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45,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer purchased from Bangladesh reaches Nepal
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45,000 tons of 50,000-ton fertiliser purchased from Bangladesh reaches Nepal
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Kathmandu, March 10
The first lot of chemical fertiliser it is importing from has finally arrived in the country, almost six months after it began a procedure for that.
The Krishi Samagri Company Limited says 3,400 metric tonnes of urea fertiliser have arrived at its Birgunj and Biratnagar offices.
Rajendra Karki, the information officer at Sirsiya Dry Port, in Birgunj says the port received 2,500 tonnes of the fertiliser last night. Likewise, additional 900 metric tonnes have arrived at Biratnagar.
The government is purchasing 50,000 metric tonnes of urea from Bangladesh as per a government-to-government agreement. Of that, 22,500 metric tonnes have reached the Kolkata port now, and the remaining quantity after that will also arrive in a day or two, it has been learned.
Kathmandu, February 25
Nepal is all set to receive the first lot of chemical fertiliser it is importing from Bangladesh next week, almost six months after it began a procedure for that.
The government is purchasing 50,000 metric tonnes of urea from Bangladesh as per a government-to-government agreement. Of that, 22,500 metric tonnes have reached the Kolkata port now, and they will be here next week, according to the Krishi Samagri Company Limited, the government’s company assigned with the task.
Nepal will receive the fertiliser at three points, namely: Bhairahawa, Biratnagar, and Birgunj.
The two countries had initially discussed borrowing fertiliser from Bangladesh in September last year. Later, the government decided to buy it under a government-to-government agreement.
Govt to ship 50,000 tonnes of urea to Nepal
Bangladesh is set to send 50,000 tonnes of its imported urea fertiliser to Nepal at the import price to help the landlocked country, which failed to purchase the organic compound on time due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
To materialise the plan, the cabinet committee on purchase yesterday in its 36th meeting approved the purchase of Tk 109.74 crore worth of granular urea fertiliser.
Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would purchase the fertiliser from international joint venture entity Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Ltd (Kafco).
It would buy 40,000 tonnes in bulk at $257.35 a tonne and the rest 10,000 tonnes of bagged urea fertiliser at $262 a tonne, Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal, additional secretary of the cabinet division, told journalists after the meeting.
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