“Ensuring supply and demand along the pandemic-era supply chains: Relief in fertilizer transportation in Henan

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“Ensuring supply and demand amid the pandemic: Fertilizer transportation in Henan improves Author/Source: Henan Petrochemical News Date: 2022-01-18 Clicks: 10 “We are grateful to the Henan Petrochemical Association and the task force responsible for coordinating fertilizer production in Henan for helping us overcome this urgent challenge. With these permits, our product transport vehicles can move freely, thus ensuring an adequate supply of fertilizers.” ”On January 12, the Special Task Force for Coordinating and Ensuring Fertilizer Production in Henan Province, through its efforts, provided Jin Kai Company of Jinneng Holding Equipment Manufacturing Group with 15 free-highway-pass universal permits and 70 permits for travel within the province, **helping to resolve the problem of the company’s product transport vehicles being unable to move freely. At the turn of the year, a new wave of the pandemic hit with force. Due to pandemic control measures and traffic restrictions, the vehicles used by Jin Kai Company for supplying raw materials as well as transporting and selling products were unable to move freely. The company produces over 7,000 tons of various products per day; if raw materials run out, the production system can only operate at reduced capacity, and in severe cases, production will have to be halted, which directly affects the supply of fertilizers needed for spring farming. The situation is severe and not optimistic at all; the company’s leadership is extremely anxious and feels helpless. At that time, the Henan Provincial Petrochemical Association and the special task force for coordinating and ensuring fertilizer production in Henan Province got in touch with Jin Kai, learning about the problem whereby, due to the pandemic and traffic restrictions, the vehicles used to transport the company’s products could not move freely. To address this challenge, the Henan Province Petrochemical Association and the Special Task Force for Coordinating and Ensuring Fertilizer Production in Henan Province stepped forward to act as \"service providers,\" offering strong support to enterprises. They assigned dedicated personnel to serve as intermediaries, strictly enforced the requirements regarding the use of permits for the transportation of goods during the epidemic prevention and control period as well as the types of goods that could be transported. They also reached out to relevant departments to report promptly any instances where fertilizer shipments were turned back at inspection points, and advised Jin Kai Company to prepare the necessary permits and related documents, maintaining constant communication. Through multiple rounds of communication and coordination by the dedicated task force, a permit was successfully obtained for Henan Jinkai Group. The company is able to transport over 3,000 tons of various agricultural fertilizers outside each day; at the same time, it can supply nearly 2,000 tons of chemical raw materials such as ammonia and liquid phosphoric acid, as well as liquid fertilizers, to compound fertilizer manufacturers. This has effectively ensured an adequate supply of fertilizers for spring plowing in Henan Province. Faced with the ‘major challenge’ posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Henan Provincial Petrochemical Association established a special task force for coordinating and ensuring fertilizer production, dedicating its efforts and resources to serving enterprises, addressing their urgent needs and overcoming their difficulties, thereby demonstrating the association’s concern and support for the development of these enterprises. Henan Jinkai Group will also go all out to enhance refined management and accelerate the progress of project construction, thereby driving the sustainable development of the chemical industry through the high-quality growth of the enterprise. “We thank the Henan Petrochemical Association and the Special Task Force for Coordinating and Ensuring Fertilizer Production in Henan Province for their concern and support for our enterprise. With their strong backing, our confidence in growing and strengthening our company is even greater! ”Wang Jing, general manager of Jin Kai Sales Branch, expressed his gratitude.