OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus' chemical company OAO Grodno Azot manufactured Br9.755 trillion worth of chemical products (USD 1.021 billion) in January-December 2013, up 16.3% on the year, the company said in an official report posted on the company's web site.

In December 2013 commodity output grew 14.3% on the year to Br831.044 billion (USD 88.315 million).

OAO Grodno Azot's mineral fertilizer production stood at 762,260 tonnes (in terms of 100% nitrogen) in January-December 2013, up 2.2% on the year. In December alone nitrogen fertilizer output increased 32% on the year to 72,020 tonnes; carbamide output increased 1.9% to 967,357 tonnes (December - up 5.6% to 95,629 tonnes).

Grodno Azot increased output of ammonium sulphate by 8.3% in January-December 2013 up to 397,49 tonnes; nitrosol - 771,962 tonnes (up 0.8%); ammonia - 1.026 million tonnes (up 1.2%), sulphuric acid - 271,636 tonnes (up 6.7%); caprolactam - 129,130 tonnes (up 6.5%); chemical fibres - 40,565 tonnes (down 11.6%).

Grodno Azot was set up in 1963 and transformed into an open joint-stock company in 2002. The Belarusian government holds a 99.97% stake.

Grodno Azot is Belarus' main producer of liquid ammonia, nitrogen fertilizers, methanol, caprolactam, biodiesel fuel.