Turkmenhimiya’s Garabogaz plant, Turkmenistan’s flagship urea production facility, achieved record production of 1.032 million mt/y in 2023, according to a report by News Central Asia. Exports of urea from the plant increased by 120% in 2023, to 828,000 mt,
The Garabogaz ammonia-urea complex, located some 3.5 kilometers east of Garabogaz city on the Caspian Sea coast, has a nameplate capacity of 1.15 million mt/y of urea and 660,000 mt/y of ammonia. It was commissioned in 2018 (GM Sept. 21, 2018) and is the largest urea plant in Central Asia.
Turkmenhimiya also produces urea at the Mary plant in the south of the country. The plant has a nameplate capacity of 400,000 mt/y of ammonia and 640,000 mt/y of urea. Due to the country being landlocked, Turkmen granular urea is exported via the Georgian ports of Poti and Batumi, with top destinations including, Turkey, Argentina, Uruguay, and the EU.