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Ukraine's manufacturer of mineral fertilizers Cherkasy-based PJSC Azot, which is part of the Ostchem holding owned by businessman Dmytro Firtash, has resumed the production of ammonia and carbamide after overhauls, according to Ostchem's press service.
"After major repairs, the company has resumed production of ammonia (workshop A-5) and carbamide (workshop M-2)," it wrote on Facebook.
As UNIAN reported earlier, in late May 2017, Ukraine's Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade decided to resume anti-dumping duties on the import of some Russian nitrogen fertilizers to Ukraine to protect the national producers and reduce the Ukrainian agrarians' dependence on chemicals supplies.
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UNIAN memo. Ostchem is a group of chemical companies, producers of ammonia, carbamide, nitrates, etc. Ostchem is among the world's Top 10 nitrogen fertilizer producers. The holding includes Concern Stirol (Horlivka, which is currently on an occupied area), Azot (Cherkasy), Rivneazot (Rivne), Sievierodonetsk Azot Association (Sievierodonetsk), and Nitrofert (Estonia). Dmytro Firtash is the group's main shareholder.
Ostchem Holding is a division of the international group of companies, Group DF, owned by Firtash. His structures control over 70% of Ukrainian regional gas companies, as well as more than half of domestic chemical enterprises.