Lok Sabha Question No. 72 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-02
Subject: Fertilizer Import
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.72 TO BE ANSWERED ON; 02.02.2021

## FERTILIZER IMPORT

## 72 SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA :

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

- (a) the details of various fertilizers   being imported into the country through various ports of the country; and
- (b) the details of various agencies involved in importing fertilizers from various countries through various ports in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a) & (b): Urea is the only fertilizer under statutory price control and its import for direct   agriculture use is   permitted through State   Trading Enterprises (STEs) namely MMTC Limited (MMTC) , Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) and State Trading Corporation Limited (STC) under the Trade of the Government: Government was also importing approximately 20 Lakh Metric Tonnes urea from Oman India Fertiliser Company (OMIFCO) under a Long Term Urea Off Take Agreement (UOTA) between GOl & OMIFCO. The import of urea from OMIFCO was made through Ms IFFCO & Ms KRIBHCO\_ The term of UOTA has expired on 13.07.2020. Foreign Policy
- 2 Import of fertilizers (other than Urea) is free, commonly known as Open General Licence (OGL): Various   companies import these fertilizers as per their commercial judgment:
- 3 The name of companies who have imported P&K fertilizers during the last 3 years and the current year are Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (CFCL), Coromandel International  Ltd   (CIL), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Ltd (DFPL), Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) , Greenstar Fertilizer Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Indian   Farmers Fertilsers  Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO), Indian Potash Ltd (IPL), Kanpur Fertilizers, Krishak Bharati Cooperative (KRIBHCO), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd,

Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (NFCL) (MCFL) Mosaic India Pvt. Ltd, Nagarjuna Ltd (PPL) , Rashtriya National  Fertilizers   Limited  (NFL): Paradeep Phosphates Ltd   (TCL) , & Fertilizers Ltd   (RCF); Smartchem , Tata Chemicals Chemicals Chemicals Ltd (ZACL) and Indorama India Narmada Bio-Chem Limited, Zuari Agro Limited (formerly IRC Agrochemicals Pvt: Ltd:) Private of quantity of Urea and P&k (DAP, MOP & NPK) The Port-wise, year-wise details and current year (up to December, fertilizers imported during the last three 2020) has been placed at Annexure A'. years

- where these fertilizers have been imported during the 4\_ The countries from Belarus, China, Canada, Cyprus, last three years and current year are Australia; Russia; Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Morocco, Estonia, Egypt, Germany, Uzbekistan and USA Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, UAE,

