{"id":22997,"date":"2026-04-21T09:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/?p=22997"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:42:16","slug":"the-us-iran-ceasefire-is-due-to-expire-on-21-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/the-us-iran-ceasefire-is-due-to-expire-on-21-april\/","title":{"rendered":"The US-Iran ceasefire is due to expire on 21 April."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/S5HUHTE32VLVNM5TFK2IOWI34I.jpg?auth=323de51e837373e40f7c147780fdbed656484b7ab15e6baa7df3fa59649e69ad&amp;width=960&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:271px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meanwhile, Indian import demand for amsul is picking up. HURL will close on 22 April a tender to buy 30,000t of standard caprolactam-grade amsul and RCF will close on 30 April a tender to buy 35,000t of the same grade. A third, much larger, tender from NFL is widely anticipated to be announced this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elsewhere, three Iranian producers have received export permits from the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) to offer 30,000 t each of granular urea for shipment in late April to early May. The approvals come one week after NPC suspended exports of all petrochemical products with effect from 13 April.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Nola urea market meanwhile ticked higher today as the potential for the resumption of traffic through Hormuz was derailed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the gas market, the TTF front month contract opened on 17 April at \u20ac42\/ MWh but has since dipped to \u20ac39 \/ MWh at the time of writing on 20 April.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo-400x161.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21319\" style=\"width:66px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo-400x161.png 400w, https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo-860x347.png 860w, https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo-430x173.png 430w, https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo-700x282.png 700w, https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo-150x60.png 150w, https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/argus-logo.png 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/logo_wfm.jpg\">Argus Media \u2013 Fertilizers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meanwhile, Indian import demand for amsul is picking up. HURL will close on 22 April a tender to buy 30,000t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,85,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fertiliser","category-general","category-metals"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"ERENSTAR Author","author_link":"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/index.php\/author\/ghazizadeh\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/index.php\/category\/fertiliser\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Fertilizers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/index.php\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"category tag\">General<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/erenstar.ae\/index.php\/category\/metals\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Metals<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Meanwhile, Indian import demand for amsul is picking up. 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