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1 TATA Chemicals Ltd HOLD Target Price: Rs.319.00 CMP: Rs.277.00 Market Cap.: Rs.65158.71mn. Date: February 25, 2010 Key Ratios: Particulars FY09 FY10E FY11E OPM (%) 16 22 19 NPM (%) 5 7 7 ROE (%) 16 14 14 ROCE (%) 28 27 23 P/BV(x) 1.37 1.17 1.01 P/E(x) 10.05 9.81 8.68 EV/EBDITA(x) 3.35 3.08 3.15 Debt Equity Ratio 0.77 0.73 0.69 Key Data: Sector Fertilizers Face Value Rs.10.00 52 wk. High/Low (Rs.) 341.80/99.70 Volume (2 wk. Avg.) 142000 BSE Code 500770 SYNOPSIS We initiated Coverage of TATA Chemicals Ltd and set a target Price of Rs. 319.00. Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) is India's leading manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, fertilisers and food additives. It is the world's second largest producer of soda ash. With manufacturing facilities in India, UK, the Netherlands, Kenya and USA. Tata Chemicals, the second largest producer of Soda Ash in the world has launched Tata Swach - a unique and innovative water purifier. Tata Chemicals Ltd has acquired 35.68% stake in Rallis India for about Rs 3.63 billion. Net sales of the company are expected to grow at a CAGR of 21% over 2008 to 2011E. Share Holding Pattern: V.S.R. Sastry Vice President Equity Research Desk 91-22-25276077 [email protected] Dr. V.V.L.N. Sastry Ph.D. Chief Research Officer [email protected]

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TATA Chemicals Ltd

HOLD Target Price: Rs.319.00

CMP: Rs.277.00 Market Cap.: Rs.65158.71mn.

Date: February 25, 2010

Key Ratios:

Particulars FY09 FY10E FY11E

OPM (%) 16 22 19

NPM (%) 5 7 7

ROE (%) 16 14 14

ROCE (%) 28 27 23

P/BV(x) 1.37 1.17 1.01

P/E(x) 10.05 9.81 8.68

EV/EBDITA(x) 3.35 3.08 3.15

Debt Equity Ratio 0.77 0.73 0.69

Key Data:

Sector Fertilizers

Face Value Rs.10.00

52 wk. High/Low (Rs.) 341.80/99.70

Volume (2 wk. Avg.) 142000

BSE Code 500770

SYNOPSIS

• We initiated Coverage of TATA Chemicals Ltd and

set a target Price of Rs. 319.00.

• Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) is India's leading

manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, fertilisers and

food additives. It is the world's second largest

producer of soda ash. With manufacturing facilities

in India, UK, the Netherlands, Kenya and USA.

• Tata Chemicals, the second largest producer of Soda

Ash in the world has launched Tata Swach - a unique

and innovative water purifier.

• Tata Chemicals Ltd has acquired 35.68% stake in

Rallis India for about Rs 3.63 billion.

• Net sales of the company are expected to grow at a

CAGR of 21% over 2008 to 2011E.

Share Holding Pattern:

V.S.R. Sastry

Vice President

Equity Research Desk

91-22-25276077

[email protected]

Dr. V.V.L.N. Sastry Ph.D.

Chief Research Officer

[email protected]

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Table of Content

Investment Highlights ........................................................................................................... .3

Company Profile……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5

Business Area………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...6

Peer Group comparison………………………………………………………………………………………………….….….11

Keyconcern………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..11

Financials……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12

Charts………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..14

Outlook and conclusions……………………………………………………………………………………………………....16

Industry Overview…….…………………….……………………………………………………………….………….…….. ..17

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Investment Highlights

Q3 FY10 Results Update

TATA Chemicals Ltd has disclosed its consolidated results for the quarter ended December

31, 2009. The company has posted a net profit of Rs.2123.70 million for the quarter ended

December 31, 2009 as compared to Rs.911.80 million for the quarter ended December 31,

2008, up 132.91%. Net sales for the quarter is declined by 24.51% to Rs.26498.50 million

as against for Rs.35100.10 million for same quarter last year. Total Income for the quarter

stood at Rs.26562.2 million indicating with decline of 24.34%. For the quarter EPS of the

company is stood at Rs.9.03.

