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India seeks 2.5 million metric tons of urea amid Middle East supply disruptions

(VAN) India, the world's largest urea importer, is looking to purchase 2.5 million metric tons of the ​key crop nutrient to shore up domestic supplies, which have tightened due ‌to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
A farmer casts urea on her mustard field in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 12, 2015. Photo: Jitendra Prakash.

A farmer casts urea on her mustard field in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 12, 2015. Photo: Jitendra Prakash.

India, the world's largest urea importer, is looking to purchase 2.5 million metric tons of the ​key crop nutrient to shore up domestic supplies, which have tightened due ‌to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

State-run Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) issued a tender on Saturday to import 1.5 million tons via the country's west coast. The remaining 1 million tons will arrive through the ​east coast, according to the document posted on the company's website.

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