State-owned fertilizer producer Pupuk Indonesia has prepared around 1.2 million t of subsidised fertilizer stocks for the October-March planting season for registered domestic farmers as of 20 October 2025, the company said.
This volume is nearly three times higher than the minimum subsidised fertilizer requirement set by the government. The national stock volumes of subsidised fertilizers consist of 510 300 t of urea, 610 600 t of NPK fertilizers, 14 300 t of special formula NPK fertilizers for cocoa crops, 8800 t of ammonium sulfate and 56 700 t of Pupuk's Petroganik organic fertilizers. These fertilizer stocks are already in producer warehouses and buffer warehouses in districts throughout Indonesia.
Pupuk Indonesia has also prepared around 480 400 t of non-subsidised fertilizer stock for local farmers that are unable to procure subsidised fertilizers. Total volumes of non-subsidised products are at 412 400 t of urea, 27 400 t of NPK fertilizers and 40 700 t of ammonium sulfate.
Pupuk Indonesia has set a highest retail price (HET) for the sale of subsidised fertilizers in 50 kg bags. The HET for urea fertilizers is set at 2250 rupiah/kg (US$136/t), while for NPK Phonska fertilizers it is at 2300 rupiah/kg (US$139/t). For NPK fertilizers for cocoa it is at 3300 rupiah/kg (US$199/t), and for organic fertilizers it is at 800 rupiah/kg (US$48/t). But these subsidised fertilizer products are only applicable for farmers planting rice, corn, soybeans, cassava, chilli, shallots, garlic, sugarcane, cocoa, and coffee with a maximum land area of two hectares per planting season. Farmers are also required to be members of a farmer group and registered in the electronic definitive group needs plan (e-RDKK).
Original article written by Dinise Chng on Argus Media.