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PROJECT REPORT FOR MANUFACTURE OF SINGLE SUPER PHOSPHATE 350 TPD PSSP WITH 300 TPD GSSP ON THE BASIS OF 300 WORKING DAYS AT VILLAGE: DHORIA TEHSIL : NIMBAHEDA DIST. CHITTOR GARH BY `ANAPOORANA FERTILIZER & PESTICIDES PVT. LTD NIMBAHEDA NPN 1

Demand for Fertilizer in India Introduction Chemical fertilizers are key element of modern technology and have played an important role in agricultural productivity growth in India. However, the demandsupply gap of fertilizers in India has increased in recent times, thereby leading to increased dependency on imports. Indian imports, which were about 2 million tones in early part of 2000, increased to 10.2 million tones of fertilizers in 2008-09. In view of importance of fertilizers in agricultural growth and the possibility of an emerging demand-supply gap, there is need to forecast future demand. The report begins with an overview of fertilizer consumption trends and then identifies important determinants of fertilizer demand and develops projects demand scenarios for fertilizers in India in 2020-21. India is the second largest consumer of fertilizers in the world after China, consuming about 26.5 million tones. However, average intensity of fertilizer use in India remains much lower than most countries in the world but is highly skewed, with wide inter-regional, inter-state, and inter-district variations. The results show that non-price factors such as irrigation, high yielding varieties, were more important than price factors in influencing demand for fertilizers. Of the two price policy instruments, affordable fertilizer prices and higher agricultural commodity prices, the former is more powerful in influencing fertilizer demand. The report suggests that in order to ensure self-sufficiency in agricultural production in the country, availability of fertilizers at affordable prices should be prioritized over higher output prices. By 2020, fertilizer demand in the country is projected to increase to about 41.6 million tones and is expected to grow at a faster rate in eastern and southern region compared with north and west. To meet the increasing fertilizer requirements of the country, a conducive and stable policy environment, availability of raw materials, capital resources, and price incentives will play a critical role. NPN 2

The role of chemical fertilizers for increased agricultural production, in particular in developing countries, is well established Some argue that fertilizer was as important as seed in the Green Revolution (Tomich et. al. 1995), contributing as much as 50 percent of the yield growth in Asia (Hopper 1993 and FAO 1998). Others have found that one-third of the cereal production world-wide is due to the use of fertilizer and related factors of production (Bumb 1995). During the last three decades, India has relied on increasing crop yields to supply an ever increasing demand for food. According to Ministry of Agriculture data, total food grains production in the country rose from 151.2 million tons in 1980s (1981-82 to 1990-91) to 190.6 million tons in 1990s and 212 million tons in 2000s (Figure 1), Meanwhile, total area under food grains, which accounts for nearly two-third of total cropped area, has declined by over 4 percent from its 1980s level and down 7.4 percent from the peak of 131.16 million hectares in 1983. This increase in food grains production was the result of about 46 percent increase in crop yields between 1980s and 2000s. However rate of increase in crop yields has decelerated in the recent decade (12.4 percent in 2000s compared with over 30 percent in 1990s). During last decades, India lost about 2.5 million hectares of net sown area (Figure 1). The options for increasing food production are limited by availability of land as well as water. Increasing population, among other factors, limits any significant expansion of arable land. Fertiliser consumption in India has been increasing over the years and today India is one of the largest producer and consumer of fertilizers in the world. By 2009-10, total fertilizer consumption in the country was 26.49 million nutrient tones. Importance of fertilizers in yield improvement, which is essential for achieving increased agricultural production, further increases because there is little scope for bringing more area under cultivation as well as majority of Indian soils are deficient in many macro and micro nutrients. The application of essential plant nutrients, particularly major and micronutrients in optimum quantity and right proportion, through correct method and time of application, is the key to increased NPN 3

