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October 2021 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 3 Contents Port Anlaysis Fertilizers Traffic At Indian Ports (Qty In Million Tonnes) Fertilizers traffic at Indian Ports- September 2021 (Qty in Million Tonnes) Major Country-wise Fertilizers Imports September 2021 (Qty in Million Tonnes) MAJOR FERTILIZER IMPORTERS September 2021 (Qty in MILLION TONNES) Market Overview And Trends Highlights Disclaimer: The information contained in this market update is drawn from wide range of newspapers, business and trade magazines, government, company and industry association websites. While all possible care is taken to verify the correctness and authenticity of information contained in this compilation, no claim to independent authorship of articles is implied or intended. Readers are expected to make their own independent evaluation and verification of information for their use. While all information contained in this report are believed to be correct, the editors of this compilation or J. M. Baxi & Co. do not guarantee the quotes or other data and the same is provided only in good faith. www.jmbaxi.com
6 J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update | October 2021 Fertilizers traffic at Indian Ports (Qty in Metric Tonnes) PORT NAME APRIL-AUG - 21 APRIL-AUG - 20 VARIANCE Y - O - Y ANGRE 0.000 0.022 -0.022 BEDI 0.561 0.702 -0.141 CHENNAI 0.092 0.152 -0.060 COCHIN 0.097 0.108 -0.011 DAHEJ 0.361 0.159 0.203 DHAMRA 0.130 0.193 -0.064 DHARAMTAR 0.068 0.000 0.068 GANGAVARAM 0.250 0.317 -0.067 HALDIA 0.257 0.204 0.054 HAZIRA 0.930 0.740 0.190 JAIGAD 0.199 0.054 0.145 KAKINADA 1.005 1.502 -0.497 KANDLA 1.455 1.651 -0.196 KARAIKAL 0.113 0.130 -0.017 KOLKATA 0.030 0.000 0.030 KRISHNAPATNAM 0.613 0.533 0.080 MANGALORE 0.209 0.313 -0.104 MORMUGAO 0.036 0.011 0.025 MUMBAI 0.260 0.140 0.120 MUNDRA 1.524 2.110 -0.586 PARADIP 1.771 2.299 -0.528 PIPAVAV 0.426 0.639 -0.213 SAGAR ROADS 0.039 0.000 0.039 SANDHEADS 0.003 0.000 0.003 TUNA 0.299 0.309 -0.010 TUTICORIN 0.347 0.537 -0.190 VISAKHAPATNAM 1.265 1.522 -0.257 Grand Total 12.342 14.432 -2.090 www.jmbaxi.com
October 2021 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 7 Fertilizers traffic at Indian Ports September - 2021 (Qty in Metric Tonnes) Port Cargo QTY IN MT COCHIN ROCK PHOSPHATE 41101 SULPHUR 27500 ROCK PHOSPHATE 62000 DAHEJ UREA 48300 DHAMRA UREA 52500 GANGAVARAM UREA 169463 HALDIA MURIATE OF POTASH 27514 ROCK PHOSPHATE 9600 HAZIRA ROCK PHOSPHATE 90300 UREA 50857 JAIGAD UREA 54000 MURIATE OF POTASH 50272 NITRO PHOSPHATE 59995 KAKINADA ROCK PHOSPHATE 19050 UREA 102130 AMMONIUM NITRATE 22500 DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 74500 KANDLA MURIATE OF POTASH 75905 POLYSULPHATE 1033 UREA 45355 KARAIKAL UREA 65820 KRISHNAPATNAM UREA 52500 MANGALORE UREA 47250 MUMBAI MURIATE OF POTASH 36750 DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 45000 MURIATE OF POTASH 23172 MUNDRA NITRO PHOSPHATE 56555 ROCK PHOSPHATE 52380 UREA 183157 www.jmbaxi.com
8 J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update | October 2021 MURIATE OF POTASH 14000 ROCK PHOSPHATE 499392 PARADIP SULPHUR 89953 UREA 47250 DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 66000 PIPAVAV UREA 160145 SAGAR ROADS UREA 30042 TUNA UREA 47250 MURIATE OF POTASH 63000 TUTICORIN ROCK PHOSPHATE 60200 SULPHUR 27000 MOLTEN SULPHUR 10000 VISAKHAPATNAM MURIATE OF POTASH 33000 ROCK PHOSPHATE 125245 UREA 23000 Grand Total 2941935
October 2021 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 9 Major Country-wise Fertilizers Imports September - 2021 (Qty in Metric Tonnes) COUNTRIES CARGO SEPTEMBER - 2021 MURIATE OF POTASH 135283 CANADA NITRO PHOSPHATE 56555 CHINA UREA 693795 AMMONIUM NITRATE 22500 EGYPT MURIATE OF POTASH 80750 ROCK PHOSPHATE 144485 ISRAEL MURIATE OF POTASH 51000 JAPAN MOLTEN SULPHUR 9999.547 DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 11000 JORDAN MURIATE OF POTASH 23580 ROCK PHOSPHATE 323996 KUWAIT SULPHUR 27000 LITHUANIA MURIATE OF POTASH 14000 MOROCCO ROCK PHOSPHATE 272326 OMAN UREA 100201 SULPHUR 27500 QATAR UREA 33000 RUSSIA UREA 47250 DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 174500 SAUDI ARABIA NITRO PHOSPHATE 59995 SULPHUR 54100 SENEGAL ROCK PHOSPHATE 27500 THAILAND POLYSULPHATE 1033.173 TOGO ROCK PHOSPHATE 91161 U.A.E. SULPHUR 35853 UKRAINE UREA 220731 MURIATE OF POTASH 19000 UNITED STATES UREA 54000 www.jmbaxi.com
