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20 PRODUCTION, IMPORTS AND CONSUMPTION OF FERTILIZERS

(Thousand tonnes of nutrients)
1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
A. Nitrogenous fertilizers
Production 98 830 2164 6993 10890 11004 10771 10562 10634 11338 11480
Imports 399 477 1510 414 833 154 269 67 132 295 555
Consumption 210 1487 3678 7997 11592 10920 11310 10474 11076 11714 12723@

B. Phosphatic fertilizers

Production 52 229 229 2052 3399 3748 3861 3906 3631 4067 4123
Imports - 32 32 1311 1503 396 429 170 338 412 1389
Consumption 53 462 462 3221 4799 4215 4382 4019 4124 4624 5204@
C. Potassic fertilizers
Imports 20 120 797 1328 1739 1541 1701 1520 1548 2046 1774
Consumption 29 228 624 1328 1678 1567 1667 1601 1598 2060 2413@
D. All fertilizers (NPK)
Production 150 1059 3005 9045 14289 14752 14632 14468 14265 15405 15603
Imports 419 629 2759 2758 4075 2090 2399 1757 2018 2753 3718
Consumption 292 2177 5516 12546 18069 16702 17360 16094 16798 18398 20340@

* Estimated @ Consumption figures for 2005-06 are for Kharif season (1st April to 30th September 2005).
Sources : Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers.
Year Nitrogenous Fertilizers Phosphatic Fertilizers Potassic Fertilizers Total (NPK)
Production Imports Consumption Production Imports Consumption Production Imports Consumption Production Imports Consumption
1960 98 399 210 52 - 53 - 20 29 150 419 292
1970 830 477 1487 229 32 462 - 120 228 1059 629 2177
1980 2164 1510 3678 229 32 462 - 797 624 3005 2759 5516
1990 6993 414 7997 2052 1311 3221 - 1328 1328 9045 2758 12546
1999 10890 833 11592 3399 1503 4799 - 1739 1678 14289 4075 18069
2000 11004 154 10920 3748 396 4215 - 1541 1567 14752 2090 16702
2001 10771 269 11310 3861 429 4382 - 1701 1667 14632 2399 17360
2002 10562 67 10474 3906 170 4019 - 1520 1601 14468 1757 16094
2003 10634 132 11076 3631 338 4124 - 1548 1598 14265 2018 16798
2004 11338 295 11714 4067 412 4624 - 2076 2060 15405 2753 18398
2005 11480 555 12723 4123 1389 5204 - 1774 2413 15603 3718 20340
2006 11899 344 12450 4119 787 4886 - 1879 1984 16030 2988 19335
2007 12189 335 12738 4224 768 5137 - 1943 2064 16850 2978 20110
2008 12480 326 13026 4329 545 5398 - 1950 2128 17566 2777 20712

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 PRODUCTION OF FERTILIZERS

Year Nitrogenous Phosphatic Total (NPK)

1960 98 52 150
1970 830 229 1059
1980 2164 229 2393
1987 5467 1666 7133
1988 6712 2253 8965
1989 6747 1795 8542
1990 6993 2052 9045
1991 7302 2562 9864
1992 7431 2321 9752
1993 7231 1874 9105
1994 7944 2557 10501
1999 10890 3399 14289
2000 11004 3748 14752
2001 10771 3861 14632
2002 10562 3906 14468
2003 10634 3631 14265
2004 11338 4067 15405
2005 11480 4123 15603
2006 11739 3991 15730
2007 12436 4311 16747
2008 12914 4582 17496

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