Under Pressure from Imports, Indonesian Fertilizer Builds NPK Nitrate Plant with Capacity of 100 Thousand Tons This plant with a capacity of 100 thousand tons per year is targeted to be operational by 2027. Red: Ahmad Fikri Noor

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KARAWANG — PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) has started the construction of the first NPK Nitrate plant in Indonesia with a capacity of around 100 thousand tons per year in the Kujang Cikampek Industrial Area, Karawang Regency, West Java. "This is an important milestone, because what we are building will become a new historical foundation for the development of the fertilizer industry and also agriculture as a whole," said President Director of Pupuk Indonesia Rahmad Pribadi during the groundbreaking ceremony of the NPK Nitrate plant in Karawang, Tuesday (23/12/2025). He said that until now, the national demand for NPK Nitrate has been met through imports with a volume reaching around 450 thousand tons per year. The presence of this new plant is expected to be the initial step towards import substitution. "Today we start building (the NPK Nitrate plant) with a capacity of 100 thousand tons at Pupuk Kujang. The investment is almost Rp 600 billion, Rp 550 billion. The ...