and sustained crop production. Therefore it is important to understand fertiliser use behavior in the country over time as well as role of factors influencing fertiliser consumption at the national and regional/state level because intensity of fertiliser use varies from state to state and area to area. What explains these variations in fertilizer use across states/regions in the country? Why have some states/regions experienced positive growth in fertilizer consumption while others have seen stagnation/decline? What factors (e.g., agro-climatic characteristics, institutional and infrastructure variables, economic factors) play a significant role in shaping fertilizer consumption patterns (Figure 2)? To address some of these issues, fertilizer demand models can be constructed to link fertilizer consumption with price and non-price factors using national and state-level data. Figure 1. Trends in food grains acreage, production and yield and net sown area in India Foodgrains Area under Foodgrains 218 212.0 128.0 126.9 198 190.6 126.0 Million tonnes 178 158 151.2 Million tonnes 124.0 122.0 122.9 121.5 138 120.0 118 1981-82 to 1990-91 1991-92 to 2000-01 2001-02 to 2009-10 118.0 1981-82 to 1990-91 1991-92 to 2000-01 2001-02 to 2009-10 Foodgrains Yield Net Sown Area 2.0 1.55 1.74 143 140.9 142.2 139.6 1.5 1.19 138 Tonnes / ha 1.0 Million ha 133 128 0.5 123 0.0 1981-82 to 1990-91 1991-92 to 2000-01 2001-02 to 2009-10 118 1981-82 to 1990-91 1991-92 to 2000-01 2001-02 to 2009-10 Source: MoA (2010) NPN 4

2. Fertiliser Consumption Trends in India Fertiliser consumption trends expressed in terms of aggregate quantities consumed and intensity of use (i.e., kg per hectare of total cropped area) reflect both demand and supply decisions. Therefore, it is essential to understand fertilizer situation in the country. In this section growth trends in total fertilizer consumption and intensity of use at all-india level as well as regional/state level are discussed. 2.1 Total Fertiliser Consumption: All-India India is the second largest consumer of fertilizers in the world, after China. It accounted for 15.3 per cent of the world's N consumption, 19 per cent of Phosphatic (P) and 14.4 per cent of Potassic (K) nutrients in 2008 (FAI, 2010). Trends in fertilizer consumption in terms of total quantities in the country are presented in Figure 3. Fertiliser consumption was around 78 thousand tones in 1965-66 and it picked up very fast during the late-1960s and 1970s. At the time of onset of green revolution in 1966-67 consumption of fertilizers was about 1 million tones. In 1970-71, total fertilizer consumption increased to 2.26 million tones, which further increased to 12.73 million tons in 1991-92. The rapid expansion of irrigation, spread of HYV seeds, introduction of Retention Price Scheme2, distribution of fertilizers to farmers at affordable prices, expansion of dealer's network, improvement in fertilizer availability and virtually no change in farm gate fertilizer prices for 10 years (1981-1991) were major reasons for increase in fertilizer consumption during 1971 to 1990. During 1990s, total fertilizer consumption fluctuated between 12.15 and 16.8 million tones with the exception in 1999-00, when fertilizer consumption was over 18 million tones. Total fertilizer consumption reached a record level of 26.5 million tons during 2009-10. NPN 5

Figure 3: Trends in fertilizer consumption (N, P and K) in India: 1950-51 to 2009-10 Source: Fertiliser Association of India (2010) The fertilizer consumption in India has generally exceeded domestic production in both nitrogenous and Phosphatic fertilizers except for few years. The entire requirement of Potassic fertilizers is met through imports as India does not have commercially viable sources of potash. During 1950s and 1960s, about two-third of domestic requirement of N fertilizers was met through imports. The level of P imports was very low in the fifties, which increased significantly during the sixties and seventies. With the introduction of the high yielding varieties of wheat and rice in mid-1960s, the fertilizer imports increased significantly in 1966-67 and thereafter. The fertilizer imports increased dramatically in 1977-78 and 1978-79, 1984-85 and again in 1988-89 and 1989-90. However, during the decade of 1990s imports were at low levels except in 1995-96 and 1997-98. Due to low/no addition in domestic capacity coupled with rise in demand for fertilizers during the last two decades, imports have increased significantly in the 2000s. India imported about 10.24 million tons (about 41% of total consumption) of NPK fertilizer nutrients in 2008-09 as against 1.93 million tons in 2002-03. The growth of imports was rather slow in the eighties and nineties but accelerated in 2000s. The share of imports in NPN 6

