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China to SE Asia Urea Freight Rates — 6kt

CommodityScope Indicative Assessment
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CS Series CS-FRT-FER-CHINA-SE-ASIA-6KT
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Dry Freight Methodology v1.0
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CommodityScope assesses the indicative spot freight market for this basis at $41.50/mt for 21 October 2026, 6kt, unchanged from the previous weekly reading. The assessment represents the estimated prevailing market level for the defined basis and is not a vessel-specific quotation or fixture.

Latest rate

$41.50USD/mt

Assessment date

21 October 2026

Weekly reading · not a live quote

Parcel size

6kt

China → SE Asia

What This Rate Measures

CommodityScope indicative weekly voyage freight assessment for urea from China to SE Asia, 6,000 mt lots, in USD/mt.

Fertilizer bulk freight rates: CommodityScope weekly indicative freight assessments for urea and UAN cargoes on named bulk routes, with the parcel size where the assessment basis includes it.

Assessment basis

Origin: China
Destination: SE Asia
Cargo: Urea
Lot size: 6,000 mt
Rate unit: USD/mt; weekly reading

CS Series:: CS-FRT-FER-CHINA-SE-ASIA-6KT
Assessment type:: CommodityScope Indicative Assessment
Methodology:: Dry Freight Methodology v1.0
Series Specification:: CS-FRT-FER-CHINA-SE-ASIA-6KT

Terms not specified

Laycan
Vessel identity
Load/discharge terms
Named load/discharge ports or berths

Commercial terms not included in the assessment basis are not inferred.

Unit and cadence

USD per metric tonne of cargo.
Weekly reading.

Weekly Urea Freight Rates

Latest CommodityScope weekly assessments for the defined market basis. Dates without an available assessment are omitted. A different origin is a different page.

Date	Rate	Weekly change
21 Oct 2026	$41.50	0.00
20 Oct 2026	$41.50	0.00
19 Oct 2026	$41.50	0.00
16 Oct 2026	$41.50	0.00
15 Oct 2026	$41.50	+1.00
14 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
13 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
12 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
9 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
8 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
7 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
6 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
5 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
2 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
1 Oct 2026	$40.50	0.00
30 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
29 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
28 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
25 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
24 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
23 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
22 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
21 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
18 Sep 2026	$40.50	0.00
17 Sep 2026	$40.50	+2.00
16 Sep 2026	$38.50	0.00
15 Sep 2026	$38.50	0.00
14 Sep 2026	$38.50	0.00
11 Sep 2026	$38.50	0.00
10 Sep 2026	$38.50	0.00

Market system

China urea to Southeast Asia

Published model

China to Southeast Asia

Assessment date 21 October 2026 · freight lot 6,000 mt

FOB

Granular urea FOB China

427.50

426.00 – 429.00

Freight

Urea freight, China to Southeast Asia

41.50

Indicative delivered cost

FOB plus freight

469.00 USD/mt

467.00 – 471.00

Published CFR Southeast Asia · same date · separate assessment

467.50 USD/mt

Granular urea FOB China plus the published urea freight assessment from China to Southeast Asia for 6,000 mt cargoes.
The freight lot is the published voyage basis. The FOB assessment is not resized to that lot.
Insurance and discharge costs stay outside this model.
Indicative delivered cost is a CommodityScope Modelled Indicator in USD/mt.

Methodology

Computed Summary

Calculated from the CommodityScope assessment series shown above. Each statistic states its applicable period and calculation method.

The latest rate of $41.50/mt on 21 Oct 2026 is unchanged from the previous weekly assessment (20 Oct 2026).
Method: Computed by CommodityScope as the difference between the two most recent weekly observations (1 calendar day apart).
It is 5.7% above the September 2026 average of $39.27/mt, the most recent completed month with 22 weekly observations.
Method: Arithmetic mean of the available weekly rates in September 2026. Partial months are excluded from this comparison.
Over the available history (29 Jan 2026 – 21 Oct 2026), the highest rate was $41.50/mt on 15 Oct 2026 and the lowest was $29.50/mt on 18 Jun 2026.
Method: Minimum and maximum of the rate over the available history (29 Jan 2026 – 21 Oct 2026, 66 observations). This is not an all-time record.

Monthly China to SE Asia — 6kt Averages

Average, minimum and maximum of the available weekly rates in each calendar month. Incomplete latest months are marked month to date.

Month	Average	Min	Max	Observations
October 2026Month to date	40.83	40.50	41.50	15
September 2026	39.27	37.00	40.50	22
August 2026	34.88	32.50	37.00	13
July 2026	32.50	32.50	32.50	2
June 2026	31.83	29.50	34.50	3
May 2026	35.50	35.50	35.50	3
April 2026	32.50	32.50	32.50	2
March 2026	33.00	32.50	34.00	3
February 2026	32.50	32.50	32.50	2
January 2026	32.50	32.50	32.50	1

Comparable Routes, Explained

China to India Urea Freight Rates — 60kt
Same origin to India. The series has a different route and parcel-size basis; prevailing market conditions may also differ.
$29.00 USD/mt · 21 Oct 2026 · Different parcel sizes (6kt vs 60kt); values are shown for route context and are not directly comparable — no difference shown
China to WC Mexico Urea Freight Rates — 25kt
Same origin to WC Mexico. The series has a different route and parcel-size basis; prevailing market conditions may also differ.
$52.00 USD/mt · 21 Oct 2026 · Different parcel sizes (6kt vs 25kt); values are shown for route context and are not directly comparable — no difference shown

What This Assessment Represents

This is a CommodityScope indicative freight assessment for the defined route and cargo basis. It is not a live fixture. Origin, destination, cargo and parcel size remain as defined for this series. Terms not specified in the assessment basis are left blank.

How to use

Combine the freight rate with a comparable FOB fertilizer price to estimate a CFR-equivalent value for the same cargo, parcel and timing basis.

Not suitable for

Fixing a vessel; no laycan or terms are implied.

Assessment and computed statistics: CommodityScope. See the Dry Freight Methodology v1.0 for assessment basis, calculation principles and data policy.