UAN Solution 28 / 30 / 32

Urea ammonium nitrate liquid nitrogen, tanker parcels

UAN is a clear liquid nitrogen fertilizer made by dissolving urea and ammonium nitrate in water, sold on its total nitrogen: 28%, 30% or 32% by weight. The grade is a trade-off against cold. Producer specification sheets give salt-out temperatures of about minus 18 °C for UAN-28, minus 9 °C for UAN-30 and 0 °C for UAN-32, so the strongest grade is cheapest to ship per unit of N but crystallises in unheated tanks in a northern winter, while UAN-28 stays liquid. The same sheets give densities of about 1.28, 1.30 and 1.33 kg per litre at 16 °C, free ammonia at 500 ppm maximum and a corrosion inhibitor dosed at roughly 130–250 ppm to protect carbon-steel tanks and pipework. Buyers choose UAN over granular nitrogen because it goes through sprayers, fertigation and in-furrow systems, mixes with herbicides and sulphur solutions, and applies evenly without a spreader.

UN Comtrade 2024 data put reported world UAN exports (HS 3102.80) at about USD 1.08 billion, led by Trinidad and Tobago (22.8%), the United States (21.8%), the Netherlands (18.6%), Canada (13.8%) and Lithuania (8.5%), with Slovakia and Belgium behind. The trade is logistics-led: UAN moves in clean product tankers into terminals with shore tanks, and a buyer without tankage cannot take a sea parcel. CBIL brokers UAN against an SGS, Intertek or Bureau Veritas certificate of analysis for total nitrogen, density and free ammonia at load, tank-cleanliness and previous-cargo records, a certificate of origin and the destination import documents, on FOB, CFR and CIF terms, and our chartering desk sizes the parcel to the discharge terminal. Egypt applies a 10% export duty on nitrogen fertilizers under Decree No. 258 of 2026. Prices follow published UAN assessments such as Argus, CRU and Profercy, per MT of solution on grade.

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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.