Global trade patterns in anhydrous ammonia shifted to counter the effect of the Ukraine-Russia conflict that began in 2022. The current shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a major part of the world’s anhydrous ammonia is shipped, and also the natural gas that is used for anhydrous ammonia production in other regions, will again disrupt trade flows but also threatens the global fertilizer outlook.

The drop in global trade in anhydrous ammonia in 2022 and 2023, when exports from Russia and also from Ukraine plummeted, is visible below. Global trade partially rebounded in 2024, to 16.6 million tons, and stabilized around that level in 2025.

Over the period 2021-2025, major shifts in regional exports included a steep drop in shipments out of Eastern Europe, reduced exports from Latin America and Africa, and a surge in exports from the Middle East and North America.

Nearly all of Western Europe’s imports of anhydrous ammonia in 2025 were from Eastern Europe, Africa, North America and Latin America. All of Asia-Pacific’s imports in 2025, however, were from the Middle East.

From International Trader Publication’s Anhydrous Ammonia World Trade Analysis, a continuously updated analysis of global trade based on latest statistics from all available countries.