## Import of Fertilizers during 2017-18 to 2020-21 (upto Dec-2020)

| Ports Name               | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21 (up to Dec, 2020)   | 2020-21 (up to Dec, 2020)   | 2020-21 (up to Dec, 2020)   | 2020-21 (up to Dec, 2020)   |
|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Ports Name               | Urea      | DAP       | MOP       | NPK       | Urea      | DAP       | MOP       | NPK       | Urea      | DAP       | MOP       | NPK       | Urea                        | DAP                         | MOP                         | NPK                         |
| Adani Tuna Bulk Terminal | 4,53      | 0.66      |           |           | 5.42      | 1.65      |           |           | 6.50      | 0.55      |           | 0.28      | 5.61                        |                             |                             | 0.27                        |
| Adani Dahej              |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 0.90      |           |           |           | 1.28                        |                             | 0.72                        |                             |
| Chennai                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 0.50                        |                             | 0.58                        |                             |
| Cochin                   |           |           | 0.35      |           |           |           | 0.15      |           |           |           | 0.22      |           |                             |                             |                             |                             |
| Dharmatar                |           | 0.31      | 0.53      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |                             |                             |
| Dhamra                   |           |           |           |           |           | 3.33      | 0.83      |           | 0.94      | 1.25      | 0.92      |           | 2.93                        | 1.59                        | 0.35                        |                             |
| Dighi                    |           |           | 0.55      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |                             |                             |
| Gangavaram               | 3.53      | 1.09      | 2.12      |           | 6.53      | 1.5       | 1.95      |           | 8.16      | 0.47      | 1.38      |           | 7.74                        |                             | 0.87                        |                             |
| Goa                      |           |           | 0.77      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |                             |                             | 0.60                        |                             |
| Gopalpur                 | 0.44      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |                             |                             |
| Haldia                   |           |           | 1.46      |           |           |           | 1.45      |           |           |           | 1.47      |           |                             |                             | 1.69                        |                             |
| Hazira (Adani)           | 2.27      |           |           |           | 2.79      |           |           |           | 2.94      |           |           |           | 3.65                        |                             |                             |                             |
| Hazira (Ancherage)       | 3.56      |           |           |           | 0.44      | 0.05      | 0.24      |           | 0.88      | 0.17      | 0.14      |           | 0.44                        |                             |                             |                             |
| Jaigarh                  |           |           | 0.90      |           |           |           | 0.85      |           | 2.30      |           | 0.38      |           | 2.97                        |                             |                             |                             |
| Kakinada                 | 6.60      |           | 9.69      |           | 10.17     | 9.18      | 8.78      | 0.55      | 10.15     | 2.57      | 5.87      | 1.63      | 8.54                        | 6.09                        | 6.83                        | 0.75                        |
| Kamarajar (Cibtl)        |           |           |           |           | 0.42      |           |           |           | 0.99      |           |           |           |                             |                             |                             |                             |
| Deendayal                | 6.63      | 11.04     | 11.05     |           | 6.40      | 17.02     | 8.70      | 0.66      | 8.81      | 15.13     |           | 0.22      | 7.81                        | 12.53                       | 7.88                        | 0.57                        |
| Karaikal                 | 0.51      |           |           |           | 2.02      | 0.37      | 0.16      | 0.30      | 2.95      |           |           |           | 3.12                        |                             | 0.70                        |                             |
| Krishnapatnam            | 2.70      | 0.86      | 1.28      | 0.35      | 6.66      | 4.09      | 3.34      | 1.02      | 5.70      | 2.04      | 3.22      | 0.50      | 6.58                        |                             | 0.92                        | 0.93                        |
| MBPT                     |           |           | 1.05      |           |           |           | 1.07      |           |           |           | 1.29      |           |                             |                             | 0.92                        |                             |
| Mormugao                 |           |           | 0.92      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           | 0.13      |           |                             |                             |                             |                             |
| Mumbai                   |           |           |           |           |           |           | 0.15      |           |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |                             |                             |
| Mundra                   | 12.63     | 16.05     | 7.14      |           | 10.97     | 19.29     | 3.89      | 1.88      | 13.03     | 16.23     | 3.72      | 1.75      | 13.36                       | 20.36                       | 2.10                        | 3.14                        |
| New-Mangalore            | 2.16      | 0.16      | 2.98      |           | 1.42      |           | 2.37      |           | 2.67      | 053       | 1.35      |           | 3.09                        |                             | 1.81                        | 0.30                        |
| Paradip                  |           |           | 0.75      | 0.46      |           |           | 0.25      |           |           |           | 0.43      |           |                             |                             | 1.39                        | 0.27                        |
| Paradip (PICT)           |           |           |           |           | 1.40      | 0.57      |           |           | 4.16      |           |           |           | 4.04                        |                             |                             |                             |
| Pipavav                  | 6.81      | 3.13      |           |           | 8.69      | 4.30      |           |           | 9.76      | 3.99      | 0.33      |           | 9.32                        | 1.84                        |                             |                             |
| Rozy                     | 2.94      | 0.33      |           |           | 4.78      | 0.22      |           |           | 4.43      |           |           | 0.53      | 4.48                        |                             |                             |                             |
| Tuticorin                | 0.42      |           | 2.81      |           | 0.88      |           | 2.04      |           | 0.69      |           | 2.01      |           | 1.81                        | 0.18                        | 3.09                        | 1.33                        |
| Vizag                    | 4.02      | 4.26      | 2.90      |           | 5.82      |           | 3.81      | 1.05      | 5.27      | 5.20      | 2.33      | 2.55      | 0.44                        | 4.03                        | 4.17                        | 3.56                        |
| Grand Total:             | 59.75     | 42.17     | 47.36     | 4.99      | 74.81     | 66.02     | 42.14     | 546       | 91.23     | 48.70     | 36.70     | 7.46      | 87.71                       | 46.62                       | 34.73                       |                             |