NFL registers steep growth in the sale of Bentonite Sulphur and SSP

New Delhi: In order to promote balanced use of fertilizers in the country, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) is encouraging farmers in its training programmes to also use non-urea fertilizers like DAP, MoP, NPK and Sulphur-based fertilizers. With these efforts, the company has registered growth in the sale of all non-urea fertilizers during the first seven months of the current financial year.

Sulphur-based fertilizer Bentonite Sulphur has registered a growth of 237 percent and Single Super Phosphate (SSP) has registered growth of 133 percent in sales over the corresponding period of last year (CPLY).

While Bentonite Sulphur, produced in NFL Panipat plant, logged sale of 11,730 MT during April-October this year against of 3,478 MT in the CPLY, sale of SSP was at 14,726 MT compared to 6,323 MT during the same period last year.

"It is important to encourage the use of all types of fertilizers to provide balanced nutrition to the soil," said NFL's Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Virendra Nath Datt. 

"Sulphur is essential to maximizing plant growth and yield. As the fourth most important nutrient, Sulphur is also required for nitrogen use efficiency," the PSU said in a statement on Tuesday.

NFL markets Urea, DAP, MoP, NPKs, APS, Compost, SSP and Bentonite Sulphur, besides many strains of bio-fertilizers to provide all types of fertilizers to farmers under one roof.

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National Fertilizers Limited (NFL)

National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) is a Miniratna PSU under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. NFL is a state-owned producer of chemical fertilizers, organic fertilizers and industrial chemicals. NFL, incorporated in 1974, is India's largest Central Public Sector Enterprise in Fertilizer Sector with a turnover of over Rs 75 billion. Falling under the administrative control of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, it is the second-largest producer of the key fertilizer Urea in India. NFL has five gas-based ammonia-urea plants, viz Nangal and Bathinda in Punjab, Panipat in Haryana and two at Vijaipur (Madhya Pradesh).

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