The commerce ministry said it has allowed Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) and National Fertilizer Ltd (NFL) to import urea for three months.
So far state trading enterprises (STEs) including MMTC and STC were permitted to import the fertiliser.
In addition to the existing STEs, "RCF and NFL are permitted to import urea only for three months with effect from the date of this notification," the directorate general of foreign trade said in a notification.
In the first quarter 2017-18, urea production stood at 55.60 lakh tonnes, DAP at 13.35 lakh tonnes and complex fertilisers at 15.91 lakh tonnes.
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