The country’s seven state-owned fertiliser plants have a combined installed capacity of more than 37 lakh tonnes a year. BCIC data show fertiliser imports rose from 38.67 lakh tonnes in FY2019-20 to nearly 47.8 lakh tonnes in FY2021-22 before peaking to more than 48 lakh tonnes in FY2022-23. Even so, Bangladesh still imported 47.77 lakh tonnes in FY2023-24 and 44.78 lakh tonnes in FY2024-25. Riaz Uddin Ahmed, former executive secretary of the Bangladesh Fertiliser Association, said the country’s growing reliance on imports has become more worrying amid geopolitical tensions and uncertainty in global energy markets. As of July 23, government stocks stood at 16.19 lakh tonnes, comprising 6.20 lakh tonnes of urea, 3.52 lakh tonnes of TSP, 4.51 lakh tonnes of DAP and 2.25 lakh tonnes of MOP.