Fertiliser imports up in April-July

India’s import of fertilisers – urea, diammonium phosphate (DAP), NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) and muriate of potash (MOP) – rose by over 5% to 4.85 million tonne (MT) during April-July of 2025-26 compared to the same period in the previous fiscal. The government accelerated imports in July given the increase in demand during the kharif sowing period. Imports are likely to go up further in the coming months as China has eased restrictions on fertiliser exports. In the first four months of the current fiscal, imports of fertiliser varieties – DAP, urea and NPK rose by 35%, 22% and 22% to 1.98 MT, 1.24 MT and 1.26 MT respectively on year. However, the import of potash declined sharply by 67% to only 0.35 MT compared to the previous year, as per a report.

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