A major determinant for the competitiveness of Ukrainian fertilizer on global export markets is its cash cost of production, and the country's current conflict presents a threat to this domestic industry.

U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's newly elected president, for the first time in Warsaw on Wednesday in talks aimed at finding ways to de-escalate the Ukrainian crisis. According to the most recent news reports, the situation in eastern Ukraine continues to deteriorate with ongoing fighting between separatist rebels and the country's military. Considering that Ukraine is an important swing producer and exporter of both ammonia and urea, any disruption to production of port operations there woul...