Import of urea in the country is restricted and permitted through three State Trading Enterprises i.e. MMTC Limited, State Trading Corporation of India Limited and Indian Potash Limited. Import of all other fertilisersis free and importers are importing these fertilizers under Open General License (OGL) as per their requirements. The P&K fertiliserslike DAP, various grades of complex fertilisers and SSP etc. are being produced in the country, howevercountry is almost dependent on imports by way of imports of raw materials/intermediates or by way of imports of finished Phosphaticfertilizers. There are no exploitable reserves of potash in the country and the country is fully dependent on its import to meet the demand of Potassicfertilisers. The details of P&K fertilizers imported during the last three years are as under:- Fig in LMT
The sales of P&K fertilisersin the country have dropped during the year 2012-13 as compared to the year 2011-12. The details are as under:-
The name of the companies who imported Potassic& Phosphatic(P&K) fertilizers during last three years and the current year are Agrigold Organics Pvt. Ltd, Coromandel International Limited, Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Ltd., Foliage, Green Star Fertilizer Ltd., Madras Fertilizers Limited, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., Indian potash Limited, Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd., HPM Chemicals & Fertilizes, Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Ltd., Indo Gulf Fertilizers Ltd, Mosaic India (P) Ltd., Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited, ParadipPhosphate Ltd., Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd., SunfertInternational Pvt. Ltd, Tata Chemicals Ltd., KPR FertilisersLtd., Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd., ShriramFertilizers, Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., National Fertilizers Limited, KrishakBharati Cooperative Ltd., ZuariHoldings Limited. The countries from where the P&K fertilizers have been imported during the last three years and current year are Australia, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Canada, CIS, Estonia, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Russia, S. Arabia, S. Africa, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, Tunisia, USA Ukraine and Vietnam. Government has taken initiatives to encourage indigenous production in P&K sector by reducing the custom duty on phosphoric acid to enable indigenous manufacturers of P&K fertilizers to procure this important input at reasonable price. The Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) scheme has also been announced on P&K fertilizers w.e.f.01.04.2010 to ensure subsidy on indigenous P&K fertilizers at par with imported P&K fertilizers. Government is also encouraging private sector and public sector companies to explore the possibilities for joint ventures abroad to ensure uninterrupted supply of fertilizer inputs to P&K sector. This information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Shri Srikant Kumar Jena in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today. *** DNM/NSK/DB (Release ID :98767) |
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Policy for Import of Fertilizers
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