International Ammonium Sulfate Market

Black Sea/Baltic Sea:

Whether in the Black Sea or the Baltic Sea, new production activities are very limited, and export quotas for other nitrogen fertilizers were not finalized until the beginning of this week. The buyer said that Kuaz provided Russian ammonium sulfate at the 500-520 euro/ton border to reach Lithuania in January.

China:

Due to weaker demand in Southeast Asia and speculation about the unfulfilled export restrictions on ammonium sulfate, the price of fob in China for standard ammonium sulfate has dropped to US$370-390/ton, and the new offer is reported to be US$400-410/ton. Fob China, one Monthly shipment. In January, a trader will ship an 8,000-ton Chinese standard ammonium sulfate ship at a price of 420-430 US dollars/ton cfr Philippines, which is converted to 370-380 US dollars/ton fob China according to the latest freight index. The price of compressed and granular ammonium sulphate in Brazil has dropped to US$450-460/ton fob China. According to reports, the latest offer is as high as US$490-500/ton, fob China.

the Philippines:

Traders said that Atlas has awarded its 8,000 tons of standard ammonium sulfate bids at a price of US$420-430 per ton. Cfr Philippines will ship in January. The freight from China to the Philippines is US$49-52/ton, depending on the destination port.

Vietnam: 6000 tons of mma grade ammonium sulfate is quoted at US$393/ton, cost and freight Ho Chi Minh, shipped in December, although it is reported that there is limited buying interest.

Indonesia:

Pupuk Indonesia completed the first round of bidding for the acquisition of 360,000 tons of standard ammonium sulfate in 2022 on November 24. From January to September this year, Indonesia's amsul imports were 796,000 tons, an increase of nearly 56% year-on-year. ,

Japan:

Japan’s exports in October were 39,700 tons, an increase of nearly 10,000 tons over the same period last year. The Philippines is still Japan's largest importer of ammonium sulfate, with a total export volume of 16,000 tons that month, an increase of 1,000 tons over the same period last year. Japan also exports to Malaysia and Vietnam.

Australia:

In the first 10 months of this year, Australia’s imports of ammonium sulfate reached 171,000 tons, an increase of 39% over the same period last year. Nearly 150,000 tons of ammonium sulfate were imported from China, a year-on-year increase of nearly 44%. Australia also imported ammonium sulfate from Thailand.

Central America:

Incofe will issue a tender next week to purchase 18,000 tons of standard ammonium sulfate and 18,000 tons of granular ammonium sulfate, which will be shipped to various ports in Central America in January. The last time an importer issued a bid for ammonium sulfate was in early September.