India may not need to import urea after 2025, says Mansukh Mandaviya

This is owing to rising domestic production, nano supplies

India may not need to import urea after 2025. This is because domestic production of conventional urea and nano liquid urea supplies may be sufficient to meet the country’s demand, Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday.

Mandaviya said that by FY25, around 440 million bottles of 500 ml urea will be produced. This will be equivalent to around 20 million tonnes of urea. It will take care of the 9 million tonnes that India imports annually.

The country’s domestic urea production is around 26 million tonnes while demand is around 35 million tonnes. And, the