US Gulf:
NOLA UAN barge prices were put at $500/st ($15.63/unit) FOB, although there was one report of product floated as low as $465/st ($14.53/unit) FOB.
US Imports:
September UAN imports fell 37.6%, to 168,507 st from 270,153 st in the prior year. July-September volumes stood at 450,691 st, off 34.3% from the year-ago 685,658 st.
Russia continued to lead importers in September-July with 312,827 st. Canada sent 112,317 st, followed by Trinidad and Tobago with 16,267 st.
US Exports:
UAN shipments totaled 219,042 st for September, a 111.2% increase from 103,719 st noted in September 2021. July-September exports were reported at 670,243 st, up 154.0% from the prior-year 263,892 st.
Eastern Cornbelt:
UAN-32 pricing continued to erode in the Eastern Cornbelt. River terminal prices fell to $505-$530/st ($15.78-$16.56/unit) FOB, with the low at Cincinnati and the high at Ottawa. New offers FOB Mount Vernon, Ind., were pegged in the $510-$520/st ($15.94-$16.25/unit) FOB range for January-February shipment.
The latest UAN-28 offers FOB Cincinnati were confirmed at $442-$447/st ($15.79-$15.96/unit) FOB.
Western Cornbelt:
The UAN-32 market was quoted at $520-$550/st ($16.25-$17.19/unit) FOB in the region, down another $30/st from the previous week, with the low confirmed at St. Louis, Port Neal, Iowa, and Muscatine, Iowa.
In the Northern Plains, UAN-32 pricing FOB Winona, Minn., was pegged at the $580/st ($18.13/unit) FOB level.
Southern Plains:
UAN-32 offers were quoted at $445-$450/st ($13.91-$14.06/unit) FOB Woodward and Verdigris on Dec. 15, down from reports earlier in the week in the $460-$470/st ($14.38-$14.69/unit) FOB range. Those prices were well below the $530-$580/st ($16.56-$18.13/unit) FOB Southern Plains levels reported in mid- to late-November.
South Central:
UAN-32 prices fell to $510-$520/st ($15.94-$16.25/unit) FOB South Central terminals for December-February shipment, down significantly from prompt offers in the $555-$585/st ($17.34-$18.28/unit) FOB range in November.
Southeast:
UAN-32 pricing out of port terminals slipped to $554/st ($17.31/unit) FOB Wilmington and $580/st ($18.13/unit) FOB Savannah, down from $586-$595/st FOB at last report. The low end of the Southeast UAN market remained at the $540-$550/st ($16.88-$17.19/unit) FOB level out of inland terminals in Georgia.