# India urea prices double to $1,000 in tender on Iran war shock | Reuters

> India's fertilizer tender bought urea at about $1,000 a ton, roughly double the price paid two months earlier. The price jump was attributed to the Iran war shock.

- Date: 2026-04-15 · published 2026-04-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region India · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20030-india-urea-prices-double-to-1-000-in-tender-on-iran-war-shock-reuters
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy Indian buying at these levels is likely to lift spot urea prices globally and squeeze smaller buyers in Asia and Africa. Higher nitrogen costs also feed into grain production costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-04-17 | [Argentina wheat threatened by high urea fertilizer prices due to  Iran war \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20035-argentina-wheat-threatened-by-high-urea-fertilizer-prices-due-to-iran-war.md) | -2.7% | -17.7% |
| UREA | 2026-04-09 | [Iran war’s impact on fertilizer and fuel \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20032-iran-war-s-impact-on-fertilizer-and-fuel-reuters.md) | +2.4% | -12.4% |
| UREA | 2025-12-19 | [Geopolitical Tensions, India Tender Push Urea Prices Higher After Recent Declines \| American Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21825-geopolitical-tensions-india-tender-push-urea-prices-higher-after-recent.md) | +7.3% | +12.5% |
| UREA | 2026-03-05 | [Farmers see fertiliser price surge as Iran war blocks exports, threatening losses \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6254-farmers-see-fertiliser-price-surge-as-iran-war-blocks-exports-threatening.md) | +3.0% | +20.1% |
| UREA | 2020-06-06 | [From the Persian Gulf to the granaries of Lithuania: the war in Iran threatens a price shock for food and fertiliser - Agrobitė](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52545-from-the-persian-gulf-to-the-granaries-of-lithuania-the-war-in-iran-threatens-a.md) | +1.3% | +7.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/indian-potash-ltd-receives-higher-urea-offers-iran-conflict-tightens-supply-2026-04-15/

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