Lok Sabha Question No. 2573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Import of Fertilizers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, HUKUM SINGH, MEENAKASHI LEKHI, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2573 TO BE ANSWERED ON:15.12.2015

## IMPORT OF FERTILIZERS

2573 SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI HUKUM SINGH:

SHRIMATI MEENAKSHI LEKHI:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

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

- (a) whether the Government has imported fertilizer to supplement the demand of fertilizers in the country;
- (b) if sO, the facts thereof and the quality of fertilizers imported during the last three years, item-wise; and
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to allow the fertilizer companies to directly import urea, as against the current   practice where only there canalising agencies import the crop nutrient; if so, the details thereof and its implementations status thereof along with results yields so far?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATES IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): Urea for direct agricultural use is imported Government account through State Trade Enterprises   (STEs) to  bridge the gap between assessed demand and indigenous production. Government is also importing approximately 20 Lakh Metric Tonnes urea from Oman India Fertiliser Company (OMIFCO) under a Long Term Urea Off Take Agreement (UOTA) between GOI & OMIFCO The yearwise quantity of urea imported during the last three years and current year (up to November, 2015) are as under:on

| Year     | From OMIFCO   | Through STE   | Total Urea Imported   |
|----------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
| Year     | (LMT)         | (LMT)         | (LMT)                 |
| 2012-13  | 18.33         | 62.11         | 80.44                 |
|          | 21.21         | 49.68         | 70.89                 |
|          | 14.63         | 72.86         | 87.49                 |
| 2015-16* | 14.27         | 42.29         | 56.56                 |

## upto November; 2015

As regards, P&k fertilizes, their import is under Open General Licence (OGL) Various companies import these fertilizers as per their commercial judgement The year-wise details of quantity of P&K fertilizers imported during the last three and current year (up to November, 2015) are as under years

<Figures in Lakh MT>

| Year     |   DAP |   NPK |   MOP# |
|----------|-------|-------|--------|
| 2012-13  | 57.02 |  4.05 |  24.95 |
| 2013-14  | 32.61 |  3.62 |  31.8  |
| 2014-15  | 38.53 |  2.91 |  41.97 |
| 2015-16* | 52.88 |  6.29 |  25.72 |

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

The   quality of   fertilizers imported   during the last   three year as  inspected by CFQC&TI is as below:

| S.N_   | Name of Fertilizer   | No of shipsl Containers inspected   | No of shipsl Containers inspected   | No of shipsl Containers inspected   | No. of found Non std. ships   | No. of found Non std. ships   | No. of found Non std. ships   |
|--------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S.N_   | Name of Fertilizer   | 2012-13                             | 2013-14                             | 2014-15                             | 2012-13                       | 2013-14                       | 2014-15                       |
| 1      | Urea                 | 191                                 | 170                                 | 189                                 |                               |                               | 3                             |
| 2      | DAP                  | 133                                 | 85                                  | 104                                 |                               | 5                             |                               |
| 3,     | MOPI SOP             | 204                                 | 266                                 | 381                                 |                               |                               |                               |
| 4      | NPK (C)              | 12                                  | 26                                  | 30                                  |                               |                               |                               |
| 5_     | MNF                  | 69                                  | 89                                  | 119                                 |                               |                               | 22                            |
| 6_     | NPK 100% WS          | 453                                 | 624                                 | 781                                 | 3                             | 21                            | 29                            |
| 7_     | Sulphur              | 30                                  | 33                                  | 31                                  |                               | 0                             |                               |
| 8_     | Others               | 4                                   | 11                                  | 15                                  |                               | 3                             |                               |
| Total  | Total                | 1096                                | 1304                                | 1650                                | 6                             | 38                            |                               |