Platts launches daily Granular Urea assessments for Africa, Europe; amends weekly assessment methodology

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has launched daily assessments for FCA France Granular Urea, FOB Egypt Granular Urea and FOB Algeria Granular Urea, effective Jan. 2, 2025.

These daily assessments, which are timestamped to 16:30 London time, will be published Monday-Friday, in order to capture price developments within the fertilizer market throughout the week.

The specifications for these daily assessments, all of which cover 46% nitrogen granular urea in bulk, are as follows:

• FCA France Granular Urea basis La Pallice, 1,000-15,000 mt
• FOB Egypt Granular Urea basis Damietta/Abu Qir, min 5,000 mt
• FOB Algeria Granular Urea basis Arzew, min 6,000 mt

The daily assessments are published as a single "close" value; all other specifications for the new daily assessments align with those for Platts existing urea coverage, as outlined in the Platts fertilizer specifications guide .

Daily, weekly coverage alignment

Platts is continuing to publish its existing weekly FCA France, FOB Egypt and FOB Algeria Granular Urea assessments, but has defined and standardized the relationship between the daily and weekly assessments. Currently, the weekly assessments are published on Thursdays as a range with a "low" and a "high" value.

As of Jan. 9, 2025, these high and low values will consistently reflect the lowest and highest of the daily assessments published over the course of the seven days up to and including the date of publication. Platts will also launch a third, "close," value for the weekly assessments, reflecting market value at 16:30 London time on Thursdays. This "close" will mirror that day's daily assessment.

This approach has been adopted for the following assessments:

• FGUFA04 FCA France Granular Urea
• FGUEA04, FOB Egypt
• FGUAB04, FOB Algeria

This announcement follows a proposal and period of market feedback, followed by a decision published on Oct. 1, 2024.

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