Overall Production
The estimated production
of fertilizers during November, 2002 was 9.46 lakh MT of nitrogen
and 3.70 lakh MT of phosphate against the target of 10.12 lakh
MT and 4.11 lakh MT respectively. Production of both nitrogenous
and phosphatic fertilizers suffered on account of inadequate supply
of natural gas. Similarly, DAP production was also adversely affected
by shortage of raw material & marketing constraints in all
the DAP plants. Production was less than target in all complex
fertilizer plants due to high silo stocks.
Dispatches,
availability and sales
Urea:
During November 2002,
16.47 lakh MT urea was dispatched under EC allocations to the
States against the target of 16.00 lakh MT. Cumulative availability
of urea during the current Rabi season by the end of November,
2002 has been 48.22 lakh MT and this level of availability was
satisfactory in all the States. So far no State has reported any
shortage. Further, the sale of urea during Rabi 2002-03 upto 30.11.2002
was 24.90 lakh MT which has been lower by about 2 per cent as
compared in the corresponding period of the previous year.
Availability of
Decontrolled fertilizers:
Cumulative
availability of DAP and MOP during the current Rabi 2002-03 season
by the end of November, 2002 has been 22.94 lakh MT and 5.97 lakh
MT respectively. The availability of these major decontrolled
fertilizers was totally satisfactory in November, 2002 in all
the States and no State has reported any shortage during the month.
Imports:
There was no
import of urea during November, 2002. However, merely 0.5 lakh
MT of DAP and 4.5 lakh MT of MOP has been imported in the country
during the month. The cumulative arrival for the current year
of DAP and MOP in the country has been 3.28 lakh MT and 18.32
lakh MT, respectively.
