Lok Sabha Question No. 383 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Fertilizer Import
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 383* TO BE ANSWERED ON: 23.03.2021

## Fertilizer Import

## *383 SHRI DM: KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantity and value of fertilizers imported into the country along with the most imported fertilizer during the last three years;
- (b) whether the Government is taking measures to reduce the import bill on fertilizers; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

(SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERED TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRD QUESTION NO\_ 383* To BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021 REGARDING "FERTILIZER IMPORT" ASKED BY SHRI SHRI D.M: KATHIR ANAND.

(a): The year-wise quantity and value of urea imported during the last three is as under:years

| Year    |   Urea Imported (LMT) | Value (Million USS)   |
|---------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| 2017-18 |                 59.75 |                       |
| 2018-19 |                 74.81 | 2040.21               |
| 2019-20 |                 91.23 | 2303.05               |

Import of P&K fertilizers is free, commonly known as Open General Licence (OGL): Various   companies import these fertilizers as per their commercial judgments. Government does not maintain the value of these imports. The wise details of quantity of P&K fertilizers imported during the last three years as reported by the companies are as under: year-

## <Figures in Lakh MTZ

MOP includes both for use as direct application as well as NPK manufacture.

| Year    |   DAP |   NPK |   MOP# |
|---------|-------|-------|--------|
| 2017-18 | 42.17 |  4.99 |  47.36 |
| 2018-19 | 66.02 |  5.46 |  42.14 |
| 2019-20 | 48.7  |  7.46 |  36.7  |

Urea is the most imported fertilizer during the last three years

(b) & (c): The Government had announced New Investment Policy (NIP) 2012 on 'January, 2013 and its amendment on 7hOctober; 2014 to facilitate fresh investment in the urea sector and to make India self-sufficient in the urea sector. Under NIP 2012 read with its amendment; Matix  and CFCL have set up Greenfield and Brownfield urea plants respectively. Further, a decision has been taken to revive 4 closed units of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) namely Gorakhpur; Sindri, Talcher and Ramagundam and one closed unit  of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) namely Barauni by setting up of new Ammonia-Urea complex. Each of these units has the installed capacity of 12.7 LMT per year: 2nd"

The Government of India has also notified the New Urea Policy (NUP) 2015 on 25thMay, 2015 for existing 25 gas based urea units with the objective of maximizing   indigenous urea production; promoting energy efficiency in urea production; and rationalizing subsidy burden on the Government: NUP-2015 has Ied to additional production from the existing gas based urea plants:

These measures are meant to reduce the import bill on urea.