Lok Sabha Question No. 3299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Import of Urea
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3299T0 BE ANSWERED ON05.08.2022

Import of uurea

## 3299. SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the landed price of imported urea in the country has come down by almost 27 per cent since 2014 along with the rates of DAP fertilizers, while their consumption being relatively higher in the country;
- (c) whether the prices of raw materials being used in making ammonia based fertilizer have come down while the prices of the materials used for making other fertilizer have remained largely range bound since 2014; and
- (b) if SO , the details thereof   along with the annual domestic   consumption of imported DAP since 2014;
- (d) if so, the comparative details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- (a) & (b): Year-wise quantity of imported urea alongwith the weighted average since 2014-15 is given in the table below: price

| Year                     | Quantity (in Lakh MT)   |   Wt: avg: price in USS (PMT) |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2014-15                  |                         |                        283.15 |
| 2015-16                  | 84.74                   |                        246.36 |
| 2016-17                  | 54.81                   |                        191.08 |
| 2017-18                  | 59.75                   |                        216.87 |
| 2018-19                  |                         |                        272.73 |
| 2019-20                  | 91.23                   |                        252.43 |
| 2020-21                  | 98.28                   |                        262.54 |
| 2021-22                  | 91.36                   |                        661.31 |
| 2022-23 (upto July 2022) | 21.89                   |                        697.43 |

It is   learnt  from the table at previous   page   that weighted average to has increased in the 2022-23(upto July 2022) as compared ofimported urea the 2014-15. price year year of DAP in the country from 2014-15 to 2022-23 (upto The annual consumption 01.08.2022) is as under:-

it is informed that all P&K fertilizers are covered under Openi Gener Further, Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Scheme: P&K fertilizers are License (OGL) under the imported by the companies on their commercially viable terms.

| S No        | YEAR                      | DAP                  |
|-------------|---------------------------|----------------------|
|             |                           | CONSUMPTION (in LMT) |
|             | 2014-15                   | 75.57                |
| 2           | 2015-16                   | 97.47                |
| 3           | 2016-17                   | 88.23                |
|             | 2017-18                   | 89.85                |
|             | 2018-19                   | 87.35                |
|             | 2019-20                   | 101.01               |
|             | 2020-21                   |                      |
|             | 2021-22                   |                      |
|             | 2022-23 (upto 01.08.2022) | 31.63                |
| 9           |                           |                      |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL               |                      |

comfortable availability of DAP through indigenous as Further, DoF ensures DAP consumed is not well as imported means However, quantity of  imported maintained separately in DoF.

| SNo.   | Year               | Notified weighted average concession rate (ammonia based fertilizers _Urea)   |
|--------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | 2014-15            | 21817                                                                         |
| 2      |                    | 19433 19155                                                                   |
| 3_     | 2015-16 (NUP-2015) | 16702                                                                         |
| 4      | 2016-17            |                                                                               |
| 5_     | 2017-18            | 18906                                                                         |
| 6      | 2018-19            | 23824                                                                         |
| 7      | 2019-20            | 23640                                                                         |
|        |                    | 18952                                                                         |
| 8_     | 2020-21            | 31036                                                                         |

fertilizers rate has increased since 2014. The reason for (c)& (d): The ammonia fertilizers is mainly due to gas cost; The following table increasing in of ammonia rate from the year 2014-15 to continuing rate show the weighted average concession for the 3rd quarter of 2021-22. Rs\_IMT price

9 2021-22** Note:    Q3 Notified Rates have been considered ##***