# India seeks an end to urea imports in 5 years

> India plans to end urea imports within five years by boosting domestic production, targeting zero imports by 2022. The country produced 24.5 million tonnes in the year to March 2016 against about 32 million tonnes of consumption, and imported more than a quarter of its needs from Oman, China and Iran.

- Date: 2017-04-17 · published 2017-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71805-india-seeks-an-end-to-urea-imports-in-5-years
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

A sustained cut in India's urea imports, the world's second-largest consumer, would reduce global import demand and bear on urea prices over the long term, though the timeline is distant.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-09-02 | [A surprising twist to India's surging subsidy bill - CNBC TV18](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17789-a-surprising-twist-to-india-s-surging-subsidy-bill-cnbc-tv18.md) | +1.9% | +3.4% |
| 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 | 2026-10-28 | [South Korea to Lift Urea Hoarding Ban as Supplies Stabilize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/298-south-korea-to-lift-urea-hoarding-ban-as-supplies-stabilize.md) | -1.3% | — |
| UREA | 2026-05-26 | [China reopens urea exports with $660pt price floor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19179-china-reopens-urea-exports-with-660pt-price-floor.md) | -19.8% | -31.4% |
| UREA | 2026-05-27 | [China allows fresh urea exports amid Iran war-fuelled fertiliser crisis, sources say \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19173-china-allows-fresh-urea-exports-amid-iran-war-fuelled-fertiliser-crisis-sources.md) | -21.1% | -31.2% |

## Sources

- livemint.com: https://www.livemint.com/Politics/m3HurZ4ORG0suJHBLcp4kL/India-seeks-an-end-to-urea-imports-in-5-years.html

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