Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited is a urea fertilizer company in Chittagong and is owned by the state owned

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History

Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited was built in 1987 in Rangadia,

Anwara Upazila Anowara ( bn, আনোয়ারা), also written ''Anwara'', is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography Anwara is located at . It has 38,008 households and a total area of 164.13 km2. Demograp ...

, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. It was built by the Japanese

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. The factory has a capacity to produce 1700 tonnes of urea and 1000 tonnes of ammonia per day. On 31 January 2015, the factory was closed by the government of Bangladesh after the reactor and cooling tower were damaged. The contract for the repair work was given to AXO Welding, an Italian company. The factory was reopened on 7 July 2017 after 400 million taka was spent on repairs. The gas to the factory was supplied by

Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited () is a Bangladesh government owned major gas distribution company that is responsible for distributing gas in Chittagong District and the Chittagong Hill Tracts The Chittagong Hill Tracts ( bn ...

. Production was suspended again on 22 December 2017 due to gas shortages and resumed on 13 September 2018, in part due to

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. The factory is closed during summer to divert natural gas to home consumers like most state owned fertilizer companies in Bangladesh. The factory cannot produce at optimal level due to gas shortages and as a result incurs monthly losses of up to 100 million taka. The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation can produce 1.9 million metric ton of fertilizers against the demand for 2.5 million metric ton. The factory has also been blamed for the pollution of

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Arms trafficking

In 2004, elements of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government of Bangladesh with the aid of Pakistani intelligence agency, tried to smuggle guns through the jetty of Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited. The case became known as the

10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong The incident of the 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul took place in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on the night of 1 April 2004, when police and Coast Guard interrupted the loading of ten trucks and seized extensive illegal arms and ammunition at a jett ...

. The arms were destined for separatists groups in India. The accused included government ministers and heads of Bangladeshi intelligence agency.

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Government-owned companies of Bangladesh Organisations based in Chittagong Fertiliser companies of Bangladesh Bangladeshi companies established in 1987 Manufacturing companies established in 1987 {{Bangladesh-org-stub

History

Arms trafficking

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