The figures pertain to April-September, 2020

HIL (India) Ltd, a PSU under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of  Chemicals & Fertilizers of the current financial year (FY 2020-21) has posted a 65 percent growth in the exports, mainly of Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT), in the first two quarters. The growth was recorded during April-September 2020 period as compared to the corresponding period last financial year.

The company has achieved this significant growth due to large amounts of DDT and agrochemicals  being shipped to Southern African countries, Latin America and Iran during this period. 

Lauding the efforts of the team HIL (India) Limited, D V Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizer, congratulated the team and wished them for a successful and remarkable year ahead. 

HIL has also recorded highest ever production of 530.10 metric tonnes of Malathion Technical in the first two quarters of the current year as compared to 375.5 metric tonnesin the corresponding period last year. 

The company has also registered the highest sale for the product in the first two quarters and has supplied the entire quantity to various institutions like the Ministry of Agriculture’s Locust Control Programme and municipal corporations across the country for the vector control programme.