Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday told the parliament that 68% of the country’s fertiliser had been imported in the 2014-15 fiscal year.
Replying to a starred question from ruling party lawmaker Enamul Huq, Amu said that as of November 3, 2015, the ongoing fiscal year’s demand of urea fertiliser was 2.8 million tonnes while Bangladesh had produced 213,000 tonnes.
The demand was 2.7 million tonnes in 2014-15 fiscal year while domestic production was 878,000 tonnes, the minister added.
Replying to another query, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told the parliament that there was no possibility of a fuel oil crisis in Bangladesh under the existing fuel management system.
Responding to another query, the state minister said the amount of coal storage in Bangladesh was 3,565 million tonnes in the five coalfields; and among the five coalfields, coal was being extracted only from Barapukuria coal mine.