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India's urea imports surge 120.3% during April-November 2025-26: FAI
Jan-06-2026

Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) in its latest report said that India's urea imports surged 120.3% to 7.17 million tonnes (MT) during April-November 2025-26 as compared to 3.26 MT in the year-ago period with growing dependence on foreign supplies to meet farmer demand. Domestic urea production fell 3.7% to 19.75 MT during the same period. Overall urea sales rose 2.3% to 25.40 MT.

In November 2025, urea imports rose 68.4% to 1.31 MT, compared to 0.78 MT in November 2024. Urea sales rose 4.8% to 3.75 MT in November 2025 from over a year ago. Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), another key soil nutrient, also saw rising import dependence. DAP imports now account for 67% of total supply, up from 56% last year, even as sales remained flat at 7.12 MT during April-November of the 2025-26 fiscal year. Domestic DAP production declined 5.2% to 2.68 MT. Complex NPK fertilisers showed strong momentum, with production surging 13.8% to 8.15 MT and imports nearly doubling to 2.72 MT. Sales were steady at 10.38 MT during the April-November period of the current fiscal year. Muriate of potash sales increased 8.6% to 1.55 MT in the said period. Single super phosphate (SSP) sales rose 15% to 4.16 MT, with production up 9.5Z% to 3.97 MT.

Urea is subsidised by the central government, with prices remaining unchanged at Rs 242 per 45 kg bag (exclusive of neem coating charges and taxes) since November 1, 2012. Urea, classified as a controlled commodity under the New Urea Policy, receives substantially higher subsidies compared to phosphatic fertilizers.

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