Marketing

The bulk of products manufactured is supplied to the markets of Western Europe, with 100% of ammonia being exported to Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Lithuania and about 90 % of urea exported to England, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Algeria, Syria and USA.

Up to 10 % of urea is supplied to Estonian customers for their industrial and agricultural needs. Industrial enterprises and farmers within Estonia use aqua ammonia produced as by-product.

Liquid ammonia is shipped to the Port Plant of Ventspils (Latvia), located in 650 km from "Nitrofert", in railway tank cars with routes of 54 tank cars a route.

"Nitrofert" owns a spur tracks having access to the Estonian railroad network of AS Eesti Raudtee, as well as its own fleet of ammonia tank cars making up three complete routes. Besides that "Nitrofert" is renting 70 fertilizers hoppers due to transport urea to the port.

To the consumers urea is shipped through the ports of Tallinn, which are located at a distance of 150 km of the plant site. Urea is shipped in bulk on FOB Tallinn or CIF terms with vessel lots of 500 to 28000 tons. Guaranteed loading rate is 5000 MT pwwd SSHINC, SSHEX UU.

When shipped on ex-works terms, packing for urea might be 1000 or 500 kg big-bags, shipment in bulk is also possible for the product transported by trucks, or by railway.

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