Federal Trade Minister Dan Tehan is confident Australia’s urea supply will be unaffected as the federal government seeks to secure the crucial diesel exhaust ingredient from other countries. Tehan has also urged businesses not to hoard Adblue—a brand of diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) containing urea used in many trucks and modern diesel vehicles—in order to prevent disruptions to the nation’s freight and logistics sector. “There is obviously issues around containers, shipping disruptions which we’re also working through,” Tehan told ABC radio on Dec. 13. “But from everything that we’re seeing, there is a clear supply which we can bring to Australia and given we have seven weeks already in stock, we are very confident we will be able to get the urea that we need into the country.” Last month, the federal government imported 27,000 litres of urea from South Korea. Australia is also speaking with Indonesia and will approach …
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