The Hindu Business Line : FACT marketing imported fertilisers

Shutting down of some of the plants of the FACT following steep rise in prices of imported sulphur has created a sharp fall in the availability of fertilisers in south India.

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Kochi, Dec. 13 Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd here has started marketing imported fertilisers in the country in a big way.

According to an official release, “as an initial step, 27,500 tonne of superior quality prilled urea has already been imported at Kochi port from Saudi Arabia for distribution in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.”

Its sale has already begun in Kerala and will begin soon in the other States, it said.

Since December and January being the fag end of the current urea season, FACT is planning to sell the entire quantity during the current season itself, the release said.

Action plan

In addition, FACT has also finalised action plan to import and sell 75,000 tonne of Muriate of Potash (MOP), 50,000 tonne of Di Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and 50,000 tonne of Urea in the four southern states during the next fertiliser season.

Both MOP and DAP are required for various crops in South India.

However, urea being a widely accepted fertiliser, its demand is very high, it said.

Trading of the imported products together with indigenously produced Factamfos and ammonium sulphate will solve the problems being faced now by the farmers due to non-availability of fertilisers in sufficient quantity.

Plant shutdown

Shutting down of some of the plants of the FACT following steep rise in prices of imported sulphur has created a sharp fall in the availability of fertilisers in south India.

FACT is also planning to sell bagged gypsum as a branded product, it said.

Currently gypsum, which is in great demand, is sold in bulk quantity from its gypsum yard, the released added.

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