India, the world’s largest urea importer, is looking to purchase 2.5 million metric tons of the key crop nutrient to shore up domestic supplies, which have tightened due to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
Indian Potash Ltd (IPL), the state-run agency, issued a tender on Saturday to import 1.5 million tons via the country’s west coast. The remaining 1 million tons will arrive through the east coast, according to the document posted on the company’s website.
Shipments are expected to leave the load port by June 14, it said.
Bids for the tender must be submitted by April 15.
India routinely relies on global tenders to secure urea for domestic consumption. The imports are critical as planting for rice, corn, and soybeans is scheduled to begin in June with the arrival of the monsoon.
India, where farming is a mainstay, imports fertilisers such as urea, diammonium phosphate (DAP) and muriate of potash, as well as liquefied natural gas, a key feedstock for urea production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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