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Kochi , Jan. 2

As part of cost reduction measures, the public sector FACT has started using imported ammonia for the production of fertilisers.

The first consignment of imported ammonia (7,200 tonnes) from Saudi Arabia was unloaded to the storage tank at Willingdon Island recently. The ammonia storage facility at Kochi port was re-commissioned and better instrument control systems were installed there.

The present cost of imported ammonia is lower that of naphtha-based ammonia produced here.

The imported ammonia will be used here for the production of Factomfos at FACT's Cochin division. It will be brought to Ambalamedu using railway wagons.

The company is expecting more flexibility and better profitability from the use of imported ammonia along with the indigenously produced one, a release issued here said.

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