What the buyer specifies
- Total and nitrate nitrogen
- Calcium or calcium-oxide basis
- Water solubility, insolubles and moisture
- Granular, prilled or crystalline form
- Fertigation, foliar, greenhouse or direct-application use
- Quantity, packing, origin preference and shipment window
- Destination, delivery rule, inspection and registration
Typical analyses may fall around 15.5-17.5% nitrogen with calcium stated on the agreed basis, but the live offer and final contract control.
Origin and delivery planning
Suitable origins are assessed against the buyer’s specification, quantity, shipment window, destination and landed economics. The live offer identifies the proposed producer or seller, country of origin, load point, quantity and route.
Each proposed transaction is reviewed using the actual origin, counterparties, banks, vessel or carrier, route and destination.
The parties select the appropriate Incoterms® 2020 rule only after confirming the transport mode and exact named port or place.
Inspection and destination requirements
The file may include a certificate of analysis, solubility or insolubles data, certificate of origin, safety data, independent inspection, weight evidence and transport documents.
Product, import, inspection, customs and documentation requirements are confirmed for the actual destination, importer and declared end use.