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INDIAN FARMERS FERTILISER COOPERATIVE LIMITED (IFFCO)
 

1. General Profile:

Plant Location Commissioning Date Fertilizer Product Product Brand Name ReassessedCapacity ('000'MTPA) Process Name Name of Process Licenser
Kalol, Gujarat 31.01.1975 Urea IFFCO Urea 544.5@ CO2

Stripping

Stamicarbon
Phulpur-I, U.P. 15.10.1980 Urea IFFCO Urea 511.5 Ammonia Stripping Snamprogetti
Phulpur-II, U.P. 31.10.1997 Urea IFFCO Urea 853.4 Ammonia Stripping Snamprogetti PDIL
Aonla-I, U.P. 18.05.1988 Urea IFFCO Urea 853.4 Ammonia Stripping Snamprogetti PDIL
Aonla-II, U.P. 26.11.1996 Urea IFFCO Urea 853.4 Ammonia Stripping Snamprogetti PDIL
Kandla-I, Gujarat 28.11.1974 NPK/ DAP IFFCO NPK/DAP 309.1 (P2O5) Slurry Granulation Dorr Oliver Inc., HDOL
Kandla-II, Gujarat 10.06.1999 NPK/ DAP IFFCO NPK/DAP 251.9 (P2O5) Pipe Reactor Grands Paroise, HDOL

@ Plant capacity increased from 396 thousand tonne of urea to 544.5 thousand tonne after commissioning of Kalol Expansion on 31.8.1997.

2. Corporate Office:

MD Shri U. S. Awasthi
Address IFFCO House, 34 Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019
Phone (011) 648 6894, 646 9370 (Direct Office Nos)
PABX (011) 643 2507, 643 2511, 643 5030, 643 3829
STD Code (011)
Fax (011) 648 9376, 646 3833
E-mail Mdoffice@iffco.nic.in
ED (Fin) Shri Rakesh Kapur
Phone (011) 6434195 (Direct Office No.)
E-mail rkapur@iffco.nic.in
Web Site http://www.iffco.nic.in

2A. Marketing Division:

Mktg. Dir. Shri D. K Bhatt
Address Goverdhan, 53-54 Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019
Phone (011) 646 3622, 644 3825 (Direct Office Nos)
PABX (011) 643 2507, 643 2511, 643 5030, 643 3829
STD Code (011)
Fax (011) 6237704
E-mail dkbhatt@iffco.nic.in
Web Site http://www.iffco.nic.in

3. Plant: Kalol

Sr GM Shri V.S. Vaish
Address IFFCO, P.O.Kasturinagar, Distt.Gandinagar, Gujarat-382423.
Phone (02764) 20573, (02712) - 75522 (Direct Office No.)
PABX (02764) 20209, 20202, 20257, 20604, 21056, 21165
STD Code 02712 (GNR), 02764 (KLL Exch); 079 (ABD)
Fax (02764) 20572
E-mail vsvaish@iffco.nic.in

Plant: Kandla

Sr GM Shri S.K.Mishra
Address IFFCO, Post Box No.12, Gandhidham-370201, Kandla (Kuchchh), Gujarat - 370210
Phone (02836) 70638, 70640 (Direct Office No.)
PABX (02836) 70381, 70382, 70383, 70539, 70639, 70641
STD Code (02836)
Fax (02836) 70642, 70659, 70710,70658,70688
E-mail S K Mishra@iffco.nic.in

Plant: Phulpur

SrGM Shri D.K.Gupta
Address IFFCO, P.O.Ghiyanagar, Phulpur, Allahabad (U.P.),-212404
Phone (05332) 51256 (Direct Office No.)
PABX (05332)51250, 51251, 51333, 51334(0532) 282365, 282373
STD Code 05332 (Phulpur), 0532 (Allahabad)
Fax (05332) 51253, 51252, 51258, 51263, 51332
E-mail dkgupta@iffco.nic.in

Plant: Aonla

SrGM Shri R.P. Pillai
Address IFFCO, P.O.IFFCO Township, Distt. Bareilly-243403 (U.P.)
Phone (0581) 457268 (Direct Office No.)
PABX (0581) 472289, 476438, 472744, 475822, 472290
STD Code 0581 (Bareilly), 05823 (Aonla)
Fax (0581) 457227, 457213, 475210, 455492
E-mail rppillai@iffco.nic.in

4. Production Performance: (Qty. in Thousand MT)

Plant Product Production    
1996-97 1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

Kalol Urea 421.1 421.3 518.0 471.8 487.8
Phulpur-I Urea 560.4 565.0 570.3 507.9 520.0
Phulpur-II Urea - 229.0* 836.0 805.6 853.6
Aonla-I Urea 786.2 841.2 851.8 734.5 814.1
Aonla-II Urea 179.4# 830.9 839.4 844.1 858.0
Total: Urea 1947.1 2887.4 3615.5 3363.9 3533.5
Kandla 10:26:26 200.5 301.2 303.3 507.5 300.4
  12:32:16 264.5 338.7 284.6 493.1 422.7
  DAP 464.5 632.6 717.7 911.1 980.1
Total NPK/DAP 929.5 1272.5 1305.5 1911.7@ 1703.1
Total Material (Urea + NPK/DAP) 2876.7 4159.9 4921.0 5275.6 5236.6
Total 'N' 1019.5 1496.8 1843.6 1807.5 1879.3
Total `P205' 350.4 477.7 500.0 708.8 664.2