Quarterly Results - Consolidated (RS in mn)

As At Dec-09 Dec-08 %change

Net sales 26498.50 35100.10 (24.51)

Net profit 2123.70 911.80 132.91

Basic EPS 9.03 3.88 132.92

TATA chemicals launch water purfier

Tata Chemicals, the second largest producer of Soda Ash in the world has launched Tata

Swach - a unique and innovative water purifier. It is replaceable filter based product

which does not require electric power or running water to operate.

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Based on low cost, natural ingredients the product delivers safe drinking water at a new

market benchmark of Rs 30 per month. It can purify up to 3,000 litres of water after which

the cartridge bulb stops water flow. The water purifier gives the user enough lead time for

catridge replacement.

Tata Swach is the result of years of collaboration between several Tata companies

including TCS, Tata Chemicals and Titan. Based on an innovative concept developed by the

TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC, the Swatch technology combines low cost ingredients such

as rice husk ash with superior nano - technology. The efficiency of the product has been

rigorously tested to meet internationally accepted water purification standards.

Allotment of shares

Tata Chemicals Ltd has sold 810800 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each of Titan Industries Ltd

to Tata Sons Ltd as a block deal on the Stock Exchange at a price of Rs. 1233.40/- per

equity share on September 11, 2009.

TCL Buys 35.68% stake in Rallis India

Tata Chemicals Ltd has acquired 35.68% stake in Rallis India for about Rs 3.63 billion. It

bought nearly 4.27 million equity shares at a price of Rs 850/- per share in off-market

transactions from other promoter group companies today.

With the acquisition, the shareholding of the company in Rallis India stands increased

from nearly 1.13 million equity shares (9.40% of the paid up capital) to nearly 5.40 million

equity shares (45.08% of the paid up capital).

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Break up of Expenditure

Company Profile

Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) is a global company with interests in chemicals, crop nutrition and

consumer products. It is the world's second largest producer of soda ash. With manufacturing

facilities in India, UK, the Netherlands, Kenya and USA, TCL is the world’s most geographically

diversified soda ash company, with an efficient supply chain that can service customers better

and faster across the globe.

Established in 1939 at Mithapur (in Gujarat, India), TCL is a part of the Tata group. The company

is a pioneer and market leader in the Indian branded iodised salt segment and India's leading

producer of nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilisers.

TCL’s global soda ash capacity is around 5.5 million tonnes per annum, out of which 60 per cent

capacity is from natural soda ash deposits at Wyoming, USA and Lake Magadi, Kenya. Along

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with soda ash (sodium carbonate), the company also manufactures sodium bicarbonate and

bulk chemicals such as sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, and sodium tripoly phosphate (STPP).

The company has extended its operations into the services sector and touches lives through

applications in agriculture, animal nutrition, construction, consumer products, glass, metals,

pharmaceuticals, soaps and detergents, and textiles and leather industries.

Global reach: Since 2005 Tata Chemicals has adopted an internalisation strategy. It acquired an

equal partnership in Indo Maroc Phosphore SA (IMACID), along with Chambal Fertilisers and

global phosphate major OCP of Morocco in that year. In early 2006, it completed the acquisition

of UK based Brunner Mond Group and its subsidiary, the Magadi Soda Company in Kenya.

Business Area:

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Chemicals:

a) Soda Ash:

Tata Chemicals is the world's second largest producer of soda ash with a global capacity of

around 5.5 million tonnes per annum, of which 60 per cent capacity is from natural soda

ash deposits at Wyoming, USA and Lake Magadi, Kenya.

Soda ash is manufactured synthetically at TCL's Mithapur plant in India and Brunner

Mond's plants in the UK and the Netherlands. At Mithapur, TCL uses the conventional

Solway process to produce soda ash.

b) Sodium Bicarbonate

Tata Chemicals' sodium bicarbonate business focuses on global markets and new business

applications. The company makes sodium bicarbonate for pharmaceutical and industrial

use, and as a food additive. TCL's sodium bicarbonate plant has a capacity of 50,000 tonnes

per annum. Its products sell in India, the Middle East, Africa and Bangladesh.

c) Alkakarb

Alkakarb, the first animal feed grade sodium bicarbonate in India, is TCL's first step towards

value-added bicarbonate business. The company desires to use the bicarbonate brands

already conceived by Brunner Mond so as to have homogeneity across its business

geographies.

d) Chemicals connections

I. Caustic soda

TCL is able to deliver low-cost caustic soda to the market due to its adoption of energy-

efficient, membrane-cell technology and the captive availability of salt and of power at

the Mithapur facility.

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II. Chlorine based products

TCL produces hydrochloric acid and liquid chlorine at its Mithapur facility. Brunner

Mond makes and sells calcium chloride in its UK facilities.

III. Bromine based products

TCL manufactures several variants of bromine and bromine-based compounds, such as

liquid bromine technical, hydrobromic acid and sodium bromide (photographic grade).

Bromine is used primarily in the manufacture of organic and inorganic bromides

IV. Gypsum

Gypsum, formed in crystalline lumps or powder form, is yet another product from the

Tata Chemicals stable. Gypsum is used as an ingredient for Portland cement, for soil

treatment, and to stabilise volatile compounds and dissolve nitrogenous ones

V. Phosphoric and sulphuric acids

TCL's Haldia plant produces industrial grade phosphoric and sulphuric acids; these are

inputs to the manufacturing of phosphatic fertilisers at the plant, and are also a part of

TCL's product portfolio.

Crop nutrition and agri-business

Fertilisers

Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium are key agro-nutrients for crops. In India Tata Chemicals

is present in all three crop nutrition groups through its fertiliser product base that spans:

a) Urea

Urea is an important nitrogenous fertiliser. The nature of the soil in many Indian regions is

such that nitrogenous fertilisers are an important input for most crops. Tata Chemicals is a

major manufacturer of the product in India.

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b) Phosphatic fertilisers

Tata Chemicals manufactures several key phosphatic fertilisers that are leading brands in

the Indian market. The company makes and sells sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), di-

ammonium phosphate (DAP), NPK complexes and single super phosphate (SSP) fertilisers at

its Haldia complex in West Bengal

Consumer products

a) Salt

Tata Chemicals is the market leader in packaged salts in India with more than half the

total market consuming Tata brands. The reason: Tata Salt and its fellow brands go far

beyond taste to target health initiatives such as iodine deficiency and low sodium

requirements.

The company manufactures four varieties of salt: iodised salt, crystalline salt, vacuum salt

and pure salt.

b) Cooking soda

Tata Chemicals' sodium bicarbonate business focuses on global markets and new business

applications. The company makes sodium bicarbonate for pharmaceutical and industrial

use, and as a food additive. TCL's sodium bicarbonate plant has a capacity of 50,000

tonnes per annum. Its products sell in India, the Middle East, Africa and Bangladesh.

Bio fuel

Tata Chemicals' biofuels business has grown out of its extensive expertise in chemicals

manufacturing, the agriculture and crop-nutrition space, and its research capability through the

Innovation Centre. Its product portfolio includes: Bioethanol, Bio diesel

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Fresh Produce

Tata Chemicals, through its new business venture Khet-Se, has set up a state-of-the-art facility

for fresh fruit and vegetables sourcing, packaging and distribution. The first centre has already

opened in Malerkotla, Punjab; the next will come up in Mumbai.

Services

With years of expertise in the agri-business space, Tata Chemicals has extended its business

operations into the services sector in India.

Tata Kisan Sansar

Tata Kisan Sansar outlets form a network of franchised retail outlets in the Indian states of

Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Bihar. The network

of agri-service centers, serve an area of around 22,000 villages, with access to over 3.5 million

farmers.

The centres are one-stop resource centres – they stock seeds, pesticides and fertilisers, lease

out farm equipment and implements, and provide services such as soil testing and mapping,

fertiliser mapping, credit finance, crop insurance, etc.

Khet Se

Tata Chemicals, through its new business venture Khet-Se Agriproduce India, has set up state-

of-the-art facilities for fresh fruit and vegetables sourcing, packaging and distribution. The first

centre has already opened in Punjab; the next will come up in Maharashtra. Khet-Se will source

fruits and vegetables for the fruit and vegetable retailer through its conveniently located

wholesale stores.

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Call centres

Tata Chemicals has set up business process outsourcing (BPO) centres in Mithapur, Gujarat and

Babrala, Uttar Pradesh. These centres are unique in the sense that they are based in rural India,

and thus provide employment and self-sustaining community development opportunities to the

communities of these areas.

Subsidiaries and JV

Brunner Mond

Magadi Soda

Khet-Se

General Chemical Industrial Products (GCIP)

Peer Group Comparison

Name of the company CMP (Rs.)

Market

Cap.(Rs.mn.) EPS(Rs.) P/E(x) P/Bv(x) Dividend(%)

TATA Chemicals Ltd 277.00 65158.71 27.55 10.05 1.37 90.00

United Phosphorus Ltd 156.00 68528.0 4.03 38.68 3.77 75.00

Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd 263.50 3925.7 38.92 6.77 2.60 50.00

Basant Agro Tech Ltd 54.30 454.1 6.55 8.29 1.19 8.00

Key Concerns

• Uncertainties in Government Policies with regard to Fertiliser subsidy affecting

realization and profitability.

• The raw material price is uncertain and any steep rise in the raw material will affect the

company’s profits

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Financials Results

12 Months Ended Profit & Loss Account (Consolidated)

Value(Rs.in.mn) FY08 FY09 FY10E FY11E

Description 12m 12m 12m 12m

Net Sales 60231.40 122576.60 96934.98 106628.47

Other Income 5667.40 833.80 1589.97 1510.47

Total Income 65898.80 123410.40 98524.95 108138.94

Expenditure -50480.00 -103985.40 -77367.02 -87435.35

Operating Profit 15418.80 19425.00 21157.92 20703.60

Interest -1288.80 -3952.60 -3955.37 -4153.14

Gross profit 14130.00 15472.40 17202.55 16550.46

Deprecation -3138.30 -4226.40 -4384.96 -4735.76

Exceptional Items 767.00 -2072.80 -2126.09 -2232.39

Profit Before Tax 11758.70 9173.20 10691.50 11814.70

Tax -2114.70 -1575.10 -2884.07 -2953.68

Profit After Tax 9644.00 7598.10 7807.43 8861.03

Minority Interest 0.00 -1117.10 -1340.59 -1407.62

Share of P& L Assoc 0.00 0.00 173.46 52.40

Net Profit 9644.00 6481.00 6640.30 7505.81

Equity capital 2309.80 2352.30 2352.30 2352.30

Reserves 34843.80 45345.50 53152.93 62013.95

Face value (Rs.) 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

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EPS 41.75 27.55 28.23 31.91

Quarterly Ended Profit & Loss Account (Consolidated)

Value(Rs.in.mn) 30-Jun-09 30-Sep-09 31-Dec-09 31-Mar-10E

Description 3m 3m 3m 3m

Net sales 22845.00 22417.90 26498.50 25173.58

Other income 163.20 1293.00 63.70 70.07

Total Income 23008.20 23710.90 26562.20 25243.65

Expenditure -18157.80 -18384.20 -20937.90 -19887.12

Operating profit 4850.40 5326.70 5624.30 5356.52

Interest -1076.40 -1014.70 -909.40 -954.87

Gross profit 3774.00 4312.00 4714.90 4401.65

Deprecation -1036.70 -1066.20 -1113.20 -1168.86

Exceptional Items -1346.00 -325.40 -221.80 -232.89

Profit Before Tax 1391.30 2920.40 3379.90 2999.90

Tax -727.90 -455.10 -921.10 -779.97

Profit After Tax 663.40 2465.30 2458.80 2219.93

Minority Interest -238.30 -333.70 -373.10 -395.49

Share of P& L Assoc 0.00 96.70 38.00 38.76

Net Profit 425.10 2228.30 2123.70 1863.20

Equity capital 2352.30 2352.30 2352.30 2352.30

Face value (Rs.) 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

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EPS 1.81 9.47 9.03 7.92

Charts:

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1 Year Comparative Graph

Outlook and Conclusion

At the current market price of Rs.277.00, the stock is trading at 9.81 x FY10E and 8.68 x

FY11E respectively.

Price to Book Value of the stock is expected to be at 1.17 x and 1.01 x respectively for

FY10E and FY11E.

Earning per share (EPS) of the company for the earnings for FY10E and FY11E is seen at

Rs.28.23 and Rs.31.91 respectively.

Net Sales of the company are expected to grow at a CAGR of 21% over 2008 to 2011.

On the basis of EV/EBITDA, the stock trades at 3.08 x for FY10E and 3.15 x for FY11E.

Tata Chemicals, the second largest producer of Soda Ash in the world has launched Tata

Swach - a unique and innovative water purifier.

Tata Chemicals Ltd has acquired 35.68% stake in Rallis India for about Rs 3.63 billion.

We expect that the company will keep its growth story in the coming quarters also. We

recommend ‘HOLD’ in this particular scrip with a target price of Rs.319.00.

TATA Chemicals Ltd BSE SENSEX

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Industry Overview

Fertilizer sector

� The Indian fertilizer industry has succeeded in meeting almost fully the demand of all

chemical fertilizers except for MOP. The industry had a very humble beginning in 1906,

when the first manufacturing unit of Single Super Phosphate (SSP) was set up in Ranipet

near Chennai with an annual capacity of 6000 MT. The Fertilizer & Chemicals Travancore

of India Ltd. (FACT) at Cochin in Kerala and the Fertilizers Corporation of India (FCI) in

Sindri in Bihar were the first large sized -fertilizer plants set up in the forties and fifties

with a view to establish an industrial base to achieve self-sufficiency in food grains.

Subsequently, green revolution in the late sixties gave an impetus to the growth of

fertilizer industry in India. The seventies and eighties then witnessed a significant

addition to the fertilizer production capacity.

� Fertilizer sector is a very crucial for Indian economy because it provides a very important

input to agriculture. The fertilizer industry in India has played a pivotal role in achieving

self – sufficiency in food grains as well as in rapid and sustained agriculture growth.

India is the third largest producer and consumer of fertilizers in the world after China

and the United States. The growth of the Indian fertilizer industry has been largely

determined by the policies pursued by the government. The government exercised

extensive controls on the pricing, distribution and movement of fertilizers. The industry

is capital intensive and the production process energy intensive with the combined cost

of feedstock and fuel accounting for anywhere between 55 and 80 per cent of cost of

production, depending on the type of fertilizers.

Determinants of Fertilize Demand

• Rainfall and irrigation facilities

• Relative prices of fertilizers

• Cropping pattern

• Government policies

Rising demand for fertilizers

� There has been significant growth in the consumption of fertilizers in last three years

due to overall good monsoon. The growth in NPK consumption was 9.50% in 2004-05,

10.60 % in 2005-06 and 8.40% per cent in 2006-07.Against the robust growth in

consumption, domestic fertilizer production has remained range – bound in the last

decades. The surge in fertilizers demand and stagnant to modest increase in production

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has widened the gap between consumption and production causing larger dependence

on imports. Therefore, the rising demand for fertilizers is providing ample scope for the

companies in this sector to increase their production capacity and volumes thereby,

driving the growth of fertilizer sector.

� The installed capacity as on 30.01.2003 has reached a level of 121.10 lakh MT of

nitrogen (inclusive of an installed capacity of 208.42 lakh MT of urea after reassessment

of capacity) and 53.60 lakh MT of phosphatic nutrient, making India the 3rd largest

fertilizer producer in the world. The rapid build-up of fertilizer production capacity in the

country has been achieved as a result of a favorable policy environment facilitating large

investments in the public, co-operative and private sectors. Presently, there are 57 large

sized fertilizer plants in the country manufacturing a wide range of nitrogenous,

phosphatic and complex fertilizers. Out of these, 29 unit produce urea, 20 units produce

