Chambal Fertiliser & Chemicals

What Chambal Fertiliser & Chemicals does

Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited is a publicly listed Indian fertiliser manufacturer headquartered in New Delhi and operating its primary manufacturing complex at Gadepan, Kota, Rajasthan. Founded in 1985 and listed on the NSE under the ticker CHAMBLFERT, the company produces nitrogen-based urea, phosphate-based DAP, and NPK fertilisers for India's kharif and rabi cropping seasons, supplying Indian farmers, farming cooperatives, and agricultural input distributors.

The company's product portfolio spans commodity fertilisers (urea and DAP), specialty inputs including biologicals and crop protection chemicals, and chemical intermediates such as weak nitric acid, which the company now produces in-house at Gadepan as a backward-integration move to support complex fertiliser manufacturing. It also participates in long-tenure bulk import agreements, notably a five-year deal with Saudi Arabia's Ma'aden for 3.1 million tonnes of DAP annually signed in July 2025 alongside IPL and KRIBHCO, while exploring Russian sourcing as a hedge. With 10,000+ employees and a continued capacity build-out (new Gadepan plant rescheduled to 30 April 2026), the company is one of India's larger private fertiliser producers.

Chambal operates within India's regulated fertiliser market, benefiting from the government-controlled Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) programme and the strategic-importance classification of fertilisers for national food security. Q4 FY26 results showed a 29.8% year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit to ₹169.3 crore, with EBITDA up 56.1% to ₹255.1 crore and EBITDA margin expanding from 6.7% to 9.2%; Q3 FY26 revenue grew 20% year-on-year, driven in part by specialty-segment expansion. Roughly 30% of India's urea and DAP imports were flagged as exposed to West Asia and Strait of Hormuz disruption, a key supply-chain risk against which the Saudi Ma'aden pact is positioned.

Name

Chambal Fertiliser & Chemicals

Legal name

Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited

Website

https://chambalfertilisers.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals is an Indian public-listed fertiliser manufacturer that produces urea, DAP, NPK fertilisers, biologicals, and crop protection chemicals for India's agriculture sector from its Gadepan complex in Kota, Rajasthan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Fertilizers

NAICS

Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing (325311), Phosphatic Fertilizer Manufacturing (325312), Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (3253), Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (325180), Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing (325314)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800), Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)

akta.pro primary industry

Nitrogen Fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, UAN, Ammonium Nitrate/Sulfate) (AFABABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

NPK/Compound & Blended Fertilizers (Granular Blends, Bulk Blending) (AFABABAD), Fertilizer Raw Materials & Intermediates (Phosphate Rock, Sulfuric/Phosphoric Acid, Potash Ore/Brines) (AFABABAH), Nitrogen Fertilizers (Ammonia/Urea/UAN) (IMAEAEAA), NPK & Compound/Blended Fertilizers (IMAEAEAD)

Keywords

• Nitrogen fertilizers
• Phosphate fertilizers
• Crop protection chemicals
• Agricultural inputs
• Chemical intermediates

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Chambal Fertiliser & Chemicals manufactures and supplies urea, DAP (di-ammonium phosphate), complex fertilizers, and weak nitric acid (chemical intermediate) from its integrated Gadepan manufacturing complex in Kota, Rajasthan. The company has expanded into specialty agricultural segments including biologicals and crop protection chemicals.

Product overview

Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited is an Indian fertilizer manufacturing company operating primarily in the agricultural inputs sector. The company produces nitrogen-based fertilizers (urea) and phosphate-based fertilizers (DAP), along with specialty segments including biologicals and crop protection chemicals. The company has initiated weak nitric acid production at its Gadepan manufacturing complex in Kota, Rajasthan, to serve as an intermediate for complex fertilizer production. The company operates within India's regulated fertilizer market, benefiting from government subsidies under schemes like the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urea
• DAP (Di-Ammonium Phosphate)
• Weak Nitric Acid Chemical intermediate produced in-house at the Gadepan manufacturing complex to support vertically integrated fertilizer production.
• Biologicals
• Crop Protection Chemicals

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Saudi Ma'aden (Saudi Arabian Mining Company)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2025India signed a five-year deal with Saudi Arabia to import 3.1 million tonnes of DAP (di-ammonium phosphate) fertiliser annually, with an optional five-year extension, signed by Indian fertiliser companies IPL, KRIBHCO and Chambal Fertilisers alongside Saudi Ma'aden. The agreement responds to China's recent export curbs on phosphates and diversifies India's sources away from China while strengthening economic ties with Saudi Arabia.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Nutrien Ltd. World's largest crop input producer with global potash, nitrogen and phosphate capacity; broad incumbent competing across fertiliser value chains rather than focused on the Indian market Chambal serves.
• CF Industries Holdings: Leading global nitrogen fertiliser producer; broad incumbent whose nitrogen output competes with Indian producers like Chambal in global urea and ammonia markets.

Others

• Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden): Strategic phosphate supplier to Chambal under the five-year 3.1 MT DAP deal and a major global phosphate producer; comparable as a fertiliser-adjacent counterparty and phosphorus value-chain participant rather than a direct India-market competitor.

Direct peers

• Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO): India's largest fertiliser cooperative, producing urea, DAP and NPK; competes head-to-head with Chambal in India's regulated fertiliser market and was a co-signatory on the Ma'aden DAP deal.
• National Fertilizers Limited: Indian PSU urea and complex fertiliser producer; directly comparable product mix, subsidy exposure, and Indian distribution model.
• Coromandel International: Leading Indian fertiliser and crop protection manufacturer with overlapping urea, DAP, NPK and specialty products; directly comparable product portfolio and Indian distribution footprint.
• Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals (GSFC): Indian fertiliser and chemical manufacturer producing urea, DAP and industrial chemicals; comparable vertically integrated fertiliser-chemicals model anchored in India.
• Krishak Bharati Cooperative (KRIBHCO): Indian fertiliser cooperative and urea producer; co-signatory with Chambal on the Ma'aden DAP agreement and a direct competitor in domestic urea supply.
• Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF): Indian PSU fertiliser manufacturer producing urea and complex fertilisers; competes with Chambal in domestic urea and NPK markets under the same subsidy regime.
• Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation: Indian manufacturer of bulk fertilisers (NPK) and chemicals including nitric acid; comparable in both the fertiliser franchise and nitric acid / chemical intermediate operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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