DAP Fertilizer Company Limited

DAP Fertilizer Company Limited is a public limited Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer producing company in Bangladesh under Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC).[1] It is the only DAP fertilizer manufacturing company in the country.[2]

Overview

DAP Fertilizer Company Limited is located in Rangadia union of Anwara Upazila in Chittagong. It was founded in 2001[3] by the Ministry of Industries with the help of China National Complete Plant Export Corporation (COMPLANT) and started its operation in 2006 under the authority of BCIC.[4] It has two different units for manufacturing DAP fertilizer with individual production capacities of 800 and 1600 tonnes per day.[5][1]

The company produces Diammonium Phosphate by using Ammonia and Phosphoric Acid as primary raw materials.[6] Ammonia is sourced as liquefied gas from Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited (KAFCO) and Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL) which produce it by using natural gas and carbon dioxide that is available in the atmosphere. Phosphoric Acid is imported from various countries including United States, Morocco, Vietnam and China.[1] DAP fertilizer contains 18% Nitrogen (as Ammonium) and 46% Phosphate (as P2O5).[2]

Production of DAP fertilizer at this factory is frequently disrupted for extended periods due to the unavailability and scarcity of key raw materials, namely phosphoric acid and natural gas. Consequently, the factory consistently fails to meet the production targets set by the government.[7][8][9]