10 J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update | October 2021 MAJOR FERTILIZER IMPORTERS September - 2021 (Qty in METRIC TONNES) September - IMPORTERS Cargo 2021 CHAMBAL FERTILISERS AND CHEMI- DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 0.028 CALS LTD. MURIATE OF POTASH 0.034 COROMANDAL FERTLIZERS LTD. UREA 0.053 COROMANDEL INTL. LTD. MOLTEN SULPHUR 0.010 MURIATE OF POTASH 0.035 NITRO PHOSPHATE 0.028 ROCK PHOSPHATE 0.125 UREA 0.033 FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS ROCK PHOSPHATE 0.041 TRAVACORE LTD. SULPHUR 0.028 GREENSTAR FERTILIZERS PVT. LTD. ROCK PHOSPHATE 0.060 SULPHUR 0.027 INDIAN FARMERS FERTILISER COOP. AMMONIUM NITRATE 0.023 LTD. ROCK PHOSPHATE 0.386 SULPHUR 0.090 UREA 0.501 INDIAN PHOSPHATE LTD. UREA 0.053 INDIAN POTASH LTD. DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 0.047 MURIATE OF POTASH 0.138 UREA 0.262 INDORAMA INDIA PVT. LTD. MURIATE OF POTASH 0.028 KHAITAN CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZ- ROCK PHOSPHATE 0.010 ERS LTD. KPR FERTILISERS PVT. LTD. ROCK PHOSPHATE 0.009 KRIBHCO BHARATI CO OP LTD. DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 0.039
October 2021 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 11 KRIBHCO FERTILIZERS LTD. UREA 0.051 KRISHI SAMAGRI CO. LTD. UREA 0.030 MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FER- UREA 0.048 TILISERS LTD. MOSAIC INDIA PVT. LTD. DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 0.045 MURIATE OF POTASH 0.038 NITRO PHOSPHATE 0.057 ROCK PHOSPHATE 0.052 NARMADA BIO CHEM PVT. LTD. UREA 0.054 NATIONAL FERTILIZERS CO. LTD. DI AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE 0.028 NITRO PHOSPHATE 0.032 UREA 0.095 PARADIP PHOSPHATES LTD. MURIATE OF POTASH 0.014 ROCK PHOSPHATE 0.114 RASHTRIYA CHEMICAL AND FERTILIZ- MURIATE OF POTASH 0.037 ER LTD. TOYOTO TSUSHO INDIA POLYSULPHATE 0.001
12 J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update | October 2021 Jan 2020 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 12 TRENDS& MARKET OVERVIEW
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14 J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update | October 2021 HIGHLIGHTS 01 China’s curbs on fertiliser exports may affect India, says report 02 KRIBHCO, CSC tie up to market agri-input products 03 Amid spike in raw material cost, Govt to ensure ample fertiliser supplies for Rabi crop: FACT chief www.jmbaxi.com
October 2021 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 15 04 Farmers in North opt to sow early, face DAP crunch 05 Govt sets up ‘war room’ on movement of fertilisers
16 J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update | October 2021 China’s curbs on fertiliser exports may affect India, 01 says report “ Chinese authorities are imposing new stable fertilizer supplies and prices hurdles for fertilizer exporters amid given its importance to agricultural growing concerns over surging power production and food security. The The increased prices and food production, a move General Administration of Customs scrutiny comes as that could worsen a global price shock added new inspection requirements and food inflation. Some Chinese on 29 categories of products including global fertilisers fertilizer cargoes ready to be shipped urea to ammonium nitrate, according costs have soared are being held up by local authorities to a notice this month. Despite that, to new records, for additional checks or to obtain the blistering rally in China’s fertilizer spurred by energy new export certificates, according market shows no sign of cooling, with crises in Europe to people familiar with the matter. benchmark urea futures holding near and China as coal The supplies will either end up being a record. and natural gas sold on the domestic market or face are important feedstocks “ delays in being exported, said the people, who asked not to be named as they are not authorized to speak China’s move to curb fertilizer exports will be felt around the world as it is a key supplier of urea, sulphate on the matter. The increased scrutiny and phosphate, accounting for about comes as global fertilizers costs have 30% of global trade. The biggest buyers soared to new records, spurred by of China’s fertilizers include India, energy crises in Europe and China as Pakistan and countries in Southeast coal and natural gas are important Asia. There are already signs that a feedstocks. The cost increase comes fertilizer shortage is emerging globally. at a particularly worrying time, with Farmers in Brazil reported that some global food prices hitting a 10-year deliveries of fertilizer and glyphosate high. The new measures implemented have been canceled. France, the by Chinese authorities follow a largest European agriculture producer, customs regulation that kicked in on may face difficulties sourcing Oct. 15 requiring additional inspection fertilizer supplies, an official at of fertilizer exports. It also follows a FranceAgriMer warned last week. notice from the National Development China’s customs administration didn’t and Reform Commission, China’s top answer calls seeking comment on the economic planner, that called for export curbs Source: Business Standard www.jmbaxi.com
