UREA PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION

India ranks third in the world of Fertilizer production.

India is the second biggest consumer of fertilizer in the
world next only to China.
The Indian Fertilizer companies produced around 37.6
million tones of fertilizer in the year 2012-13
India is meeting 80 per cent of its urea requirement
through indigenous production

Top leading Companies

Some of the public sector companies in India fertilizer industry:

Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
National Fertilizers Limited
Krishak Bharti Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO)
Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited
Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited

Some of the private sector companies in Indian

fertilizer industry:

Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited

Balaji Fertilizers Private Limited

Bharat Fertilizer Industries Limited

Coromandal Fertilizers Limited

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Co. Limited

Karnataka Agro Chemicals

Godavari Fertilizers & Chemical Limited

Shri Amba Fertilizers (I) Private Limited

Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited

Indo-Gulf Fertilizers & Chemicals Corporation Limited

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited

PERCENTAGE SHARE OF INDIAN

FERTILIZER INDSTRIES

Table: Government Subsidies on Fertilizer

(In carores of Rupees)

Actuals(20 Actuals(20 Actuals(20 Actuals(20

11-12)
12-13)
13-14)
14-15)
Indigenous
(urea)
Fertiliser
20208

20000

26500

36000

Imported
(urea)
Fertiliser

13716

15133

12044

12300

Sales of
decontrolle
d fertilizer
with
concession
to farmers 36089

30480

29427

24670

Total
Fertilizer

Source: Fertilizer Association of India

Consumption Of Urea worldwide

42%
11%

31%
16%

CHINA
INDIA
USA
Others

Plant-Wise Annual Installed Capacity and Production of

Urea During 2006-07 To 2012-13(MMT)
Name
of plant

Installed
Capacity

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

2009-10

Public
Sector

6.3093

5.9927

5.8704

5.8423

6.1645

CoOperativ
e Sector

5.4186

5.4968

5.7034

5.8109

6.1244

Private
Sector

8.3025

8.8193

8.2846

8.2686

8.8433

Grand
Total:

20.0304

20.3088

19.8584 19.9218 21.1322

2014-15

22.715

Table: Demand forecast of fertilizer products (MMT) 2012-13 to 2016-17

YEAR

UREA

2013-14

31.192

2014-15

32.029

2015-16

32.858

2016-17

33.677

2017-18

33.754
Sources:-Ministry of Chemicals& Fertilizers

REFERENCES
http://www.indianmirror.com/indian-industries/2013/fertilizer-2013.html
http://
planningcommission.gov.in/aboutus/committee/wrkgrp12/wg_fert02
03.pdf
http://fert.nic.in/print/production-of-urea-report/print
http://fert.nic.in/node/1761