Government of India Ministry of Commerce. Report of the Indian Tariff Board on the Fair ex-works prices of Superphosphate Bombay 1949

218-T(55)145 dated lath October 1946 Reference to the interim the Government of India in the late DeparTariff Board of the ease ment of Commerce had requested the interim for protection' to the idustry Tariff Board to inquire into the claim for prtection of the superphosphate industry. [...] It was stated that this object was to be achieved by importing superphosphate under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture on behalf of the Central phophate Pool and buying the indigenous output of the fertiliser on the basis of actual costs of production and then selling the superphosphate thus pooled (both imported and indigenous) to consumers whether Provincial Governments or others on a [...] Having regard to the fact that sulphuric acid is an important element in 3ost of superphosphate and owing to the difficulties involved in transporting the acid the availability of cheap sulphuric acid on the site of the superphosphate factory is one of the factors in the economcial production of superphosphate. [...] The main reason for the low cost of production of acid in the case of the Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore are the largeness of the acid plant's capacity nearness of the factory to the port and the fact that the firm imports its sulphur direct from the U.S. [...] (ii) Superphosphate manufacture.—As the cost of sulphuric acid is an important element in the cost of production of supephosphate the variations in the costs of production of sulphuric acid are naturally reflected in the costs of prduction of superphosphate.