# Companies with high exposure to nitrogen  and sulphur to gain | Market - Other Commodities - Business Standard

> India's cabinet approved a 20% increase in the nitrogen subsidy rate and a 10% rise for sulphur, while cutting phosphate subsidy by 9.4% and potash subsidy by 20%. Analysts expect nitrogen and sulphur producers to gain while phosphate and potash producers may lose.

- Date: 2017-04-13 · published 2017-04-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71808-companies-with-high-exposure-to-nitrogen-and-sulphur-to-gain-market-other
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Shifting subsidies change Indian fertilizer economics, supporting urea demand and nitrogen producers while pressuring phosphate and potash import demand, which affects global fertilizer prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bearish ▼

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| DAP | 2019-09-05 | [Advance tax withdrawn from all chemical fertiliser import \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57403-advance-tax-withdrawn-from-all-chemical-fertiliser-import-the-business-standard.md) | +1.1% | +1.4% |
| DAP | 2023-04-11 | [Fertiliser prices rise by Tk5 per kg as govt reduces subsidy \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36724-fertiliser-prices-rise-by-tk5-per-kg-as-govt-reduces-subsidy-the-business.md) | +8.6% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/companies-with-high-exposure-to-nitrogen-and-sulphur-to-gain-117041400046_1.html

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