April 1 is stopped, the nitrogen fertilizer plant in Severodonetsk and from 4 April — Exactly. About it reports “Infoindustriya”. The reason for this is the reduced demand for nitrogen fertilizers in may and the lack of affordable gas.
As noted, almost simultaneously the Ukrainian party of ammonium nitrate was sold for export (not less than 20 thousand tons). Agreement, most likely, took place. Cherkasy Azot, remaining in the ranks will be focused on exports because the domestic market is rapidly losing momentum.
Stop plants may be an additional argument in the acceleration of the antidumping investigation on urea and UAN against the Russian suppliers. According to the publication, in may 2016, the market of nitric fertilizers will be so weak that traders can go on a longer vacation. For farmers is a positive tendency of reduction of prices on compound fertilizers.
