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.