Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN 27% N)

Granular CAN 27% N, nitrate and ammonium nitrogen with calcium

Calcium ammonium nitrate is the European field nitrogen: ammonium nitrate granulated with ground limestone or dolomite to a product of 26–27% total nitrogen, split roughly half nitrate and half ammoniacal, with calcium typically reported as 5–8% CaO. Nitrate nitrogen works immediately and does not volatilise the way urea does on warm, alkaline or dry soils, which is why CAN holds its place in top-dressing programmes for wheat, maize, vegetables, sugar beet and pasture despite a higher price per unit of N. The contract specification is short: total N 27% minimum (26% for some plants), moisture kept low because the product is hygroscopic, 90% of granules between 2 and 4 mm, and crushing strength (commonly around 3 MPa minimum on producer sheets) so that granules survive grab discharge and spinner spreaders without turning to dust.

The 2024 trade data put reported world exports of CAN (HS 3102.40) at about USD 2.17 billion, led by the Netherlands (26.0%), Belgium (17.1%), Germany (10.3%) and France (7.0%), with Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Spain, Czechia and Türkiye behind them; Ukrainian producers in government-controlled territory report small volumes. CAN is listed as a reportable explosives precursor under EU Regulation 2019/1148, so buyers should expect the seller to ask for end-use and customer details, and a lot is sold only against a named receiver. CBIL brokers CAN against an SGS, Intertek or Bureau Veritas certificate of analysis for nitrogen by form, CaO, moisture, size and crushing strength, with a certificate of origin and destination import documents, in bulk, 50 kg PP bags and jumbo bags. Egypt applies a 10% export duty on nitrogen fertilizers under Decree No. 258 of 2026, which enters any Egyptian-origin offer. Prices follow published nitrate assessments such as Argus, CRU and Profercy, quoted per MT on grade and basis.

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Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.