Hanfeng’s Fertilizer Sets Chinese Industry Standards
20 September 2007 Hanfeng, a leading provider of slow- and controlled-release fertilizers in China, announced that China’s National Products Standard Committee formally and unanimously approved the Chemical Industry Standards for SCU, based partly on Hanfeng’s assistance — Hanfeng Evergreen was the only SCU producer to help the Committee decide the national standards.
The standards were drafted by Hanfeng and endorsed by the National Quality Supervision and Test Center of Chemical Fertilizer after a two-year collaboration. Hanfeng conducted numerous tests and extensive field trials.
The standards control the technical specifications including the amount of nitrogen and sulfur contained in SCU as well as the dissolution criteria to address its slow-release characteristics. Members of the Committee, representatives from all fertilizer quality inspection bureaus throughout China, and major industry representatives unanimously approved the standards at the meeting held in Shanghai.
“The government of China is determined to establish and monitor fertilizer standards for the country in order to support best practices, encourage the production of quality SCU products, and most importantly, to protect Chinese farmers,” stated Mr. Liu Gang, chief director of the National Quality Supervision and Test Center of Chemical Fertilizer. “Hanfeng has been instrumental in providing both the data and the product which is the model for these standards.”
SCU is one of the most used slow-release fertilizers worldwide, but it is relatively new in China. In 2006, Hanfeng completed the first SCU production facility in the country. Hanfeng says that its field trials have demonstrated that SCU offers numerous benefits over conventional fertilizers, including significantly improved yield and efficiency, crop quality and soil condition, lower overall cost, energy savings, and decreased nitrogen pollution to the environment.
“We are honored to have been a part of this very important process,” said Xinduo Yu, president and CEO of Hanfeng. “The use of slow release fertilizers like SCU address numerous issues faced by China’s agricultural industry.” Besides its existing SCU plant, Hanfeng announced a joint venture SCU plant in Shanxi with the Fengxi Fertilizer Co., which is expected to be operational by April 2008.
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