Midagri: Controller has identified no “adverse situations” in the procurement of urea and the process is proceeding as “as expected”

The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) announced on Thursday that Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) came to the conclusion that in the fourth process of purchasing urea fertilizers “no obstacles were identified that prevent the purchase of this product.

“In this long and detailed report Controller concludes: no adverse situations that affect or may affect the continuity of the process, the result or the achievement of the objectives of the acquisition of urea fertilizer for agricultural use under PE No. 013-2022 have been identified,” the ministry said in a statement.

Same way Midagri pointed out that Controller “recognizes and evaluates all corrective actions” implemented by the sector based on the report’s recommendations SGR on the eve of 21 October.

“Then it is clear that the international urea acquisition process continues correctly, transparently and on schedule,” the ministry said.

In this sense, he stressed that “in the coming days” it is expected that the contract with the winning company will be signed.

“Urea will arrive in December”

October 25 at Midagri announced that it changed the winner of a good pro fourth fertilizer purchase process.

According to the announcement, the company DIRECAGRO will be the supplier of 44 thousand tons of carbamide, following the remarks made by the Comptroller General of the Republic.

In a conversation with RPP Noticias, head of Midagri, Jenny Ocampoclarified the day before that the change of supplier was made after the first company selected, Prime Charters International, failed to correct the comments made Controller.

“The company with which we worked and worked on finalizing the contract for four or five days was asked to comment on the deadline, but they could not do it,” he commented in Distribution of regional news.

Ocampo confirmed that the new winning company good professional will be signing promotion contracts within the next 48 hours.

“We agreed with the Paraguayan company that within the next 48 hours they will deliver all the documents and arrive in Peru to sign the relevant contract. They already have all the documents, we are just waiting for signing. ,” he said. Ocampo.

The Minister noted that it is estimated that the delivery of urea to the country will take about 40 days, that is, the fertilizer will be delivered at the end December.

It is worth noting that the 2022-2023 agricultural campaign, to which this fertilizer purchase is directed, began in August and, according to agricultural producers, there are problems due to a lack of urea in crops.