Uralchem Group Sends Humanitarian Shipment of 30,000 Tonnes of Fertiliser to Bangladesh

Uralchem Group announces it has sent 30,000 tonnes of potash as a humanitarian shipment to Bangladesh. The delivery, previously stored in Latvia, was facilitated by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which chartered a vessel to transport the fertiliser. As with previous similar shipments, Uralchem Group covered the sea freight and other associated costs.

This consignment marks the Group’s seventh donation in a series of humanitarian deliveries to developing countries. Since late 2022, Uralchem Group has contributed approximately 220,000 tonnes of mineral fertilisers free of charge to nations facing acute hunger. Nearly 200,000 tonnes of this amount were shipped on vessels chartered by WFP from EU ports and warehouses — to Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, and now to Bangladesh.

Uralchem Group donates mineral fertilisers to help alleviate the unprecedented global food crisis and prevent crop losses in hunger hotspots. This initiative also supports efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal #2 — “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.”

Dmitry Konyaev, CEO of Uralchem JSC:

Mineral fertilisers play a crucial role in boosting crop yields and ensuring a stable food supply. Unfortunately, Bangladesh — one of the most densely populated countries in the world — faces a range of challenges that undermine its food system, from climate extremes linked to global climate change to constraints on the expansion of arable land. Through this humanitarian consignment, we aim to contribute to the sustainable development of the agricultural sector of Bangladesh and to the wellbeing of its people.

Uralchem JSC (a part of the Uralchem Group) is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of nitrogen and compound fertilisers. The Company’s production assets are located in Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, Kirov Region, Moscow Region and Perm Region.

Uralchem Group is a leading global producer of mineral fertilisers and chemical products. Its key assets include three major Russian companies — Uralchem JSC, Uralkali PJSC, and TOAZ JSC — with a cumulative production capacity of about 25 million tonnes. The number of people employed by the Uralchem Group is approximately 38,000.

Message source: Uralchem Group website