GPIC first urea shipment to Sudan
GPIC recently exported a 20,000 ton urea fertilizer shipment to Sudan. This is the first shipment to be exported to Khartoum since the Company started urea production in 1998.
Mr. Jawahery added that GPIC, in co-operation with its authorized urea marketers, Petrochemical Industries Company Kuwait, is always keen to identify new markets for its urea product.
On this occasion, Mr.Abdulrahman Jawahery, GPIC President said he was pleased with this new co-operation with the Republic of Sudan, saying that such cooperation stems from mutual interest. It is also in response to an invitation from H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Othman, Sudanese Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, during his recent visit to the GPIC Complex. During the visit, the H.E. the Sudanese Ambassador expressed a sincere desire to further closer cooperation between the two countries in all spheres.
He explained that opening new and promising markets such as Sudan will contribute to enhancing the good reputation enjoyed by the product. GPIC already enjoys a good reputation among customers and importers as one of the best and most reliable sources of urea. The Republic of Sudan
imports around 100,000 to 150,000 tons of urea annually for agricultural purposes. The country’s area of cultivable land is around 105 million hectares, equal to 42 percent of the land area of the country. The agricultural sector contributes some 40% of the Sudan’s GDP, underlining the country’s strong reliance on this area of economic activity.
GPIC currently produces 600,000 tons of urea annually
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