AGRIBUSINESS company, Notore Chemi cal Industries Plc, has posted N13.12 billion revenue and N2.7 billion operating income for the half year ended March 31, 2020, on the back of its strategic Turn Around Maintenance (TAM).
This was contained in the company’s unaudited results for the Half Year Ended March 31, 2020, which reported a gross revenue of N13.12billion compared to N12.86billion for first half of 2019, representing a three per cent growth.
A statement signed by its Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Onajite Okoloko, read: “The modest growth in revenue is attributable to some improvements in plant reliability derived from the ongoing TAM programme, which has begun to impact positively on Plant operations and resulting in some marginal increases in production volume during the period.

“Operating expenses increased by 29 per cent to N10.43 billion during the period from N8.05 billion for the corresponding period of 2019H1 due mainly to a combination of increases in production activities, plant repair and maintenance expenses and the impact of naira devaluation. Operating income for the period was N2.67 billion, a decrease of 42 per cent as compared to N4.63 billion in 2019H1.”
It said while COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant measures/restrictions put in place by various governments aimed at halting the further spread of the virus has had a negative impact on businesses globally, the impact of the pandemic on the fertilizer market and Notore in particular, remains minimal, a