This year, from January to July, the Ports of Paraná handled just over 5.5 million tons of fertilizers. The volume represents a 5% increase compared to the same period in 2019, when 5.2 million tons of fertilizer were imported. The main products that arrive at the ports of Paranaguá and Antonina are potassium chloride (MOP), urea, MAP (monoammonium phosphate); ammonium sulfate and NPK complexes. The main origin of the product is Russia. “It is a product controlled by the Army, which inspects the warehouses, and only with this release do we accredit the warehouses to receive the product”, says the director of Operations for Portos do Paraná, Luiz Teixeira da Silva Júnior. According to fertilizer operators in the Port of Paranaguá, to work with ammonium nitrate, companies must apply to DFPC for a special registration certificate (CR). Even with the registration, at each import, the Army is notified and issues a specific license, after assessing the documentary situation. Even before the ship is docked, the Army must be notified of the location where the incoming cargo will be taken and stored. While in warehouses, the product is accommodated between concrete walls, in boxes lit with cold lamps, duly identified, with access control, security warnings and properly trained personnel.
Source: Agencia de Notícias do Paraná / Global Fert