October 2021 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 17 KRIBHCO, CSC tie up to market agri-input products “ 02 CSC e-Governance Services India Services India Ltd Managing Director has collaborated with Krishak Bharati Dinesh Tyagi said in the statement, Cooperative (KRIBHCO) to provide “Our alliance with KRIBHCO is a KRIBHCO is access to fertilisers and agricultural step ahead in furthering the agenda engaged in the inputs to farmers via four lakh of the government in serving the business of village level entrepreneurs. Common farmers and agricultural community.” manufacturing, Services Centres (CSCs) will facilitate The last mile delivery of fertilisers, importing and the sale and distribution of KRIBHCO seeds and other agri products is “an marketing of products which include fertilisers like important aspect of our activities at “ fertilizers, agri inputs and seeds. imported urea, DAP, NPK/NPS, bio- fertiliser, city compost, zinc sulphate, certified seeds, hybrid seeds and CSCs and the partnership will help us reach out to farmers and citizens in the villages with timely supply of potash derived from molasses, a reliable and quality agri inputs,” he statement said. KRIBHCO is engaged added. Rajan Chowdhry, Managing in the business of manufacturing, Director, KRIBHCO, said in the importing and marketing of fertilizers, statement that this partnership will agri inputs and seeds. Early this year, usher in a new era where farmers CSC set up an agri services platform can get cost effective agri inputs at to facilitate agri inputs like seeds, the click of mouse and smartphones, manure, and pesticides, rent and hire thereby promoting ‘Digital India’. of farm machinery and implements, FPOs as agribusiness retailers will and trading of agri produce etc help the farming community become through its VLEs and farmer producer “agriculture entrepreneur” from organisations (FPOs). Elaborating on “agriculture producer”, he added the partnership, CSC e-Governance Source: Economic Times Amid spike in raw material cost, Govt to ensure ample fertiliser supplies for Rabi crop: FACT chief 03 The Centre has taken all steps to ensure raw material cost has facilitated the fertiliser availability in the ensuing government to enhance the subsidy Rising raw material Rabi season amidst shooting up of to all fertiliser firms to avoid any prices, a concern for raw material prices and its shortage. further hike in product prices, Kishore The Fertiliser Ministry monitors the Rungta, Chairman and Managing fertiliser PSUs situation closely and reviews weekly, Director, FACT told. The prices of all as the emerging conditions have led raw materials such as phosphoric acid, to the rise in production cost of all sulphuric acid, sulphur have doubled PSU fertilisers companies. The rising in the last year, forcing companies to www.jmbaxi.com
18 J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update | October 2021 sell their products at lower margins or Spike in Natural gas price at a loss. However, the hike in subsidy Asked about the recent spike in to the tune of ₹8,000 per tonne for natural gas prices, the CMD said. “we NPK and ₹12,000 for DAP has come have been insulated ourselves till as a relief to the manufacturers, he August 2022 because of the contract said. The fertiliser demand in the signed with PSU oil companies based Rabi crop season in the country on the Gorgon gas price which is is estimated at 21 million tonnes prevailing at $12-13/MMBtu, below against 20 million tonnes in last year. the international rates”. He said that Rungta, who is also the chairman of even the existing gas price is almost Fertiliser Association of India (South double compared to the availed rate Zone), said the way the raw material at $6/MMBtu last year. FACT, he prices are moving is a concern as said, is in the final stages of capacity the country could not afford such a expansion