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FERTILIZER
PRODUCTION
Bangladesh has
six state-owned, ammonia/urea factories with an aggregate annual
capacity of 2.3 million tons urea serving the domestic market, plus one
export-oriented ammonia/urea factory, Karnapuli Fertilizer Co. Ltd. (KAFCO)(Table
1). In addition, the country has one state-owned TSP/SSP complex, which
relies entirely on imported rock phosphate and sulphur. If the six
plants were to produce at full capacity, the entire demand for urea
could be met domestically. In 1998/99, urea demand was only 1.9 million
tons. However, urea output has always been restricted due to uncertainty
of gas supply. In 1998/99, urea output totalled only 1.6 million tons,
lower than the 1.9 million tons recorded in 1997/98.
There is
currently no potash or mixed fertilizer production facilities in
Bangladesh.
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Table 1.
Fertilizer Production Capacity in Bangladesh |
| Company |
Location |
Commercial
Prod. Date |
Products |
Capacity
('000 tpa) |
| Natural
Gas Fertilizer Factory Ltd. (NGFFL) |
Fenchuganj,
Sylhet |
July
1962 |
Ammonia
Urea |
64
106 |
| Urea
Fertilizer Factory Ltd. (UFFL) |
Ghorashal,
Narsingdi |
Sept 1972 |
Ammonia
Urea |
272
470 |
| Zia
Fertilizer Co. Ltd. (ZFCL) |
Ashuganj,
Brahmanbaria |
July 1983 |
Ammonia
Urea |
307
528 |
| Polash
Urea Fertilizer Factory Ltd. (PUFFL) |
Polash,
Narshingdi |
July 1986 |
Ammonia
Urea |
56
95 |
| Chittagong
Urea Fertilizer Ltd. (CUFL) |
Rangadia,
Chittagong |
July 1988 |
Ammonia
Urea |
330
561 |
| Jamuna
Fertilizer Co. Ltd (JFCL) |
Tarakandi,
Jamalpur |
July 1992 |
Ammonia
Gran. Urea |
356
561 |
| Karnaphuli
Fertilizer Co. Ltd. |
Rangadia,
Chittagong |
April 1995 |
Ammonia
Gran. Urea |
500
575 |
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Total |
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Ammonia
Urea |
1 885
2 896 |
| TSP
Complex Ltd. (TSPCL) |
North Potenga |
Sept. 1974 |
TSP/SSP
Sulphuric acid
Phosphoric acid |
152 |
| Source:
Hug, Shariful. Fertilizer production and use in Bangladesh.
Fertilizer Focus, May 1999. |
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