# India’s Fertilizer Under Pressure | World Fertilizer

> A World Fertilizer analysis reports weak profitability for Indian phosphate and potash producers through FY2016 to FY2020. Government fertilizer subsidy arrears are projected to rise from about Rs 470 billion to Rs 570 billion by FY2021, with risk of a much larger backlog if budgets are cut.

- Date: 2020-09-25 · published 2020-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51053-india-s-fertilizer-under-pressure-world-fertilizer
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Subsidy payment delays may strain Indian producers and affect their import and output decisions, which can influence global urea and phosphate demand and prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-12-11 | [Urea market braces for EU’s CBAM \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21823-urea-market-braces-for-eu-s-cbam-world-fertilizer.md) | +1.0% | +11.2% |
| UREA | 2024-11-01 | [Fertilizer subsidy payout declines in April-September  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5408-fertilizer-subsidy-payout-declines-in-april-september-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -4.7% | -5.0% |
| UREA | 2025-10-06 | [TFI Chicago Conference: Insights into Fertilizer Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22724-tfi-chicago-conference-insights-into-fertilizer-markets.md) | -0.8% | -0.3% |
| UREA | 2025-10-15 | [November '25 Farmer Fertilizer Newsletter - Phosphate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22328-november-25-farmer-fertilizer-newsletter-phosphate.md) | -0.5% | +2.3% |
| UREA | 2023-04-18 | [Why stabilising the fertiliser market matters for Europe’s food industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36741-why-stabilising-the-fertiliser-market-matters-for-europe-s-food-industry.md) | +1.5% | +6.3% |
| DAP | 2024-11-01 | [Fertilizer subsidy payout declines in April-September  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5408-fertilizer-subsidy-payout-declines-in-april-september-the-hindubusinessline.md) | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| DAP | 2022-06-01 | [Fischer, Colleagues Call on USTR to Secure Long-Term Fertilizer Trade - Press - United States Senator Deb Fischer for Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40884-fischer-colleagues-call-on-ustr-to-secure-long-term-fertilizer-trade-press.md) | -1.6% | +3.0% |
| DAP | 2025-10-06 | [TFI Chicago Conference: Insights into Fertilizer Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22724-tfi-chicago-conference-insights-into-fertilizer-markets.md) | +1.8% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- worldfertilizer.com: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/special-reports/25092020/indias-fertilizer-under-pressure/

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