by adding 0.5 million higher price regime. He attributed tonnes from the present one million increased consumption of fertiliser tonnes in the next two years. The in China and Brazil, forcing global project would involve setting up a fertiliser manufacturers to shift focus new plant to produce various grades to these countries. The global firms of fertiliser including DAP. Once it is in Morocco, Gulf nations are allotting commissioned, he said the turnover comparatively lesser quantities to would touch around ₹7000 crore from India because of the price parity. the present ₹3,200 crore in 2020- This coupled with the rising cost of 21. To a question on FACT’s ‘Looking ship charter hire, is also adding to East’ initiative, Rungta said “there has the woes of domestic manufacturing been an overwhelming response from companies. FACT has also geared up Bengal and Odisha while dispatching to import 1.5 lakh tonnes of MoP / 20,000 tonnes of Factamfos and NPKS from November onwards , once Ammonium Sulphate. The intention is the situation in the global market to go for a pan India footprint before improves, he said. going for capacity expansion” Source: The Hindu Business Line www.jmbaxi.com
October 2021 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 19 Farmers in North opt to sow early, face DAP crunch “ 04 The crunch is also being felt due to the rise in import prices of raw materials China’s restrictions such as phosphoric acid, congestion “For reasons not known, China has Shortage of at ports, surging freight rates and imposed restrictions on DAP exports. di ammonium distribution being hit by the farmers’ As a result, supplies have shrunk, phosphate (DAP) is stir against the farm laws. According triggering a challenge for us,” an official being felt in some to the Dashboard of the Department at a large fertiliser-making firm said. In of Fertiliser, total requirement of DAP addition, global prices have surged to parts of North for the current rabi season has been $750-800 a tonne from $650 a tonne India due to high estimated at 58.71 lakh tonnes (lt). two months ago. The price of Muriate demand as farmers Supply of DAP during October 1-21 of Potash (MOP), which was contracted there are taking has been higher at 20.12 lt against at $280 a tonne earlier, is now sold at up early sowing of a requirement of 12.25 lt. However, $500 a tonne. This has forced domestic mustard and potato sales during this period have been manufacturers of NPK to cut their in view of good soil reported at 8.21 lt. For the remainder production. Suppliers of phosphoric of the season ending March 31 next, acid from Morocco have hiked prices moisture following the requirement is estimated at 50.49 from $1,160 a tonne to $1,400 due to recent unseasonal sources. “ rains, according to lt. But, the stock availability as on October 21 was 18.67 lt. The current situation is despite the Centre hiking sharp surge in demand. The subsidy has to be increased by ₹300-400 a bag for NPK to cover up the cost increase, the subsidy for the phosphatic and the executive said. Given the current potassic nutrients by ₹28,655 crore. subsidy, it will not be viable to import Rising international prices of fertiliser and sell at Government fixed price. and key raw materials have proven to “The lopsided subsidy favouring DAP be a major challenge for India, which has hampered domestic production relies on imports to meet its rising and worked against Atma Nirbhar demand. Inventories of fertilisers have Bharat. The government should either been one of the lowest at the start increase the NPK subsidy or allow of this rabi season, while distribution producers to pass on the incremental of imported fertiliser in the northern cost to farmers. The ideal solution States has been affected by frequent would be to remove the subsidy blockades organised by farmers, difference between DAP and NPK,” said a senior executive of a fertiliser the official said. In the North, at least company. 20-30 per cent of the farmers can switch between DAP and NPK as per Low inventories availability and cost. Apart from these DAP inventories at the start of the problems, it takes 50-60 days for the rabi season were a low 15 lt against 40 material to arrive at ports and dispatch lt during the same period a year ago. to end consumers NPK complex fertiliser stocks were 30 lt against 36 lt a year ago. Besides, the decline in availability of DAP from countries such as China has added to the industry’s woes. China was the Source: The Hindu Business Line major source for India’s DAP imports. www.jmbaxi.com
