Fertilizer Industry Sustains Self-Sufficiency and Food Export : http://bisnis.liputan6.com/read/2369792/jokowi-industri-pupuk-topang-swasembada-dan-ekspor-pangan/19 November 2015 President Jokowi said the new fertilizer plant is very important for food security in Indonesia. It was given the food sector will be highly strategic sector in the future, and the existence of a fertilizer plant has a very important role in achieving food self-sufficiency and independence.
To that end, he welcomed the presence of 5 Pupuk Kaltim factory plant with a capacity of 825,000 tons of ammonia and 1.1 million tons of urea and Phosphoric Acid Revamping project is located in Gresik, East Java, with a capacity of 200,000 tons of phosphoric acid and 600,000 tons of sulfuric acid were also built. Urea fertilizer needs and phosphate fertilizers last year amounted to 6.7 tons and 400 thousand tons, and in the future, fertilizer demand will continue to increase in line with the expansion or extension of food land.
Gas Prices is Expensive, Fertilizer industry in Indonesia Losing Competitiveness: http://bisnis.liputan6.com/read/3130481/harga-gas-mahal-industri-pupuk-di-indonesia-kalah-saing/16 October 2017 Pupuk Indonesia Holding Companny (PIHC) stated, the fertilizer industry in Indonesia is still less competitive than some other countries in the world. President Director of PIHC Aas Asikin said, the lack of competitiveness is because the price of gas for this industry is still expensive.
The gas price is US $ 6 per MMBTU, while in other countries the price of gas for industry is only US $ 1-3 per MMBTU, whereas the cost of production is 70 percent of the price of gas. Other countries, the price of gas is down along with the decline in world oil prices. In Indonesia, world oil prices have fallen, but the decline in gas prices is not as expected. Other than that, factories in Indonesia are so old that the use of gas tend to be more extravagant. While many competitors have a new factory with a more efficient use of gas.
HS No. 3102.80.00.00
1 July 2019
Trade Data 2018
Definition
Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogeous. Mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution.