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Middle East Non-US Granular Urea Price — FOB netback
The latest FOB netback granular urea assessment is $425.00 per metric ton for 3 September 2026, up $30.00 from the previous weekly assessment (20 Aug 2026). Explore the historical price chart and recent weekly assessments below.
Latest Middle East Non-US Granular Urea Price
- Basis
- FOB netback
- Unit
- USD/mt
- Frequency
- Weekly
- CS code
- CS-ARG-W-UREA-ME-NONUS
What This Indicator Measures
Weekly FOB Middle East netback value for granular urea sold to destinations other than the United States, in USD/mt. A netback is a calculated origin-equivalent (destination price less freight), not a loading-port transaction.
Urea (granular and prilled): A physical price for urea, the most widely traded solid nitrogen fertilizer (46% N). Granular and prilled are different physical forms and separate markets; daily and weekly assessments of the same origin are related but separate series.
What the source does not state for this series
- The freight assumptions behind the netback are the source’s and are not reproduced here.
Specification · stated by the source for this series
- Granular urea (46% N); “Non-US” = excluding US-bound sales, from the series name.
- Urea contains 46% nitrogen by mass.
- Granular product has a larger particle size than prilled; the two are priced separately.
Basis: FOB netback
- FOB (free on board): the price covers the product loaded on the vessel at the named origin; sea freight and insurance to the destination are excluded, so FOB values from different loading areas are not delivered-cost equivalents.
- A netback is a computed origin-equivalent value: a destination price less freight. It is a calculation, not an observed loading-port transaction.
- Middle East urea loads from plants in the Gulf states (e.g. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Bahrain) and Iran; the basis is the loading port.
Unit: USD/mt
- Most series are USD per metric tonne of product, not per tonne of nitrogen. NOLA barge series are USD per short ton (907.18 kg); Rouen and German inland series are EUR/mt.
- FOB origin and CFR destination values differ by freight and insurance and are not interchangeable.
Middle East Non-US Granular Urea Price Chart
Available history 29 Jan 2026 through 3 Sep 2026 (21 observations). Monthly averages below use the midpoint of each published assessment.
Granular Urea — Middle East Non-US
Computed Summary
Statements below are calculated by CommodityScope from the loaded history only. Each one names its period and method; none explains why a value moved.
The latest assessment of $425.00/mt on 3 Sep 2026 is up $30.00 (+7.6%) from the previous weekly assessment (20 Aug 2026).
Method: Computed by CommodityScope as the difference between the two most recent loaded weekly observations (14 calendar days apart).
It is 6.5% above the August 2026 average of $399.17/mt, the most recent completed month with 3 weekly observations.
Method: Arithmetic mean of the published weekly midpoints in August 2026. Partial months are excluded from this comparison.
Over the loaded history (29 Jan 2026 – 3 Sep 2026), the highest assessment was $900.00/mt on 23 Apr 2026 and the lowest was $385.00/mt on 13 Aug 2026.
Method: Minimum and maximum of the published midpoint over the loaded history (29 Jan 2026 – 3 Sep 2026, 21 observations). This is not an all-time record.
Price Changes and Historical Range
Published changes are copied from the source edition. Computed changes are CommodityScope calculations between loaded weekly observations; the two are shown separately and may differ when an intermediate edition is not loaded.
Monthly Middle East Non-US Granular Urea Prices
Average, minimum and maximum of the weekly midpoints in each calendar month — these average weekly assessments, so a month typically has 4–5 observations. Incomplete latest months are marked month to date.
| Month | Average mid | Min mid | Max mid | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Month to date | 425.00 | 425.00 | 425.00 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 399.17 | 385.00 | 417.50 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 445.00 | 440.00 | 450.00 | 2 |
| June 2026 | 465.00 | 400.00 | 572.50 | 4 |
| May 2026 | 700.00 | 630.00 | 785.00 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 857.50 | 815.00 | 900.00 | 2 |
| March 2026 | 705.83 | 580.00 | 792.50 | 3 |
| February 2026 | 487.25 | 487.00 | 487.50 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 450.00 | 450.00 | 450.00 | 1 |
Recent Weekly Assessments
Last 21 published assessments. The chart above is interactive; this table is the HTML history.
