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China’s sulfuric acid export ban to dent prices, disrupt global supply chains

Shandong (JLC), April 21, 2026--China has indicated that it will suspend the export of industrial sulfuric acid from May 1 to December 31, 2026. This is projected to weigh on domestic price and shake

04-21-2026 14:46:15

China urea prices to remain stalemated and then fall on policy measures

Shandong (JLC), March 19, 2026—China urea market price will remain stalemated and then fall, following a series of policy measures aimed at ensuring stable fertilizer supplies for spring plowing and r

03-19-2026 10:13:38

Rises in soda ash prices constrained by fundamentals

The geopolitical tension in the Middle East spurred but crude oil price and speculative atmosphere, but the growth of soda ash price was constrained by fundamentals in China.

03-17-2026 11:19:01

China's compound fertilizer prices gain on cost support

Shandong (JLC), Nov 13, 2025--China's compound fertilizer market prices rose in November, primarily driven by rising feedstock prices.

11-13-2025 17:18:16

China’s DAP prices stabilize in policy-constrained, cost-driven market

Shandong (JLC), August 14, 2025--China’s DAP prices moved sideways in early August, amid high feedstock prices, stable exports and weak domestic demand.

08-14-2025 15:29:08

Compound fertilizer prices remain flat in early Aug

Shandong (JLC), August 7, 2025--China compound fertilizer prices remained flat in early August, amid weakened cost support and bearish fundamentals.

08-07-2025 17:54:00

China urea prices set to sustain the downward trend

Shandong (JLC), Jun 5, 2025--China urea prices are set to sustain the downward trend next week on tepid demand.

06-05-2025 17:14:00

China synthesis ammonia market may weaken against the weak fundamental

Shandong (JLC), April 24, 2024—The outlook for China’s synthesis ammonia market is bearish considering the increased supply and reduced demand, with the South China market gloomier than the North due

04-24-2024 00:00:00

China urea prices seesaw against intensive policy restrictions

Shandong (JLC), November 21, 2023—Urea market prices seesawed sharply amid a series of policy control measures.

11-21-2023 10:19:23

China urea price fall on high output, uncertain demand

Shandong (JLC), October 11, 2023--Domestic urea market price was in the downward trajectory, in view of high production and uncertainties in starting of national commercial reserve and winter storage.

10-11-2023 10:11:31

Post-holiday synthetic ammonia prices fall again on low demand

Shandong (JLC), May 11, 2023--Domestic synthetic ammonia market prices returned to the downward trajectory after the Labor Day holiday (April 29-May 3, 2023), broadly due to the dim demand.

05-11-2023 16:25:01

Synthetic ammonia prices remain downward on bearish factors

Shandong (JLC), April 26, 2023--China's synthetic ammonia prices extended a downtrend amid overcapacity, tepid demand and more low-priced synthetic ammonia imports.

04-26-2023 17:37:49

Sulfuric acid prices sustain weakness on dim demand

Shandong (JLC), April 23, 2023--Up to April 21, 2023, China's sulfuric acid prices remained downward recently amid weak demand and high inventory pressure.

04-23-2023 17:01:00

Urea market fundamentals remain weak in mid-Jan

Shandong (JLC), January 16, 2023--The urea market fundamentals is predicted to remain weak in the middle of January.

01-16-2023 17:32:42

More natural gas-fed urea producers conduct maintenance in Dec

Shandong (JLC), December 27, 2022--There were 16 urea producers undertook maintenance in the first half of December, with 12 for natural gas-fed urea producers and the rest for coal-fed urea producers

12-27-2022 19:32:20

Domestic synthetic ammonia prices mix on power curtailment policy

Shandong (JLC), August 30, 2022--Domestic synthetic ammonia market prices were mixed on the back of high temperature and power curtailment.

09-01-2022 11:07:07

Taiwan-origin sulfur impacts domestic market little

Shandong (JLC), August 10, 2022--News of Taiwan question raised concerns about the domestic sulphur import market, but it was clear that the sulfur from Taiwan has little impact on overall sulfur dema

08-10-2022 16:36:36

China urea industry sees maintenance season in Jul

The overall operating rate in China urea industry averaged 73.08% in July 1-20, down 5.9 percentage points month on month, in light of the maintenance season.

07-21-2022 16:48:11

China sulfuric acid prices rise in Q1 and remain high in Q2

Shandong (JLC), June 22, 2022--China sulfuric acid prices gained in the first quarter of 2022 amid tight supply, but then went range-bound in the second quarter due to different fundamentals by region

06-22-2022 17:36:10

Synthetic ammonia prices decrease on wait-and-see sentiment

Shandong (JLC), June 14, 2022--Synthetic ammonia prices decreased as market players kept wait-and-see sentiment, and the inventory was still relatively high.

06-14-2022 09:31:50

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