# India’s urea tender gets lowest offer at $425/tonne for West Coast delivery - The HinduBusinessLine

> National Fertilizers' Indian urea import tender drew its lowest offer from Koch Fertilizers at $424.80/t for West Coast delivery and $426.80/t for East Coast. The tender covers 1.5 million tonnes on behalf of the Indian government. Some bids reached as high as $523/t.

- Date: 2026-01-06 · published 2026-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21368-india-s-urea-tender-gets-lowest-offer-at-425-tonne-for-west-coast-delivery-the
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

A large Indian import tender sets a firm global urea benchmark, and India's 120% rise in urea imports shows strong demand. This supports international urea prices and raises input costs for exporters' customers.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-08-28 | [Global urea prices spike on sudden Indian demand, low stocks - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23637-global-urea-prices-spike-on-sudden-indian-demand-low-stocks-the.md) | -7.5% | -8.9% |
| UREA | 2023-03-30 | [Fertiliser sales up 2% in Apr-Feb FY23 on higher urea, DAP offtake  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5527-fertiliser-sales-up-2-in-apr-feb-fy23-on-higher-urea-dap-offtake-the.md) | +2.7% | +15.4% |
| UREA | 2023-09-08 | [India fertilizer industry on ‘wait and watch’ mode after China bans urea export - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34434-india-fertilizer-industry-on-wait-and-watch-mode-after-china-bans-urea-export.md) | -0.6% | -4.9% |
| UREA | 2020-12-01 | [Urea: MMTC receives offers for 2.4m. tonnes with lowest offers $5-7pt above previous tender](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49963-urea-mmtc-receives-offers-for-2-4m-tonnes-with-lowest-offers-5-7pt-above.md) | -0.8% | +1.6% |
| UREA | 2025-02-18 | [India’s fertilizers imports double in January; sales too surge    - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26374-india-s-fertilizers-imports-double-in-january-sales-too-surge-the.md) | -0.6% | -4.6% |

## Sources

- thehindubusinessline.com: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/indias-urea-tender-gets-lowest-offer-at-425tonne-for-west-coast-delivery/article70478834.ece

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