total consumption (N+P+K) declined from 57 per cent in 1960s to 43 per cent in 1970s, further to about 24.8 per cent in 1980s, 21.3 percent in 1990s but increased to 26.2 per cent in 2000s. Almost similar trend was observed in case of nitrogenous and Phosphatic fertilizers. The share of imports in total consumption was 13.8 percent in case of N and 23.8 percent in P during the 2000s. However, in terms of volume of imports, N fertilizer imports declined during the 1980s compared with 1970s, which marginally increased during the 1990s (1.1 million tons) and further increased (1.79 million tons) in the 2000s, while in case of Phosphatic fertilizers imports have consistently increased over time from 243.2 thousand tones in 1970s to 511.3 thousand tones in 1980s, 736.9 thousand tones in 1990s and 1.25 million tons in 2000s. Rising share of imports is a matter of concern as world fertilizer markets are highly volatile and imperfect. So there is a need to increase domestic production to insulate from international markets. Sixteen plant food nutrients are essential for proper crop development. Each is equally important to the plant, yet each is required in different amounts. These differences have led to the grouping of these essential elements into three categories; primary (macro) nutrients, secondary nutrients, and micronutrients. Primary (macro) nutrients are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). They are the most frequently required in a crop fertilization program and are needed in the larger quantity by plants as fertilizer. The secondary nutrients include calcium, magnesium, and Sulphur. For most crops, these three are needed in lesser amounts than the primary nutrients. The micronutrients such as boron, chlorine, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc are used in small amounts, but they are as important to plant development and profitable crop production as the major nutrients. However, major focus of the Indian fertilizer sector policy has been on primary (macro) nutrients. The changing pattern of three primary nutrients is presented in Figure 4. Nitrogenous fertilizers account for nearly two-third of total nutrient consumption in the country. The share of N was 78,5 per cent in 1950s, which declined to 68,6 per cent in the sixties, 67,9 per cent NPN 7

in the seventies and further to 65.7 per cent in the eighties. However, the share of N increased to 67.9 per cent in the 1990s, which fell to 62.9 per cent in the 2000s. Figure 4. Share of primary nutrients (N, P and K) in total consumption of fertilizer 100 8.0 10.1 11.4 10.2 8.5 11.5 80 13.5 21.4 20.6 24.1 23.6 25.6 Percentage 60 40 78.5 68.6 67.9 65.7 67.9 62.9 20 0 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s K P N Source: Fertiliser Association of Indict (2010) In case of P fertilizers, the share has increased from 13.5 per cent in 1950s to 21.4 per cent in the 1960s which marginally declined during the 1970s and again picked up during the eighties (24.1%), During the 1990s the share of P in total consumption declined to 23.6 per cent and then increased during the 2000s (25.6%). Likewise the share of K. increased from 8 per cent in 1950s to 11.4 per cent in 1970s, declined to 10.2 per cent in the eighties and further fell to 8.5 per cent in the 1990s. The share of K increased to 11.5 per cent in the 2000s. The rise in share of N and decline in the share of P and K fertilizers during the decade in nineties was mainly because of slow growth in consumption of P and K fertilizers compared with N fertilizers due to decontrol of P and K fertilizers and relatively NPN 8

high increase in their prices vis-à-vis N fertilizers, which remained almost stable during the decade. Concerned with the problem of increasing imbalance in use of primary nutrients, government introduced a concession scheme on the sale of decontrolled P and K fertilizers to the farmers in mid-1990s but still prices of these fertilizers were higher than nitrogenous fertilizers. In the late-1990s and early- 2000s government hiked the concession rates for P and K fertilizers, which led to increase in their consumption and higher share in total fertilizer use during the 2000s. 2.3 Growth Rates in Fertiliser Consumption and Food grains Production The growth rates in consumption of fertilizers and food grains during different time periods at all-india level are given in Table 1. The table shows that fertilizer consumption increased by more than 19 per cent in the pre-green revolution period (1950-51 to 1966-67) while food grains production increased by only 2.56 per cent. The reason for such a high growth in fertilizer consumption was that consumption in the base year (1950-51) was very low. This significant increase in total fertilizer consumption increased per hectare fertilizer use from less than one kg in 1951-52 to about 7 kg in 1966-67. In the post-green revolution period, fertilizer use increased by 9.9 per cent per year during the first phase of green revolution (1967-68 to 1980-81) when spread of high yielding varieties was limited to mainly Punjab, Haryana, western part of Uttar Pradesh and some southern states. Per hectare fertilizer consumption increased from 9.4 kg in 1967-68 to 31.9 kg in 1980-81. Increase in fertilizer use along with increase in area under irrigation and high yielding varieties increased food grains production from 95.5 million tons in 1967-68 to about 130 million tons in 1980-81 at an annual compound growth rate of 2.27 per cent. However, food NPN 9

