Farmers began to actively buy saltpeter after the price reduction
At the beginning of March, wholesale suppliers of KAS sold the product more expensively than ammonium nitrate. Recommended retail prices for KAS — 18.8 UAH/t with VAT, for ammonium nitrate — 17.7-18.1 UAH/t, with VAT.
This is reported by Infoindustry.
This happened due to the fact that saltpeter was less popular in January-February due to the quick spring, warming and the almost absence of frozen-thawed soil in the fields of Ukraine. On February 19, OSTCHEM announced a drop in nitrate prices by UAH 2.7 thousand/t, as a result of which "the market literally boiled over in March."
KAS was sold by wagons or in large batches at prices of 17-17.5 thousand UAH/t, ammonium nitrate — 16.6-17.5 thousand UAH/t, including VAT.
Source: latifundist