No forecast shortages of AdBlue, government says, with market 'well supplied'

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The federal government has moved to allay fears of an AdBlue shortage, despite the pending closure of the nation's only major manufacturer of a key ingredient to make the product.

Despite transport and farming groups' concerns over the domestic supply of the critical ingredient used to make AdBlue, the federal government has moved to allay fears of a shortage.The federal government says the AdBlue sector now has additional chain diversity from countries other than China

Queensland MP Bob Katter is calling for the temporary suspension of the AdBlue requirement while a domestic urea plant is built, an anti-pollutant essential to most modern diesel engines, including those in trucks and some farm equipment. When changes in supply created a shortage of the critical product in late 2021, the Morrison government put almost $30 million into Queensland company Incitec Pivot to increase domestic urea manufacturing.

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