grains productivity increased at a faster rate (1.87%) in the first phase of green revolution compared with pre-green revolution period (1.45%). During the second phase of green revolution (1981-82 to 1990-91), when technology spread to other parts of the country, total fertilizer consumption increased an annual growth rate of 7.39 per cent. Per hectare fertilizer consumption more than doubled from 34.3 kg in 1981-82 to 69.8 kg in 1991-92. Total food grains production increased by about 2.8 per cent. The impressive growth of consumption of fertilizer in India in the post-green revolution period ensured increase in food grains production from 74.3 million tons in 1966-67 to 176.4 million tons during 1990-91. However, in 1991-92, certain policy reforms were initiated hi fertilizer sector as part of macro-economic reforms. The Potassic and Phosphatic fertilizers were decontrolled w.e.f. August 25, 1992, the low analysis nitrogenous fertilizers viz. calcium ammonium nitrate, ammonium chloride and ammonium sulphate were decontrolled and brought under control several times in the past. These fertilizers were last decontrolled w.e.f. June 10, 1994. These policy interventions led to a serious slowdown in fertilizer consumption in the post-reforms period. Total fertilizer consumption declined from about 12,7 million tones in 1991-92 to 12.1 million tones in 1992-92. Similarly, per hectare fertilizer use also declined from 69.84 kg in 1991-92 to 65.45 kg in 1992-93, This reduction was more pronounced in case of Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers. Total P consumption fell by about 14 per cent (from 3321.2 thousand tones in 1991-92 to 2843.8 thousand tons in 1992-93) and K. by 35 per cent (1360.6 thousand tons in 1991-92 to 883.9 thousand tons in 1992-93). Similar trend was observed in case of per hectare fertilizer consumption. Due to introduction of concession scheme on decontrolled Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers in 1992-93, fertilizer consumption started picking up and reached a level of 18.1 million tons in 1999-00, declined to 16.7 million tons in 2000-01 and remained below this level up to 2003-04. Per hectare NPN 10

fertilizer consumption reached a level of 95.89 kg in 1999-00 but remained below this level during the next four years. Last six years viz., 2004-05 to 2009-10 have seen significant recovery in fertilizer use in the country and total consumption reached a record level of 26.5 million tones and per hectare consumption at 135.25 kg in 2009-10. The impact of slow growth of fertilizer consumption on growth of food grains production and crop output in the post-reforms period is quite evident from growth rates presented in Table 1. In post-reforms period (1991-92 to 2009-10) growth rate in fertilizer consumption was 3.98 per cent compared with over 8.75 per cent during 1966-67 to 1991-92. Total fertilizer consumption recorded the lowest growth (1.35%) during the 9 th five year plan compared with about 7.57 per cent during 10 th plan. There seems to be a very high positive association between growth rates of fertilizer consumption and food grains production. During 8th plan period fertilizer consumption increased at an annual growth rate of about 4.51 per cent and food grains production increased by 1.26 per cent. Fertiliser consumption growth rate fell to 1.35 per cent during 9th plan and food grains production growth rate also declined to -2.87 per cent. During 10th five year plan, fertilizer consumption grew by 7,57 per cent and food grains production growth rate increased to about 2.52 per cent. In the post-reforms period (1991-92 to 2009-10) growth rate in fertilizer consumption turned out to be less than half of what was achieved during the post-green revolution period (1966-67 to 1991-92). Similar trend was observed in case of food grains production. Growth rate in food grains production declined to about half (1.33%) during 1991-92 to 2009-10 compared with 2.65 per cent during 1967-68 to 1991-92. NPN 11

