last report.