# India considers change to urea pricing, Argus Media report | World Fertilizer

> Argus reports that India's re-elected government is considering adding urea to the nutrient-based subsidy scheme and moving toward gradual increases in the fixed retail price of about Rs 5,360/t. Any change could not take effect before April 2020 under the current fiscal-year commitment.

- Date: 2019-06-12 · published 2019-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58522-india-considers-change-to-urea-pricing-argus-media-report-world-fertilizer
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

A possible rise in Indian urea retail prices would reduce subsidy-driven import demand over time, which could weigh on global urea prices. The timing is distant, so the near-term impact is small.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| UREA | 2026-06-02 | [China’s 2026 Urea Export Policy: From $660/t Price Floor to 3.3M-Tonne Quota - Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7281-china-s-2026-urea-export-policy-from-660-t-price-floor-to-3-3m-tonne-quota.md) | -8.2% | -16.1% |
| UREA | 2025-06-26 | [China to Relax Urea Export Ban, Easing Global Price Pressure - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24142-china-to-relax-urea-export-ban-easing-global-price-pressure-bloomberg.md) | +5.4% | +11.3% |
| UREA | 2022-01-27 | [Lower use of fertilizers could adversely affect wheat output: official - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43444-lower-use-of-fertilizers-could-adversely-affect-wheat-output-official-markets.md) | -5.6% | -7.4% |

## Sources

- worldfertilizer.com: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/special-reports/12062019/india-considers-change-to-urea-pricing-argus-media-report/

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