| Date | Low | High | Mid | Δ week (published) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | 415.00 | 435.00 | 425.00 | — |
| 2026-08-20 | 375.00 | 415.00 | 395.00 | — |
| 2026-08-13 | 370.00 | 400.00 | 385.00 | — |
| 2026-08-06 | 400.00 | 435.00 | 417.50 | — |
| 2026-07-30 | 440.00 | 460.00 | 450.00 | — |
| 2026-07-23 | 420.00 | 460.00 | 440.00 | — |
| 2026-06-25 | 380.00 | 420.00 | 400.00 | — |
| 2026-06-18 | 410.00 | 450.00 | 430.00 | — |
| 2026-06-11 | 425.00 | 490.00 | 457.50 | — |
| 2026-06-04 | 545.00 | 600.00 | 572.50 | — |
| 2026-05-28 | 580.00 | 680.00 | 630.00 | — |
| 2026-05-21 | 650.00 | 720.00 | 685.00 | — |
| 2026-05-07 | 750.00 | 820.00 | 785.00 | — |
| 2026-04-23 | 890.00 | 910.00 | 900.00 | — |
| 2026-04-15 | 800.00 | 830.00 | 815.00 | — |
| 2026-03-26 | 760.00 | 825.00 | 792.50 | — |
| 2026-03-19 | 710.00 | 780.00 | 745.00 | — |
| 2026-03-06 | 510.00 | 650.00 | 580.00 | — |
| 2026-02-19 | 485.00 | 490.00 | 487.50 | — |
| 2026-02-12 | 485.00 | 489.00 | 487.00 | — |
| 2026-01-29 | 445.00 | 455.00 | 450.00 | — |
What This FOB netback Price Represents
This page tracks the weekly granular urea on a FOB netback basis, quoted in USD/mt. Figures are CommodityScope Indicators synthesized from loaded market editions. They are not a live quote and not a republication of a price-reporting agency table.
How to use this series
- Track export values by origin (FOB) and import values by destination (CFR); compare like with like (granular vs granular, FOB vs FOB).
What it is not suitable for
- Farm-gate or retail prices.
- Comparing a USD/st NOLA barge value with USD/mt seaborne values without conversion.
Compare With
Each comparison states why the series are related and whether the latest values can be subtracted directly (same unit, currency and assessment date). Where they cannot, the values are shown side by side without a difference.
| Series | Why compare | Latest | Difference (this − other) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granular Urea — Middle East (Daily) FOB Middle East · USD/mt · daily | Daily FOB Middle East granular assessment (all destinations).
| 430.00 3 Sep 2026 | -5.00 |
| Granular Urea — Southeast Asia CFR Southeast Asia · USD/mt · weekly | CFR Southeast Asia granular: a main non-US destination.
| 438.50 3 Sep 2026 | -13.50 |
| Granular Urea — Iran FOB Iran · USD/mt · weekly | FOB Iran granular: neighbouring origin priced separately. | 332.50 3 Sep 2026 | +92.50 |
Related Urea Prices
- egypt (daily) granular urea pricesFOB Egypt
- nigeria (daily) granular urea pricesFOB Nigeria
- brazil (daily) granular urea pricesCFR Brazil
- nola (daily) granular urea pricesFOB NOLA
- egypt / europe weekly granular urea pricesFOB Egypt
- nigeria weekly granular urea pricesFOB Nigeria
- china weekly granular urea pricesFOB China
- southeast asia granular urea pricesCFR Southeast Asia
Sources and Methodology
CommodityScope publishes this page as a derived indicator from loaded physical-market editions. It does not republish a price-reporting agency table and does not claim authorship of the underlying source assessments. Update cadence follows the weekly series. Internal series code CS-ARG-W-UREA-ME-NONUS.
CS Indicator policy and derived-data rules.
Sources for the explanations on this page
- ICC Incoterms® 2020 rules (FOB, CFR, CIF, FCA definitions) — Meaning of the delivery terms used in the basis column.
- CommodityScope methodology — derived-indicator rules and computed statistics
Origin of the numbers: loaded market editions (see Basis and Unit above). Origin of the computed statistics: CommodityScope, from the loaded history, using the rules on the methodology page.