DAP Fertiliser Company Limited, operating under the Ministry of Industries, has exceeded its production targets for the fiscal 2019-20 (FY20).
The factory, situated at Rangadia in Chattogram, had set a production target of 60,000 metric tonnes in the current fiscal.
The factory has produced 64,000 metric tonnes of DAP fertiliser as of May 4, said a press release of the industries ministry on Tuesday, reports UNB.
The production target of this factory was 40,000 MT in FY 2017-2018 and 50,000 MT in FY 2017-2018. Although the production target was achieved in these two years, the target was reduced to 35,000 MT in FY 2018-2019 due to mechanical faults in the process dryer of the factory.
In FY 2018-19, the factory produced 24,002 metric tonnes of DAP fertiliser.
DAPFCL, under Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC), is the only DAP fertiliser manufacturing plant in the country.
Abdur Rahim, managing director of the factory, said, DAPFCL has achieved the production target about 70 days before ending of scheduled timeframe in the current year due to timely guidance from the Ministry of Industries and BCIC authorities, close supervision of factory management and dedicated efforts of workers, employees and officials.
At present, production is going on in full swing. All the workers and employees in the factory are working relentlessly to continue the production flow, said the MD.
DAP fertiliser is one of the main ingredients in agricultural production. It is highly effective in increasing the production of any type of crop including Rabi crop. At present, the demand of DAP fertiliser in the country is about 900,000 MT. Most of it is imported from abroad through BADC, an organisation under the Ministry of Agriculture.
