Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Gov't opens urea reserves as shortage looms

Chinese companies will fully restrict urea exports to Korea until Q1 of 2024 and will limit next year's total exports to one fifth of their usual amount. More than 90 percent of Korea's industrial-grade urea supply currently comes from China.

2023-12-07

China FTA meeting fuels fears of urea shortage

China did not address its restriction on urea imports to Korea in the fifth meeting of the FTA joint commission between the two countries, which took place on Monday.

2023-12-05

Second batch of urea from China to arrive in Korea overnight

The second batch of urea under export inspection in China was to arrive in Korea on Wednesday, the oceans ministry said, which is expected to help address a supply crunch of urea solution, a key fluid needed in diesel cars to cut emissions.

2021-12-01