Lok Sabha Question No. 513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Reduction in Import of Urea
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.513 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 09.12.2022

## Reduction in Import of Urea

## 513. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

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

- (a) the details of quantum of reduction in import of urea due to its record domestic production;
- (b) the amount of revenue saved by the Government as a result thereof;
- (c) whether the production of other fertilizers has also increased in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of closed fertilizer factories which have resumed operations with the Government initiative during the last two years and their current status thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- (a) & (b): Year-wise details of Production, Import;, Weighted Average Price and Values of Urea during the last two years are given in the tables below:

| Import vis-a-vis Production of Urea from the year 2020-21 to 2021-22   | Import vis-a-vis Production of Urea from the year 2020-21 to 2021-22   | Import vis-a-vis Production of Urea from the year 2020-21 to 2021-22   | Import vis-a-vis Production of Urea from the year 2020-21 to 2021-22   | Import vis-a-vis Production of Urea from the year 2020-21 to 2021-22   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                                   | Production of urea (in LMT)                                            | Import of urea (in LMT)                                                | Wt: avg: price of imported urea (USS PMT)                              | Value of imported urea in Million USS                                  |
| 2020-21                                                                | 246.05                                                                 | 98.28                                                                  | 262.54                                                                 | 2580.27                                                                |
| 2021-22                                                                | 250.72                                                                 | 91.36                                                                  | 661.31                                                                 | 6041.06                                                                |

It is learnt from the table on previous page that the import of urea has reduced by 6.92 LMT in the year 2021-22 as compared to the year 2020-21.Further, the value of imported urea has increased in the year 2021-22 as compared to the year 202021due to increase in the price of urea in international market:

(c): The details of production of urea and P&k fertilizers from 2020-21 to 202223 (upto November 2022) is given in the table below:

| Financial Year       | Urea                 | P&k (DAP,AIS,Complex & SSP)   |
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2020-21              | 246.05               | 187.63                        |
| 2021-22              | 250.72               | 185.23                        |
| 2022-23 (Target)     | 317.01               | 149.32*                       |
| Excluding SSP Target | Excluding SSP Target | Excluding SSP Target          |

(d): As per records of DoF, the last two years, 02 units of FCIL (The Fertilizers Corporation of India Limited) situated at Ramagundam (Telangana) and Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) have resumed operations from 22-03-2021 and 07-122021 respectively. Moreover, Barauni and Sindri units of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) have also started urea production from 18.10.2022 and 05.11.2022 respectively. during