India Asks China for Urea as War-Induced Gas Crunch Bites

India has asked China to allow the sale of some urea cargoes as the war in the Middle East curtails the nation’s gas supplies, threatening fertilizer production in the agricultural powerhouse.

Indian officials have asked their Chinese counterparts to consider easing export restrictions as the expanding conflict upends supplies of liquefied natural gas — a key feedstock — and forces some fertilizer makers in the South Asian nation to shut plants, according to people familiar with the matter.