Table 1: Growth rate in fertilizer consumption and food grains production Period Pre-green revolution period (1950-51 - 1966-67) Growth rate in fertilizer consumption (%) Growth rate in Food grains (%) Total Per ha. Production Yield 19.41 18.11 2.56 1.45 Post-green revolution period 8.75 8.49 2.65 2.53 Phase I (1967-68 -1980-81) 9.90 9.29 2.27 1.87 Phase II (1981-82- 1991-92) 139 6.61 2.77 3.13 Post-reforms Period (1991-92 to 2009-10) 3.98 3.69 1.33 1.38 8th Five Year Plan 4.51 5.63 1.26 1.10 9th Five Year Plan 1.35 0.43-2.87-0.98 10th Five Year Plan 7.57 7.40 2.52 2.05 Source: Fertiliser Association of India (2010) 2.4 Intensity of Fertiliser Use Looking at the total fertilizer consumption is not a good indicator as there are large differences in total cropped area across states. It would be more appropriate to examine trends in fertilizer consumption per hectare of cropped area. On per hectare basis, fertilizer consumption was less than 2 kg during the 1950s and increased to about 5 kg in 1965-66. However, after introduction of green revolution in 1966-67, per hectare fertilizer consumption more than doubled in the next five years from about 7 kg in 1966-67 to about 16 kg in 1971-72, which further increased and reached a level of 50 kg in mid-1980s (Figure 6). Average fertilizer consumption on per hectare basis crossed 100 kg in 2005-06 and reached a record level of 135 kg in 2009-10. However, per hectare fertilizer consumption fell during 1973-74 and 1974-75 due to oil shock of 1973 when oil prices quadrupled almost overnight. The next reversal in intensity of fertilizer use came NPN 12

in 1992-93 when government decontrolled Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers and increased fertilizer prices significantly. The decline in use of fertilizers was the highest (36.3%) in case of Potassic and about 16 per cent in Phosphatic fertilizers. The total fertilizer consumption (N+P+K) fell by about 6 per cent from 69.84 kg per hectare to 65.45 kg per hectare. Due to severe drought in many parts of the country, per hectare fertilizer consumption declined from 91.64 kg in 2002-0.3 to 88.38 kg per hectare in 2003-04. However, during the last five years, intensity of fertilizer use has increased substantially (53%) from about 88 kg in 2005-06 to 135 kg per hectare in 2009-10. Table 2: Fertiliser use intensity and growth in fertilizer use intensity, by states Intensity of fertilizer use (kg/ha) National Average (40.5%) % growth in fertilizer use intensity < National average National average during TE 209-10 ( 126.5) <National average during TE 2009-10 (<126.5) Pondicherry (903.2, 80.1%) Andhra Pradesh (217.2, 43.4%) Haryana (199.0, 40.6%) Bihar (166.7,83.4%) Gujarat (143.8, 50.9%) Kamataka (139.2,41) Maharashtra (117.2, 46.2%) Jammu & Kashmir (87.7, 46.4%) Madhya Pradesh (72.5, 52.7%) Assam (59.3, 172.0%) Orissa (56.2, 55.9%) Himachal Pradesh (55.7, 45.2%) Mizoram(47.4,341.6%) Tripura(45.8, 110.3%) Punjab (223.9, 27.9%) Tamil Nadu (200.6, 31.3%) Uttar Pradesh (160.8, 34.3%) West Bengal (156.2, 29.6%) Kerala (86.7, 28.2%) Manipur (72.3, -12.2%) Rajasthan (47.1,26.2%) Meghalaya (13.9, -10.9%) Arunachal Pradesh (2.9, 20.8%) Nagaland (2.3,-24.2%) Note: Growth in fertilizer use is defined as the per cent increase in mean fertilizer use intensity between the TE1999-00 and the TE2009-10. Numbers in parentheses are the mean fertilizer use intensity for TE2009-10, and the per cent increase in fertilizer use intensity as defined above. NPN 13

