The urea-based fluid is used in diesel vehicles to reduce nitrogen oxides.
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Dusseldorf Bottlenecks and massively rising prices are threatening fertilizers and the diesel additive Adblue in Germany. The reason is the high gas prices, which could even lead to a permanent production stop for some producers.
Natural gas is not only the basis of the liquid urea solution Adblue, which is prescribed by law for cleaning exhaust emissions from diesel engines. The raw material, which has so far been mainly supplied by Russia, is also important for the production of ammonia and nitrogenous fertilizers.
The Adblue price alone climbed by 30 percent from the end of June to mid-August, as calculations by the industry service Argus Media for the Handelsblatt show. A new increase of a good 20 percent has also been observed on the spot markets for nitrogen fertilizers since June.
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