Brisbane, June 22 -- State fertilizer producer PT Pupuk Indonesia has begun exporting urea fertilizer to Australia under a government-to-government agreement, with the initial consignment of 47,250 tonnes arriving at the Port of Brisbane on Monday.

The first shipment was transported aboard the vessel Madi Luna from Bontang, East Kalimantan, in May 2026, as part of the 250,000-tonne trade agreed upon by the governments of Indonesia and Australia.

Pupuk Indonesia President Director Rahmad Pribadi remarked at the port that the exports form part of Indonesia's contribution to strengthening food security and the fertilizer supply chain in the Indo-Pacific region.

"Australia has been the primary market of Indonesia's urea fertilizer from tim...