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fertilizer

[fur-tl-ahy-zer] / ˈfɜr tlˌaɪ zər /


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In normal times, more than 100 ships move through the waterway per day, taking oil, natural gas, fertilizer, and other cargoes from the Middle East to Asia and Europe.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Other products, including jet fuel and fertilizer, also pass through the strait, crucial for the travel industry and food supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

More than half of the stocks showing the largest early declines on Wednesday were in the energy sector, but fertilizer makers were also hit hard.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

To preserve its own supplies, Russia has suspended exports of ammonium nitrate, another nitrogen source for fertilizer.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

For several years, South Korea helped fill the gap, giving Pyongyang half a million tons of fertilizer annually as part of its “Sunshine Policy” to try to ease North-South tensions.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden