Egyptian Public Business Sector Minister Hisham Tawfiq said that Egypt is the sixth producer and fifth largest exporter of Urea in the world.
In 2020, Egypt’s Urea production amounted to nearly 6.7 million tonnes, and its domestic consumption was estimated at 2.9 million tonnes, while its exports of Urea amounted to 3.8 million tonnes, the minister said.
Giving a word at the inauguration of of new expansion works of Ammonia Nitrate – Urea plant in Aswan’s Kima area on Tuesday, the minister expressed his appreciation of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s full support for the public business sector companies.
“Today, we are witnessing the opening of two companies in two important sectors; fertilizers and spinning and weaving,” the minister noted.
He underlined that nitrogen fertilizers represent 51 per cent of the fertilisers produced globally, potassium fertilisers represent 29 per cent, while phosphate fertilisers represent 20 per cent of the total fertiliser production in the world, which amounted to about 230 million tonnes annually in 2020.
Egypt produces nitrogen fertilisers, with a capacity of 7.8 million tonnes annually, and phosphate fertilisers in a factory in Ain Sukhna, with a production capacity of 4.3 million tonnes annually, the minister added.
He further noted that Egypt produces two types of nitrogenous fertilisers; “Urea” and “Ammonium Nitrate”.