20 J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update | October 2021 Govt sets up ‘war room’ on movement of fertilisers 05 “ On October 17, three railway rakes at present are mainly to Aligarh, carrying di-ammonium phosphate Mathura, Agra, Mainpuri, Etawah, (DAP) were dispatched from Gujarat’s Farrukhabad, Kanpur, and other rake Shortage Mundra, Pipavav, and Kandla ports points near the state’s potato- and situation forces to Kanakpura, a station in Rajasthan mustard-growing tracts. catering to the mustard-growing Centre to plan areas of Jaipur, Tonk, Ajmer, and Sawai “The rakes to Kanakpura were listed supplies based on Madhopur districts. The permission low in the seniority of indents. But real-time district for moving these rakes, the first two after anticipating heavy demand from and crop level of 2,600 tonnes each and the third of East Rajasthan’s mustard farmers, we requirements. “ 4,000 tonnes, was secured on an “out of turn” basis — that too, on a Sunday. This level of minute planning and sought special permission to allow them to jump the queue,” the official said. The DOF is currently operating a prioritisation of fertiliser movement “24/7 war room” in close coordination by the Centre is happening for the first with the Railway Board, fertiliser time, in response to an unprecedented companies, and state agriculture shortage situation, both domestic departments. The DOF has assessed and globally. As The Indian Express the DAP requirement at 17.13 lt in had reported, all-India stocks of DAP November, 9.48 lt in December, 5.46 and muriate of potash on September lt in January, 4.06 lt in February, and 30 were less than half of a year-ago 4.47 lt in March, adding up to 58.71 lt levels, even as international prices of for the season. The same for complex fertilisers and inputs have surged to fertilisers (containing combinations their highest since 2008-09. “We were of nitrogen, phosphorous, potash earlier simply sending material based and sulphur) has, likewise, been on the month-wise requirements for placed at 12.86 lt in October, 12.26 the season given to us by the states. lt in November, 11.09 lt in December, (Rabi plantings start from October.) 9.93 lt in January, 7.86 lt in February, But now, we are finding out district- and 6.84 lt in March, totalling 60.86 wise requirements and the crops lt. “We were till October 15 moving where sowing is taking place. The an average of 50 rakes daily, which field demand thus assessed is then has since increased to 55 (30 of DAP/ sought to be addressed by mobilising complexes and 25 urea). This will rakes to those locations,” said a further go up to 60 by October-end. senior official of the Department That is when wheat sowings would of Fertilisers (DOF). On the ground, also start in Punjab, Haryana, and this means mustard and potato, Madhya Pradesh, while only after which are planted in October, taking mid-November in UP,” the official precedence over wheat. Thus, more added. He denied that Punjab was rakes are being moved to Rajasthan facing a shortage of DAP: “They have and railheads such as Rewari, Khori, 1.2 lt stocks lying with retailers now. and Jhajjar in Haryana’s mustard belt. Their requirement for potato (largely In Uttar Pradesh too, the allocations grown in Jalandhar, Kapurthala, and www.jmbaxi.com
October 2021 | J. M. Baxi & Co. FERTILIZER Update 21 Hoshiarpur) was already delivered in in vegetative and tillering stages. India late September to early October. We has some 2.8 lakh fertiliser dealers have so far this month moved 35 rakes receiving supplies from 45-odd plants of DAP/complexes (roughly 1.5 lt) to and 21 ports. Around 80 per cent of the state and will do another 15 (45,000 the material is moved by rail to 940 tonnes) within the next one week. All rake points covering an average this is for wheat”. Farmers apply DAP, distance of 750 km. Never before containing 46 per cent phosphorous has this logistics system — reaching necessary for root establishment and adequate quantities of fertiliser at growth, at the time of sowing. Urea, the required place and time — been the most-widely consumed fertiliser tested as it is being done currently. having 46 per cent nitrogen content, More so with Assembly elections in is generally given first around three UP, Punjab, and Uttarakhand barely weeks after sowing when the crop is four months away Source: Indian Express www.jmbaxi.com
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