# India's urea imports jumps 2x to 5.8 million tonnes in April-Oct: Govt | Agriculture - Business Standard

> India's urea imports more than doubled to 5.86 million tonnes in April to October 2025, versus 2.48 million a year earlier. Another 1.75 million tonnes are lined up for November and December, and the government says domestic supply is adequate.

- Date: 2025-11-03 · published 2025-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6230-india-s-urea-imports-jumps-2x-to-5-8-million-tonnes-in-april-oct-govt
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy Indian import demand absorbs global urea supply and supports prices. The scale of purchases signals continued tightness in the nitrogen market.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-11-03 | 1 | +4.1% | 5.3 | India's urea imports more than doubled year on year, with another 1.75 Mt lined up for Nov-Dec, signaling strong import demand that tightens the global market while China is absent. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2020-08-27 | [Agriculture ministry redetermines fertiliser demand \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9345-agriculture-ministry-redetermines-fertiliser-demand-the-business-standard.md) | -3.1% | -6.0% |
| UREA | 2026-04-22 | [India to import record 2.5 million tons of urea at nearly double price paid two months ago \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20031-india-to-import-record-2-5-million-tons-of-urea-at-nearly-double-price-paid-two.md) | -0.5% | -15.4% |
| UREA | 2020-11-11 | [Brazil’s 2020 urea imports set to surpass 2019 by over 1m. tonnes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50468-brazil-s-2020-urea-imports-set-to-surpass-2019-by-over-1m-tonnes.md) | +2.0% | +10.0% |
| UREA | 2020-11-20 | [AgroPages-Urea market fed by the hand of India-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50467-agropages-urea-market-fed-by-the-hand-of-india-agricultural-news.md) | +9.4% | +7.9% |
| UREA | 2020-04-20 | [AgroPages-China’s prilled urea sellers await return of India-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53562-agropages-china-s-prilled-urea-sellers-await-return-of-india-agricultural-news.md) | -1.8% | -19.6% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/industry/agriculture/india-s-urea-imports-jumps-2x-to-5-8-million-tonnes-in-april-oct-govt-125110301310_1.html

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