Company: CF
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001324404-25-000030
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Company: CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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. This resulted in an increase in net sales of approximately $370 million for the third quarter of 2025 compared to the third quarter of 2024. Average selling prices for all of our major products were higher in the third quarter of 2025 than in the third quarter of 2024 due primarily to strong demand for all nitrogen products, supply disruptions 

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due to geopolitical issues, unexpected production outages in Egypt, Iran and Russia, and higher global energy costs that raised the global market clearing price required to meet global demand. Global demand was particularly strong in the Northern Hemisphere, India and Brazil. In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the average selling price for our products was $359 per ton, or 15% higher compared to $311 per ton in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. This resulted in an increase in net sales of approximately $657 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

Nitrogen Sales Volume

Sales volume was 4.5 million tons in the third quarter of 2025 compared to 4.8 million tons in the third quarter of 2024. Lower sales volume resulted in a decrease in net sales of approximately $81 million. The decrease in sales volume was due primarily to lower supply availability entering the third quarter of 2025 for our Granular Urea and UAN segments. Sales volume in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was 14.5 million tons compared to 14.2 million tons in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. This resulted in an increase in net sales of approximately $143 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase was due to higher supply availability as a result of increased production in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, which was adversely impacted by production outages from a winter storm in the first quarter of 2024. 

Natural Gas

Natural gas is the principal raw material used to produce our nitrogen products. Natural gas is both a chemical feedstock and a fuel used to produce nitrogen products. Natural gas is a significant cost component of our manufactured nitrogen products, representing approximately 34% and