Ukraine agrochemical company Grossdorf last month launched a new UAN fertilizer production unit with a capacity of 60,000 mt/y at Sarata in the country’s southwestern Odessa region, according to a Ukraine Open for Business report, citing a company press release. It is the producer’s second UAN plant, and has increased Grossdorf’s liquid fertilizers production capacity to 410,000 mt/y.
According to the report, Cherkasy-based Grossdorf receives raw materials for the production of UAN from elsewhere in Europe and Central Asia, but transportation costs from the central regions of Ukraine to the southern regions of the country are expensive. Consequently, the company built a production base and raw materials storage facilities in Sarata. Next year, the company says it plans to diversify its raw materials supply markets.
According to Grossdorf Commercial Director Serhiy Ruban, cited by the report, the capacities launched will enable the company to supply the entire Odessa region with UAN fertilizers, and also consider the export of some of the output to neighbouring Moldova.
Grossdorf (Cherkasy) was established in 2016 and its core business is the supply of basic fertilizers for precision farming.