China is preparing to lift restrictions on the export of fertilizers, rare earth metals, and tunnel-boring machinery to India, according to a senior Indian government source in New Delhi.
The announcement follows high-level talks between Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during which Wang confirmed Beijing’s intention to restore these critical shipments as both nations work toward stabilising bilateral ties.
Jaishankar specifically pressed for the resumption of supplies of urea, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, diammonium phosphate, and rare earth materials, in addition to advanced tunnelling equipment. These commodities are essential to India’s agriculture and infrastructure sectors.
China accounted for nearly half of India’s fertilizer imports in 2023 before Beijing imposed a sweeping export ban in 2024.
Although restrictions were eased in June this year, India remained excluded. As a result, urea imports from China plummeted to just 100,000 tonnes in fiscal year 2024–2025, compared with 1.87 million tonnes the year before, according to the Fertilizer Association of India.
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