A National Fertilizer Policy Necessary is tto be formulated for import, production, preparation and distribution of fertilizer by amending the Fertilizer Act No 68 of 1988.
The said act has not been revised up to now and it has been a notable obstacle for the advancement of the fertilizer sector due to having no formal national fertilizer policy declaration up to now although measures have been taken to update the act already.
the Ministry ofMahaveli, Agriculture, Irrigation and Rural Development will appoint
a Committee comprised of intellects in the fields for drafting a National Fertilized Policy and for preparation of a final draft obtaining views of the other relevant parties and the public on the draft prepared by that Committee
Meanwhile Sri Lanka’s state fertilizer firms have ordered 79,000 metric tonnes of chemical fertilizer to be distributed to farmers in the upcoming cultivation season, the state information office said.
The National Fertilizer Secreariat said there were also stocks within the country, but asked farmers to use only the recommended volume of fertilizer, as overuse was harmful to health.
Agri Fertilivan International Trading Pvt Ltd, had won an order for 47,700 metric tonnes of urea (granule) at 268.90 US dollars per tonne.
Valancy International Trading (Pvt) Ltd has won an order for 15,000 metric tonnes of Triple Super Phosphate for 262.74 US dollar per tonne.
Agri Commodities and Finance has won an order for 13,600 MT of Muriate of Potash for 317.25 US dollars per tonne.
Agri Commodities and Finance has also won an order for 3,060 MT of Urea (frilled) for 285.0 US dollars per tonne.
Lanka Fertilizer Company and Colombo Commercial Fertilizer had stock of 18,132 MT of urea, 8,266 MT of TSP and 9,131 MT of muriate of potash.
Sri Lanka has settled 6.0 billion rupees out of 21 billion owed to fertilizer importers and there were some delays due to audit queries raised by the Auditor General, NFS said.
(LI)