Fertilizers, Chemicals, Energy Transition, Renewables
January 30, 2025
Platts backfills a range of fertilizer freight assessments
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has backfilled a broad sweep of fertilizer freight pricing data, effective Jan. 30.
The data has been collected from Fertecon databases as well as published reports, with several ammonia freight assessments dating back as far as Jan. 2, 2020.
Please find below the table of backfilled fertilizer freight price assessments as well as their respective codes and earliest date of published assessments:
| Product | Route | Volume (mt) | Platts Symbol | Backfill date |
| AN | Baltic - Brazil | 25,000 | FUBAF04 | March 10, 2022 |
| AS | Black Sea - Turkey | 6,000 | FUBAG04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| AS | China - Brazil | 40-55,000 | FUBAH04 | Sept. 29, 2022 |
| UAN | Klaipeda - Rouen | 15,000 | FUBAC04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| UAN | Novo – EC USA | 30,000 | FUFWY04 | March 3, 2023 |
| UAN | Novorossiysk - Rouen | 30,000 | FUBAE04 | March 3, 2023 |
| UAN | St Petersburg - Rouen | 35,000 | FUBAB04 | March 23, 2023 |
| UAN | Varna - Rouen | 35,000 | FUBAD04 | March 3, 2023 |
| Urea | Algeria - Brazil | 25-30,000 | FUFWD04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| Urea | Baltic - Brazil | 25-30,000 | FUFWB04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| Urea | Baltic - West Coast Mexico | 25-30,000 | FUFWC04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| Urea | Black Sea - Brazil | 25-30,000 | FACTZ04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| Urea | China – East Coast India | 40-50,000 | FACTY04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| Urea | Mesaieed – Brazil | 40,000 | FUFWI04 | May 19, 2022 |
| Urea | Middle East - Brazil | 40,000 | FUFWH04 | April 28, 2022 |
| Urea | Middle East – NOLA | 40-45,000 | FUFWG04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| Urea | Middle East – Thailand bulk | 25-30,000 | FUFWF04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| Urea | Middle East – West Coast India | 40,000 | FUFWE04 | Jan. 6, 2022 |
| Phosphates | Baltic - Brazil 25-30kt | 25-30,000 | FUFWS04 | Jan. 7, 2021 |
| Phosphates | China River - India (EC-WC) | 40-50,000 | FUFWW04 | Jan. 7, 2021 |
| Phosphates | Jordan - India (EC-WC) | 40-50,000 | FUFWU04 | Jan. 7, 2021 |
| Phosphates | Morocco - Brazil | 25-30,000 | FUFWT04 | Jan. 7, 2021 |
| Phosphates | Saudi Arabia - India (WC-EC) | 30-35,000 | FUFWV04 | Jan. 7, 2021 |
| Phosphates | South China - India (EC-WC) | 40-50,000 | FUFWX04 | Jan. 13, 2022 |
| Phosphates | US Gulf - Brazil | 35-40,000 | FUFWQ04 | Jan. 7, 2021 |
| Phosphates | US Gulf - EC S America | 25-30,000 | FUFWR04 | Jan. 7, 2021 |
| Sulphur | Baltic - Brazil | 35,000 | FUBAQ04 | June 1, 2023 |
| Sulphur | Jubail – Morocco | 50,000 | FUBAO04 | June 1, 2023 |
| Sulphur | Jubail - WC India | 35,000 | FUBAK04 | June 1, 2023 |
| Sulphur | Middle East-China (River/South) | 35,000 | FUBAM04 | June 1, 2023 |
| Sulphur | Middle East-China (South) | 50,000 | FUBAN04 | June 1, 2023 |
| Sulphur | Middle East-EC India | 30-40,000 | FUBAL04 | June 1, 2023 |
| Sulphur | Vancouver-China | 50-60,000 | FUBAP04 | June 1, 2023 |
| Ammonia | Algeria-NW Europe | 15,000 | FACTH00 | Feb. 3, 2023 |
| Ammonia | Caribbean-Morocco | 25,000 | FACTC00 | May 4, 2023 |
| Ammonia | Caribbean-Morocco | 40,000 | FACTD00 | May 4, 2023 |
| Ammonia | Caribbean-NW Europe | 25,000 | FACTB00 | Feb. 3, 2023 |
| Ammonia | Caribbean-Tampa/USG (1-2 ports) | 23,500 | FACTA00 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Ammonia | Indonesia-Far East (2 ports) | 23,000 | FACTS00 | Feb. 3, 2023 |
| Ammonia | Indonesia-Far East (2 ports) | 40,000 | FACTT00 | June 30, 2022 |
| Ammonia | Indonesia-India (2 ports E. Coast) | 23,000 | FACTU00 | Feb. 3, 2023 |
| Ammonia | Indonesia-Taiwan | 15,000 | FACTR00 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Ammonia | Malaysia-Thailand | 15,000 | FACTQ00 | June 23, 2022 |
| Ammonia | Middle East-Far East (South Korea) | 23,500 | FACTP00 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Ammonia | Middle East-Far East (Taiwan) | 23,500 | FACTO00 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Ammonia | Middle East-India (1 port E. Coast) | 15,000 | FACTM00 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Ammonia | Middle East-India (1 port E. Coast) | 23,500 | FACTN00 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Ammonia | Middle East-India (1 port W. Coast | 23,500 | FACTK00 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Ammonia | Middle East-India (2 ports W. Coast) | 15,000 | FACTL00 | Jan. 2, 2020 |
| Ammonia | Middle East-Morocco | 25,000 | FACTJ00 | June 23, 2022 |
| Ammonia | Middle East-NW Europe | 25,000 | FACTI00 | June 23, 2022 |
| Potash | Baltic-Brazil | 25-35,000 | FUFWJ04 | Sept. 26, 2023 |
| Potash | Baltic-Southeast Asia | 15-30,000 | FUFWK04 | Sept. 26, 2023 |
| Potash | Vancouver-Brazil | 40-50,000 | FUFWN04 | Sept. 26, 2023 |
| Potash | West Europe-Brazil | 25-30,000 | FUFWL04 | Sept. 26, 2023 |
| Potash | West Europe-Southeast Asia | 15-30,000 | FUFWM04 | Sept. 26, 2023 |
| Potash | Vancouver-Southeast Asia | 50-60,000 | FUFWO04 | Sept. 26, 2023 |
| Potash | Vancouver-China | 15-30,000 | FUFWP04 | Sept. 26, 2023 |
These weekly assessments are available on S&P Global Connect and Platts Connect. The rest of the symbols are published in the Ammonia Market Report, Nitrogen Market Report, Sulphur Market Report, and the Phosphate Market Report.
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