India has imported 4.2 million metric tonnes ( tonnes ) of urea , worth $ 1bn , between 2007 and November , of which 2 million mt was from Oman India Fertiliser Company . That compares with 5.98 million mt imported for the full fiscal year 2017 - 2018 , 5.48 million mt for 2016 - 2017 , and 8.47 million mt for the fiscal year of 2015 - 2016 . Urea is the only fertiliser with state - controlled prices and can only be imported by state trading enterprises . As for other fertilisers , the country imported 5.2 million mt of DAP , 404,000 tonnes of NPK and 2.7 million mt of MOP during the fiscal year to November .
India has imported 4.2 million metric tonnes (mt) of urea, worth $1bn, between April and November, of which 2 million mt was from Oman India Fertiliser Company. That compares with 5.98 million mt imported for the full fiscal year 2017-2018, 5.48 million mt for 2016-17, and 8.47 million mt for the fiscal year of 2015-2016. Urea is the only fertiliser with state-controlled prices and can only be imported by state trading enterprises. As for other fertilisers, the country imported 5.2 million mt of DAP, 404,000 mt of NPK and 2.7 million mt of MOP during the fiscal year to November.