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HOUSTON / WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – A tanker carrying a liquid fertilizer product from Russia is due to arrive in the United States, sources and vessel tracking data have shown in recent days, at one point of general concern that the global fertilizer from the sky. prices can lead to a food shortage.
The administration of President Joe Biden did not blacklist Russian agricultural products, including fertilizers, after the invasion of Ukraine. However, many Western banks and traders have turned away from Russian suppliers for fear of breaking into rapidly changing rules.
Russia and Ukraine are the main exporters of fertilizers, key to maintaining the production of grain, soybeans, rice and wheat. Farmers have reduced the use of fertilizers due to high prices, and cut the amount of land they plan to cultivate.
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Washington sanctioned Russian crude, refined products, coal and liquefied natural gas, and imposed an April 22 deadline to reduce imports. On the same subject : Indonesia leader targets food crisis during Russia-Ukraine peace mission.
Liberian flag bearer Johnny Ranger was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on Monday carrying about 39,000 tons of urea ammonium nitrate solution, a fertilizer produced by combining urea, nitric acid and ammonia, sources and sources. Refinitiv Eikon data have been demonstrated.
The ship loaded last month in St. Petersburg, according to Eikon data.
Details on the seller and buyer were not immediately available. The U.S. Treasury Department and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency declined to comment.
A State Department spokesman said the United States has never sanctioned food or agriculture from Russia. “Unlike the Russian government, we have no interest in harmonizing food to create humanitarian crises at the expense of vulnerable populations.”
The US non-food sanctions will remain in place until Russian President Vladimir Putin stops the war in Ukraine, the person added.
In 2021, the United States will import $262.6 million worth of urea ammonium nitrate fertilizers from Russia, according to the Commerce Department.
This week, the US International Trade Commission revoked strong anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on urea ammonium nitrate fertilizers from Russia in an effort to ease fertilizer shortages and rising prices. .
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Reporting by Arathy Somasekhar and Marianna Parraga in Houston, Timothy Gardner in Washington; Edited by David Gregorio To see also : Putin vowed to address the ‘colossal’ high -tech problems caused by the sanctions.
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