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Fertilizer from Bangladesh to Arrive after at least 2 Months

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Fertilizer from Bangladesh to Arrive after at least  2 Months
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October 8: It is estimated that it will take at least another two months for the government of Nepal to bring in 50,000 metric tons of urea from Bangladesh on loan.

The obligation to complete the procurement process under the Public Procurement Act has been seen as the delaying factor for the arrival of the chemical fertilizer.

The government-owned Agricultural Inputs Company Limited had announced a tender for the procurement process on September 20 for bringing in urea from Bangladesh. Although five companies had participated in the bidding process, Gentrade FZF, a UAE-based company was awarded the contract for making the lowest bid.

Gentrade has the deadline of next Friday for signing the agreement. The agreement is likely to be signed on Sunday, October 11, the Agricultural Inputs Company Limited informed.

According to Bishnu Pokhrel, head of the company's procurement division, the Bangladesh government has given permission to bring the fretilizer to Nepal from Chittagong port in Bangladesh. He informed that the contractor company will start transporting the fertilizer to Nepal after the Bangladesh government transports them to Chittagong port and all the fertilizer will reach Nepal within 70 days.

It is estimated that the first batch of urea will arrive in Nepal within 20 days after the Bangladesh government releases the fertilizer. So far, however, the Bangladesh government has not transported fertilizer to the port. The government of Nepal had sought the fertilizers from Bangladesh on loan after there was an acute shortage of urea in the country during paddy plantation. The government has made a commitment to return the same amount of urea to Bangladesh next year.

 

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