Source: Fertiliser Association of India (2010) 4.2 Fertiliser Demand Projections Based on the estimated regression results and the projected values of the explanatory variables, we forecasted the demand for fertilizer in year 2015-16 and 2020-21. The demand forecasts have been made assuming the growth in explanatory factors according to the last five year time trend (2005-06 to 2009-10) and in case of fertilizer prices, we have assumed an increase of about 5 percent per year. A comparison between the actual fertilizer nutrients consumption and model estimated consumption (Figure 10) shows the mode) tracks historical data well. The fertilizer requirement forecasts shown in Table 6 were generated by an estimated model using historical fertilizer consumption data. The total demand for fertilizers (N+P+K) is projected to increase to about 35 million tons by 2015-16 and 41.6 million tons by 2020-21. The demand for N is expected to increase to about 19.9 million tones and 23 million tones during the corresponding period. In case of P fertilizers demand is projected at 9.6 in 2015-16 and 11.5 million tons in 2020-21. For K fertilizers the demand is projected to reach about 5.5 million tones and 7.1 million tons by 2015-16 and 2020-21, respectively. Figure 10. Trends in actual and estimated consumption of fertilizer nutrients in India: 1976-77 to 2009-10 NPN 14

Table 6. Annual fertilizer nutrient projections for 2015-16 and 2020-21 N P K N+P+K Total 4 2010-11 16.5 7.6 3.9 28.0 28.2 2011-12 17.2 8.0 4.2 29.5 29.6 2012-13 17.9 8.4, 4.6 30.9 31.0 2013-14 18.6 8,8 4.9 32.3 32.5 2014-15 19.3 9.2 5.2 33.7 33.8 2015-16 19.9 9,6 5.5 35.1 35.2 2016-17 20.6 10.0 5.8 36.4 36.6 2017-18 21,2 10.4 6.2 37.8 37.9 2018-19 21.8 10.8 6.5 39.1 39.2 2019-20 22.4 11.1 6.8 40.4 40.5 2020-21 23.0 11.5 7.1 41.6 41.7 4 Projections for total nutrients demand is based on regression equation estimated for total fertilizer nutrient consumption while demand forecasts for N+P+K are sum of demand for N, P and K estimated by regression equations for N. P and K separately. Therefore there is a marginal difference between two estimates. NPN 15

The demand for fertilizer products such as urea, DAP, SSP, MOP and complex fertilizers was estimated by using averages of their percentage shares in N, P and K consumption, respectively, using data over the period 2005-06 to 2009-10 (Table 7). Taking into account the average consumption level of 80.9 per cent of N through urea, 63 per cent of P through DAP, 29.3 per cent through complex fertilizers, 7.2 per cent P through SSP and 70.1 per cent K through MOP during 2005-06 and 2009-10, the product-wise demand for fertilizer products for the period 2015-16 and 2020-21 were worked out and the figure are presented in Table 8. The demand for urea is projected to be around 34.8 million tons by 2015-16 and reach a level of 40.3 million tons by 2020-21. The demand for DAP, complex fertilizers (excluding DAP) and SSP would be nearly 13.1, 4.3 and 11.4 million tons in 2015-16 and 15.8, 5.2 and 13.6 million tons by 2020-21. The demand for MOP would be around 6.4 million tons by 2015-16 and 8.3 million tons in 2020-21. These projections of demand for fertilizer products are based on existing product nutrient ratio. However, with introduction of nutrient-based pricing scheme and programs like national project on Management of Soil and Fertiliser Health to promote balanced use of fertilizer nutrients, the demand for SSP and complex fertilizer might increase at a faster rate in the coming years. Table 7. Share of major fertilizers products in total consumption of N, P and K nutrients: 2005-06 to 2009-10 Year Share of Share of Share of SSP Urea in Total DAP in in Total P Share of MOP in Total Share of Complex 2005-06 80.6 59.8 8.5 67,9 30.1 2006-07 81.3 61.2 8.4 66.4 28.7 2007-08 82.8 63 7 65.6 29.8 2008-09 81.2 65.3 6.4 73.9 28.1 2009-10 78.8 66 6 76.5 27.9 NPN 16

Average 80.9 63.0 7.2 70.1 29.3 Source: FA1 (2010) Table 8: Fertiliser product demand forecasts for 2010-11 and 2020-21 Urea DAP SSP MOP Complex fertilizers 2010-11 28.9 10.4 3.4 4.6 9.0 2011-12 30.1 11.0 3.6 4.9 9.5 2012-13 31.3 11.5 3.8 5.4 10.0 2013-14 32.6 12.1 4,0 5.7 10.4 2014-15 33.8 12.6 4.1 6.1 10.9 2015-16 34.8 13.1 4.3 6.4 11.4 2020-21 40.3 15.8 5.2 8.3 13.6 NPN 17

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