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Fertilizer Watch

Monitoring energy-driven fertilizer supply disruption

Scenario Mode

A small spillover demo using predefined local scenarios and mocked LNG reroute events.

Scenario Simulator (Bayesian)

A small what-if simulator: set evidence, then infer supply shock and downstream impact probabilities.

Hormuz status
Upstream dependency
Energy stress (TTF)
Checking availability…

Outputs

P(Supply shock)

P(Downstream impact: High)

Hormuz LNG shock

confidence - 0.60

Recent intelligence links Hormuz and LNG stress to downstream fertilizer and market-risk spillovers.

Chokepoints hit
Bab el-Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal
Commodities affected
LNG, ammonia, fertilizer, natural gas, urea
Regions affected
Brazil, China, EU, India

Red Sea and Suez delays widen fertilizer shipping stress

confidence · 0.76

Red Sea insecurity and Suez delays slow cargo rotation, widen freight costs, and amplify fertilizer delivery stress into import markets.

Affected chokepoints
Red Sea Corridor, Suez Canal, Northwest Europe LNG
Affected commodities
urea, phosphate, ammonia
Affected companies
EuroChem, IFFCO, OCP

Spillover Chain

Shipping delay hits Red Sea and Suez corridor Transit times and freight costs rise LNG and fertilizer deliveries slow Ammonia and nutrient prices edge higher Importer and farmer costs increase

Trigger Events

  • 2026-03-09
    Red Sea rerouting keeps freight stress elevated

    Longer routing and insurance premiums continue to pressure fertilizer delivery timing through the Suez lane.

Monitor Impact

Predefined deltas show how this scenario would move the current watch.

Monitor impacts scaled by Bayesian P(SupplyShock).

Suez / Red Sea Shipping Stress
69 -> 80
+11
LNG Delivery Disruption
59 -> 64
+5
Farmer Input Affordability
56 -> 61
+5
Ammonia Price
53 -> 57
+4

Mock scenario anchored in the existing Suez chokepoint seed data.

EU Supply Diversification (Russia · US Gulf · Anchors)

Policy Exposure, Swing Capacity, and Anchor Stability for Nitrogen Fertilizers.

Policy Exposure (Russia / Belarus)

Residual dependence: 0.0%

Residual Russian/Belarusian dependence persists because substitution is incomplete.

Swing Capacity (US Gulf / CF)

Substitution capacity: 0.0%

US Gulf acts as marginal swing supply for EU nitrogen.

Anchor Stability (Morocco / Canada etc.)

Stabilizer weight: 0.0%

Anchors (e.g. Canada, Morocco, Gulf producers) support EU resilience by bucket.

Coverage note: “SEC Verified” indicates weights derived from 2026 regulatory filings. “Provisional” indicates analyst-estimated asset concentration pending source validation. Weight-based shares reflect modeled influence, not only row counts.

EU Route Friction (Tariffs / CBAM)

Simple view of tariff, specific duty, and CBAM accrual friction for key nitrogen routes into the EU.

Russia → EU (Nitrogen Fertilizers)

Tariff friction 0%
Specific duty friction 0%
CBAM accrual friction 0%
Verification advantage 0%
Edge friction coefficient 0%

United States → EU (Nitrogen Fertilizers)

Tariff friction 0%
Specific duty friction 0%
CBAM accrual friction 0%
Verification advantage 0%
Edge friction coefficient 0%

CBAM is shown as accrued exposure on 2026 imports (certificates purchased from 2027), not as a current border duty.

EU Margin Squeeze (Urea vs Corn)

Simple local view of fertilizer vs crop prices using World Bank urea and corn benchmarks.

Latest observation
2026-02-01
Urea price (USD/ton)
472
Corn price (USD/ton)
Fertilizer-to-crop ratio

Based on recent EU-facing urea and corn prices. When the ratio rises, the revenue cushion for farmers shrinks and demand destruction becomes more likely.

Scenario News

Local ingested analyst and GEMI-style reports.

Cause & Effect Signals

Simple supply-chain transmission paths inferred from recent news.

Hormuz Shipping Risk

Hormuz Shipping Lane → LNG Supply → Ammonia Plants → Fertilizer Output

Phosphate Supply Risk

Morocco Phosphate → DAP Fertilizer → Crop Yield → Food Supply

Scenario Map

Highlighted nodes show where the shock starts, moves, and lands.

Map emphasis scaled by Bayesian P(DownstreamImpact High).