* Commercial production started from 22.12.1997

# Commercial production started from 25.12.1996

@ Commercial production of Kandla II started from 5.8.1999

5. Sales Performance: (Qty. in Thousand MT)

Plant Product Sales  
1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01
Kalol Urea 422.1 390.2 434.8 421.3 447.9
Phulpur Urea 572.3 651.8 1235.9 1459.2 1430.5
Aonla Urea 818.5 1539.1 1589.5 1624.3 1724.9
Imported Urea 179.1 175.8 82.0 - -
Total Urea 2140.6 2756.9 3342.2 3504.8 3603.3
Kandla 10:26:26 198.0 316.8 310.3 427.3 348.1
  12:32:16 342.4 328.5 288.9 446.2 461.4
  DAP 481.5 647.3 682.0 793.7 1096.3
Total NPK/ DAP 1021.9 1292.6 1281.2 1672.2 1905.8
Total Urea + NPK/DAP 3162.5 4049.5 4623.4 5172.0 5509.1

Stocks (Qty. in Thousand MT)

Plant Product

 

Stocks  
1996-97 1997-98

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-01

Kalol Urea 22.6 15.3 58.0 58.1 87.3
Phulpur Urea 64.2 196.8 385.1 202.7 167.2
Aonla Urea 75.2 212.7 317.0 242.5 132.8
Imported Urea 31.1 17.9 - - -
Total Urea 193.1 442.7 760.1 503.3 387.3
Kandla 10:26:26 81.6 66.3 54.7 139.9 87.1
  12:32:16 81.7 93.9 93.2 131.4 94.1
  DAP 82.3 68.0 101.2 216.2 159.4
  Imp. DAP - - - - 1.3
Total NPK/ DAP 245.6 228.2 249.1 487.5 341.9
Total Urea + NPK/DAP 438.7 670.9 1009.2 990.8 729.2

6. Financial Performance: (Rs. Crore)

Item 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99

1999-2000

2000-01
Net Worth 1431 1817 2098 2387 2565
Capital Employed 2808 3768 3974 4244 4179
Net Profit/Loss 166 439 346 313 231
Return on Capital Employed 7.16 12.59 8.70 7.37 5.60

7. Diversification into General Insurance Business

The company "IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance Company Ltd." (ITGI) was registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and the certificate for incorporation (Number 55-107621 of 2000-2001) was issued by the Registrar of Companies on 8th September, 2000. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) gave the approval for The Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. to subscribe and hold 26% of the equity share capital of the proposed joint venture insurance company on 15th September, 2000 and accordingly IFFCO & Associates and Tokio Marine have subscribed equity share capital of ITGI in the ratio of 74:26. Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) issued a licence no. 106 dated 4.12.2000 to ITGI to transact General Insurance Business.

ITGI has commenced operations in three Zones viz. New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore and Branches covering major cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Pune, Kolkata and Cochin. Efforts are being made to launch rural products in Ludhiana in Punjab and Hubli in Karnataka on 2nd October, 2001.

8. Proposals under consideration/Implementation

ICS Expansion Project:

IFFCO is partner in a joint venture company, ICS Senegal since 1984 for manufacture of phos. acid. The capacity, of the existing plant is 330,000 MT P2O5 per annum, is being further expanded to 660,000 MT P2O5 per annum at a total estimated cost of US$ 250 million. IFFCO's equity participation in the expansion project is US$ 20 million out of the total equity capital of US$ 100 million. The expansion plant is expected to be commissioned shortly.

Oman India Fertiliser Project:

Government of India and Government of the Sultanate of Oman signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on July 30,1994 to initiate plans for construction of ammonia/urea complex in Oman. The MOU was also signed by KRIBHCO, RCF and OOC (Oman Oil Company) as co-sponsers. The Joint Venture Company, with RCF, KRIBHCO and OOC as partners was formed in February 1998.

The project would be located in Qalhat near Sur on the east coast of Oman, and have a capacity of 16.52 lakh tonne of urea per annum. The plant capacities would be 2*1750 tonne per day for ammonia plant and 2*2530 tonne per day for urea plant. Auxiliary facilities such as power plant, desalinated water plant , jetty, urea & ammonia storage would be included in the project scope.

IFFCO has purchased the shares of RCF in Oman India Fertiliser Company (OMIFCO) and become a partner in the Joint Venture Company on signing of the Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement between IFFCO / KRIBHCO and Oman Oil Company (OOC) on 20th October 2000.

The project cost has been estimated at US$ 969 million and will be financed by debt and equity in the ratio of 2:1 . IFFCO & KRIBHCO will contribute US$ 80 million each and Oman Oil will contribute US$ 160 million as their equity.

Nellore Fertiliser Project:

Meeting of the PIB to consider the project was held on 29th April 1999. Final decision from GOI is awaited. The validity of the bids for ammonia and urea plants expired on 31.3.2000 and the bid bonds have been returned to the respective bidders. In case of active consideration of the Project by GOI, fresh bids will be invited. The estimated Project cost as per third estimate worked out in April 2001 is Rs. 1946 crore.

Indo-Iran Qeshm Grassroots Project:

IFFCO and KRIBHCO are exploring the feasibility of a Joint Venture Ammonia Project in Iran in collaboration with Qeshm Free Area Authority having capacity of 1750 MTPD.The total project cost is expected to be US $ 262 million.

Joint Venture Phos. Acid Project with GFCL,CPG & GCT in Tunisia:

IFFCO and Godavari Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. (GFCL) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Groupe Chimique Tunisien (GCT) and Compagnie des Phosphates de Gafsa (CPG) of Tunisia for a Phos. acid project at Skhira, Tunisia to set up a new Phos. Acid Project having capacity of 1.8 lakh tonne P2O5 per annum and acquiring the existing Phos. Acid Plant of 3.6 lakh tonne P2O5 per annum capacity.

 
 
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