Class 01 — Fertilizers
Class 01 · Fertilizers · Carbamide
Urea B N46
The most widely used nitrogen fertilizer, and the backbone of our fertilizer book. A white crystalline solid, highly soluble, releasing nitrogen slowly and steadily — which lifts yield while reducing runoff. Supplied bulk, prilled, granular and liquid.
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A white crystalline solid,
highly soluble.
The most widely used nitrogen fertilizer, and the backbone of our fertilizer book.
A white crystalline solid, highly soluble, releasing nitrogen slowly and steadily — which lifts yield while reducing runoff. Supplied bulk, prilled, granular and liquid.
Releasing nitrogen slowly and steadily — which lifts yield while reducing runoff.
Urea B (N46) · Class 01 · Fertilizers
Nitrogen fertilizer
Carbamide
Prilled
Granular
Bulk
Liquid
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Four ways it is
supplied.
Supplied bulk, prilled, granular and liquid. Physical form is confirmed per shipment against the agreed specification.
Granular
Bulk
Liquid
Figures marked On confirmation are not published because they are not yet confirmed against a supplier data sheet. An analysis figure needs its test method stated alongside it — a number with no method behind it is not a specification.
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Where the nitrogen
goes to work.
Three books take the tonnage: broadacre cereals, the high-demand industrial crops, and resin manufacture.
Broadacre cereals
Wheat, barley and rice at pre-plant and top-dress.
Sugar and cotton
High-nitrogen demand crops through the growing window.
Industrial resins
Urea-formaldehyde for panel and board adhesives.
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Three origins,
one Caspian corridor.
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, moving through the Caspian load ports and out via the Gulf.
Origin markets: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan.
Load ports
The route out.
Cargo leaves the Caspian basin through four ports. Which one a lot moves on is a function of origin, congestion and the destination lane — it is agreed per shipment, not fixed.
Per-port draft, berth count and load rate are not published. A buyer sizes a vessel against a load rate, so publishing an unconfirmed one is worse than publishing nothing.
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P/01
Turkmenbashi
TurkmenistanCaspianOur principal Caspian outlet for Turkmen urea, sulphur and polypropylene.
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P/02
Aktau
KazakhstanCaspianRail-fed from the Kazakh interior; the alternative Caspian route when Turkmenbashi is congested.
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P/03
Baku
AzerbaijanCaspianTrans-Caspian transfer point onto the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars corridor.
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P/04
Jebel Ali
UAEArabian GulfOur home port. Re-export, blending and consolidation under freezone customs.
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The specification,
as far as it is confirmed.
One figure is published, because one figure is verified. The rest are held back until the supplier data sheet is in hand.
Typical analysis
4 parameters awaiting the data sheet
| Parameter | Typical | Min | Max | Unit | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen (N) | 46 | — | — | % | Method pending |
| Biuret | On confirmation | Method pending | |||
| Moisture | On confirmation | Method pending | |||
| Free ammonia | On confirmation | Method pending | |||
| Granulometry | On confirmation | Method pending | |||
The vocabulary we quote against. Which of these applies is agreed per shipment.
Bulk
Big bag 1,000 kg
PP bag 50 kg
IBC
ISO tank
Drum
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Five ways
it moves.
Bagged, boxed, tanked or in a full cargo — the mode follows the tonnage and the lane, not the other way round.
Break bulk
Bagged or palletised cargo loaded piece by piece. The default for big bags and 50 kg sacks where no container service serves the lane.
Containerised
20 ft and 40 ft boxes, bagged or lined for bulk. Preferred where schedule reliability matters more than freight rate.
ISO tank
Liquid chemicals in 20 ft tank containers. Dedicated or last-cargo-certified depending on the grade.
Big bag
One-tonne FIBCs, four-loop, with liner where the grade is hygroscopic. Handles on the same gear at both ends.
Bulk vessel
Handysize and supramax for full cargoes. Where tonnage justifies it this is the cheapest freight per tonne by a wide margin.
Terms
Incoterms 2020 — who bears what,
and where risk passes.
These are the published rules, not our terms — which is why this table can ship while the port figures cannot.
| Term | Carriage | Insurance | Export clearance | Import clearance | Risk passes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXW | Buyer | Buyer | Buyer | Buyer | At our premises, once goods are placed at the buyer's disposal |
| FOB | Buyer | Buyer | Seller | Buyer | On board the vessel at the named load port |
| CFR | Seller | Buyer | Seller | Buyer | On board the vessel at the load port — before the freight we pay for |
| CIF | Seller | Seller | Seller | Buyer | On board the vessel at the load port, as CFR |
| DAP | Seller | Seller | Seller | Buyer | At the named destination, goods ready for unloading |
Documents
What travels
with the cargo.
Six documents. Which of them a shipment carries depends on the destination and the payment terms.
Title to the goods, issued on loading. Original or telex release as the payment terms require.
Attested by Dubai Chambers. Required for preferential duty and for most letters of credit.
Per shipment, against the agreed specification. Issued by the load-port inspector, not by us.
Lot numbers, bag or container counts, gross and net weights.
On CIF and DAP terms. Cover assigned to the buyer or the bank as agreed.
Where the destination requires it. Applies to fertilizer grades rather than to polymers or industrial chemicals.
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Tell us the tonnage
and the destination.
Quote against a specification, an Incoterm and a load port and we can price it. If the specification is still open, say so — we will come back with what the origin can actually hold.