Ensuring Fertilizer Stock Up To 1.4 Million Tons, Pupuk Indonesia Continues To Find Solutions For Availability Of Raw Materials Due To The War Of Russia And Ukraine

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) said that the national fertilizer stock currently reaches 1.4 million tons. This figure is equivalent to 137 percent of the minimum provisions set by the government, so its availability is always guaranteed.

President Director of Pupuk Indonesia Bakir Pasaman said, Pupuk Indonesia is always committed to meeting farmers' fertilizer needs, one of which is by increasing production capacity.

"This is our commitment, in order to support improving the performance of the agricultural sector in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and global uncertainty," said Bakir, in a press release quoted by Antara, Thursday, May 12.

Bakir said the special production capacity of NPK fertilizer is currently around 3.5 million tons, in detail about 2.7 million tons comes from the Gresik Petrokimia factory and the plan is to add about 500 thousand tons through the factory in Aceh.

In addition, the company is also looking for solutions to the problem of the availability of raw materials that are affected by world dynamics such as the war between Russia and Ukraine. "We are trying our best, whatever happens, we are together to prepare as much fertilizer as possible," said Bakir.

Previously, Russia was known as one of the main supplying countries for potassium which would later be used for NPK fertilizers. These raw materials come from unavailable mines and are not produced domestically.

Bakir said that Pupuk Indonesia also continued to maintain the stock of subsidized fertilizers from line I to line III in accordance with the allocation provisions set by the government.

"We are trying to find a solution to this problem so it doesn't become a crisis in the future," he said.