ARGUS Nitrogen

The Argus Nitrogen service is your reliable and proven source for global nitrogen market intelligence and independent, highly accurate reporting of prices (daily and weekly), the latest deals and market-moving news.

We empower market participants to make informed business decisions through:

• Independent, highly accurate weekly price assessments
• Up-to-date and timely reporting on international trade, global market developments and consequent price movements
• Insightful commentary and actionable insight from our potash market experts
• Powerful online tools, dashboards and proprietary data

 

Daily nitrogen price assessments

Argus launched daily nitrogen price assessments in January 2020. Our daily prices now include:

• Prilled urea  China fob
• Granular urea Egypt fob (Europe), Brazil cfr, Nola fob $/st and Nola month-to-date volume weighted average $/st

 

 Our daily price assessments provide unique benefits:

• Greater certainty: Increased price frequency gives you immediate clarity for volatile markets
• Lower risk: Additional data points ensure your business calculations are more robust
• Smarter outcomes: Daily data powers the most sophisticated data analysis and algorithmic trading tools
• Increased confidence: We give you the largest editorial team with the greatest geographical reach and most rigorous methodological adherence

 

Key markets covered

• Prilled urea (including Baltic fob and China fob)
• Granular urea (including Middle East fob; Egypt fob; Nola (US Gulf) fob $/st; and Brazil cfr)
• Ammonium sulphate (including China fob capro grade and Brazil cfr capro grade)
• Ammonium nitrate (including Baltic fob)
• UAN (including Black Sea fob)

Selection of key prices assessed

• Prilled urea: Baltic fob, China fob
• Granular urea: Middle East fob non-US, Egypt (Europe) fob, Baltic fob, US Gulf fob $/st, Southeast Asia cfr, Brazil cfr
• Ammonium sulphate: China fob, Brazil cfr
• Ammonium nitrate: Baltic fob
• UAN: Baltic fob (non-Russian)

Key features 

• Key nitrogen industry price assessments
• Regular news, commentary and analysis from our teams on the ground in key markets and regions across the world
• Forward-looking analysis including a 30 to 60-day outlook
• Natural gas prices (Henry Hub and TTF month ahead)
• Producer commitment analysis
• Market-appropriate methodology
• Key export and import data, and analysis of stock levels in key markets
• Extensive use of graphics, maps and visuals to help digest key information
• Powerful online tools and dashboards

 

Argus propriety dataset 

• Nitrogen spot deals
• India urea supply and demand
• India tenders list
• Vessel line-ups
• Historic trade data

 

Benefits of choosing Argus

• Robust methodology providing fair and accurate pricing information
• Compliance and auditing to ensure reliability (externally through PWC)
• Global editorial coverage, with reporters on the ground in key markets, the US, Russia, Brazil, India, southeast Asia, China and more

 

Customers that benefit

Argus Nitrogen subscribers include, but are not limited to: fertilizer producers, trading companies, importers and distributors, buying agencies, gas producers, financial institutions, logistics companies, co-operatives, government agencies and agronomists around the world.

Below are examples of how some clients use this service:

• Producers and suppliers leverage Argus fertilizer for transfer pricing and to index contracts for the processing, procurement and selling of raw materials and finished products
• Traders use our market intelligence to identify arbitrage opportunities and to negotiate and carry out deals and contracts
• Procurement teams manage their plans and analyse past performance with our insight
• Industry analysts create robust analysis of a firm’s competitive landscape, revenue performance and possible investment analysis
• Governments use our price assessments for benchmarking, taxation and valuation processes
• Financial institutions leverage our fertilizer pricing and analysis to support financing processes for agri-businesses, manufacturers and independent investment projects
• Wholesalers sell large quantities of fertilizers to farmers and retail outlets, and depend on our price assessments and market data, including transportation and logistical information
• Co-ops and retailers rely on our fertilizer pricing and market assessments for price negotiations in the distribution of products through domestic retail outlets