DAP and complex fertilizers 13 plants manufacture Ammonium Sulphate (AS), Calcium

Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) and other low analysis nitrogenous fertilizers. Besides, there

are about 64 medium and small-scale units in operation producing SSP

� The Indian fertilizer industry has come a long way since its early days post

independence. India today is one of the largest producer and consumer of Fertilizers in

the world. India’s production in terms of nutrients (N & P) reached a level of 155 lakh

MT in 2005-06 from 0.39 lakh MT in 1951-52. Similarly, consumption of fertilizers in

terms of nutrients (NPK) has also grown from about 0.66 lakh MT in 1951-52 to nearly

184 lakh MT in 2004-05.

� The Indian Fertilizer industry, given its strategic importance in ensuring self–sufficiency

of food grain production in the country, has for decades, been under Government

control. The Government has over the years, provided subsidies/ concessions through

the fertilizer companies to farmers and the manufacturers have been compensated

through various schemes. Though the Government control helped in meeting the

objective of ensuring creation of capacities and ultimately achieving self-sufficiency in

food grain production, it did not encourage improving efficiencies in the sector.

� Burgeoning subsidy bill and the need to focus on fiscal prudence, Government polices in

recent times are aimed at encouraging efficiencies in the sector. Policy measures like

the new pricing scheme have made the operations of less efficient players unviable. The

Government polices today are oriented towards achieving the stated objective of total

deregulation in the sector. However, the uncertainty over exact policy parameters and

absence of a comprehensive long term policy has not augured well for the industry. The

financial year 2006-07 began with practically no clarity on the policy parameters for

both nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers.

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� Another important issue confronting the sector is with respect to the feedstock. Natural

gas which is the main feedstock for production of nitrogenous fertilizers is available in

limited quantities and the industry competes with the power sector for its share. With

the Government policy favoring conversion to gas based units, the demand for gas is

only expected to go up in the future, which may in turn lead to further shortages.

� The Indian fertilizer industry has come a long way since its early days post

independence. India today is one of the largest producer and consumer of Fertilisers in

the world. India’s production in terms of nutrients (N & P) reached a level of 155 lakh

MT in 2005-06 from 0.39 lakh MT in 1951-52. Similarly, consumption of fertilizers in

terms of nutrients (NPK) has also grown from about 0.66 lakh MT in 1951-52 to nearly

184 lakh MT in 2004-05. The Indian Fertilizer industry, given its strategic importance in

ensuring self– sufficiency of food grain production in the country, has for decades, been

under Government control.

� The Government has over the years, provided subsidies/concessions through the

fertilizer companies to farmers and the manufacturers have been compensated through

various schemes. Though the Government control helped in meeting the objective of

ensuring creation of capacities and ultimately achieving self-sufficiency in food grain

production, it did not encourage improving efficiencies in the sector. With the

burgeoning subsidy bill and the need to focus on fiscal prudence, Government polices in

recent times are aimed at encouraging efficiencies in the sector. Policy measures like

the new pricing scheme have made the operations of less efficient players unviable. The

Government polices today are oriented towards achieving the stated objective of total

deregulation in the sector. However, the uncertainty over exact policy parameters and

absence of a comprehensive long term policy has not augured well for the industry. For

instance, the financial year 2006-07 began with practically no clarity on the policy

parameters for both nitrogenous and phosphatic fertilizers.

� Another important issue confronting the sector is with respect to the feedstock. Natural

gas which is the main feedstock for production of nitrogenous fertilizers is available in

limited quantities and the industry competes with the power sector for its share. With

the Government policy favouring conversion to gas based units, the demand for gas is

only expected to go up in the future, which may in turn lead to further shortages.

Similarly, in the case of phosphates, on account of the limited availability of phosphoric

acid and rock phosphate in the country, domestic units are dependent to a large extent

on imports. In view of the limited availability of the main feedstock within the country,

fertiliser companies today are exploring the possibility of setting up joint ventures

abroad to tie up their feedstock requirements. Though a few joint venture agreements

have been signed with respect to supply of phosphoric acid, only a couple of joint

ventures have been established with respect to urea. Domestic players have also not

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over pricing.

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