Platts to discontinue 25 US fertilizer assessments

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will discontinue a number of US weekly price assessments for ammonia, urea, urea ammonium nitrate (UAN), ammonium sulfate (AS), ammonium nitrate (AN), ammonium thiosulfate (ATS), diammonium phosphate (DAP), monoammonium phosphate (MAP), and potash, effective Jan. 4, 2024.

Platts will discontinue these fertilizer assessments in response to low market liquidity, and to re-orientate coverage towards key fertilizer-producing and consuming regions. The affected assessments appear in the US Fertilizer Report only, and are not currently available via Platts Connect.

Assessments Impacted:

Ammonia

Ammonia EXW Sioux City, IA

Ammonia FOB Donaldsonville/Waggaman, LA

Ammonia FOT/FIP Marseille/Meredosia, IL

Ammonia FOB/FIP Huntington, IN

Ammonia FOT Lima, OH

Urea

Urea EXW Sioux City, IA

Urea FOT Burlington, IA

Urea FOT Saginaw/Bay City, MI

Urea FOT Lima/Toledo, OH

Nitrates

Urea Ammonium Nitrate FOT Burlington, IA

Urea Ammonium Nitrate FOT Saginaw/Bay City, MI (28%N)

Urea Ammonium Nitrate FOT Lima/Toledo, OH (28%N)

Ammonium Sulphate FOT Sioux City, IA

Ammonium Sulphate FOB Burlington, IA

Ammonium Nitrate FOT Muskogee, OK

Ammonium Nitrate FOT Scott City, MO/Metropolis, IL

Ammonium Thiosulphate FOT South Dakota/West MN dlvd.

Ammonium Thiosulphate FOT Burlington, IA

Diammonium Phosphate

Diammonium Phosphate FOT Saginaw/Bay City, MI

Diammonium Phosphate FOT Lima/Toledo, OH

Diammonium Phosphate FOT Burlington, IA

Monoammonium Phosphate FOB Burlington, IA

Monoammonium Phosphate FOT Saginaw/Bay City, MI

Potash

Muriate of Potash FOT Burlington, IA

Muriate of Potash FOT Sioux City, IA

Platts originally proposed the discontinuation of 34 fertilizer freight assessments on Sept. 28 in a subscriber note available at https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/092823-platts-proposes-discontinuation-of-a-number-of-us-domestic-fertilizer-assessments.

Platts welcomes further feedback on its continued coverage of the nine assessments not contained in the list above. Please send any feedback, questions and comments to Fertilizer@spglobal.com, and PriceGroup@spglobal.com.

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