Granular Urea N46%

Our urea loads in Egypt (Abu Qir in Alexandria, MOPCO at Damietta port, and Alexfert), Oman (Sohar and Duqm, on the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea) and Algeria (Arzew). Each cargo is contracted with the primary producer named, and freight is quoted on the actual load port.

Bulk blending fails when granule sizes differ: smaller particles settle to the bottom during transit, causing severe nutrient segregation and uneven crop striping across the field. Our granular urea features an SGN of 200–300 (median 2.4–2.8 mm) with a Uniformity Index above 50, perfectly matching the physical dimensions of granular DAP (18-46-0), MAP, and MOP (0-0-60). A minimum crushing strength of 2.5–3.5 kgf prevents granule attrition into fine dust during mechanical blender augering and long-haul road haulage.

Urea is strongly hygroscopic (critical relative humidity of ~72% at 30 °C). For bagged consignments into humid Southeast Asian, Indian, and African ports, we supply UV-stabilised woven polypropylene bags fitted with hermetically sealed polyethylene (PE) inner liners (minimum 50 microns) or coated 1 MT jumbo bags. Bulk vessel cargoes receive a specialised surface conditioning treatment (fatty amine / polymer coating) combined with moisture strictly capped at ≤ 0.5% at load port to guarantee free-flowing discharge.

Oil palm and sugarcane have enormous nitrogen uptake demands during their active vegetative growth and ratoon cycles. Granular urea provides a dense, 46% N source that can be mechanically broadcast around the palm weeded circle (piringan) or along sugarcane cane inter-rows at 24–36 metre widths without dust drift. The large, hard granule hydrolyses progressively under soil moisture, reducing volatilisation losses compared to fine prills on tropical mineral and peat soils.

Thailand imported 2.54 million MT of urea in 2025 and took 57% of it from inside the Gulf (Saudi Arabia 42%, Qatar 11%). The Strait of Hormuz has been severely restricted since 28 February 2026. Supply runs through licensed importer-distributors, among them Chia Tai and Thai Central Chemical, who bag for the rice, cassava, sugarcane and plantation trade. Importers hold a licence from the Department of Agriculture under the Fertiliser Act B.E. 2518 and register each product. In March 2026 Malaysian granular was offered at about USD 650/MT FOB. CBIL quotes Egyptian, Algerian and Omani urea CFR Thailand in Handysize and Supramax lots.

Kenya imported about 214,000 MT of urea in 2025, 72% from inside the Gulf, mostly Qatar. The government subsidy programme buys through National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) consignment tenders; the 2025-2026 tender put top-dressing urea for the 2026 long rains at about 600,000 bags (about 30,000 MT), delivered bagged to NCPB depots via Mombasa. South Africa imported about 859,000 MT in 2025, 49% from inside the Gulf; importers such as Omnia have spread their buying across other origins since March 2026, and every fertiliser sold there must be registered under Act 36 of 1947. Cargoes land at Durban and Richards Bay. The tender sets the size and timing of the Kenyan market; CBIL does not bid in government or state-enterprise tenders and supplies private importers and distributors in both countries with Egyptian, Algerian and Omani urea.

New Zealand imported about 496,000 MT of urea in 2025, 55% from Saudi Arabia. Two farmer co-operatives, Ballance Agri-Nutrients and Ravensdown, buy almost all of it; after transit collapsed Ravensdown bought Brunei urea and Ballance spread purchases over several regions with longer lead times. Their spring 2026 list prices were about NZD 1,280–1,289/MT. Cargoes are usually split across several discharge ports. CBIL quotes granular urea from outside the Gulf CFR New Zealand.