A Colombian bill aimed at incentivising domestic clean hydrogen-derived fertiliser production has advanced to the Senate, marking the next stage in efforts to develop a local low-carbon fertiliser industry.
The bill, originally filed in the country’s lower house in 2025, aims to address Colombia’s dependence on imported fertilisers, which its supporting documentation says account for around 95% of the country’s annual requirements.
Advanced to the Senate on August 14, it would establish a framework for a national low-emission fertiliser roadmap, support investment in new fertiliser plants, and grant tax incentives for qualifying hydrogen-based fertiliser projects.
Details on timeline and capital figures remain thin. However, the roadmap, led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, would encourage private investment and implement subsidy schemes developed with Colombia’s rural and agricultural sector-focused development bank Finagro.
The bill’s passing would give the Colombian government one year to establish technical rules for green and low-emission hydrogen-derived fertilisers, aligning them with existing Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) regulations.
Supporting documents also cite an average of two million tonnes of fertiliser imports per year between 2019 and 2024. Bringing production of portions of this into the country could drive significant low-carbon hydrogen demand.
Colombia sits as a prospective green hydrogen producer with abundant renewable energy resources.
A hydrogen-specific bill, also in progress, aims to establish a framework for advancing production, transportation, storage, and commercialisation of green hydrogen and derivatives.
Both bills come as South American fertiliser import dependence drives governments to push local consumption.
In May, Brazil moved to classify fertilisers as a strategic sector, strengthening the business case for domestic green ammonia and hydrogen production.
Addressing the country’s import volumes, valued at $15.5bn in 2025, it implemented screening powers, traceability requirements, procurement incentives and made tax credits up to $200m per year available in the industry.
Earlier in the year, Chile pivoted its green hydrogen strategy, abandoning an ambitious 25GW electrolysis target for 2030 and replacing it with annual domestic consumption goals.
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