The government has decided to pay US $ 6.7 million to the Chinese Fertilizer Company. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Minister of Agriculture said that the company has been instructed to reproduce the fertilizer stock in accordance with the standards of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution.

The government has decided to pay US $ 6.7 million to the Chinese company on the advice of the Attorney General’s Department.

The government has decided to suspend the import of organic fertilizer from China after identifying the harmful microorganisms in two samples of organic fertilizer samples to be imported from China.

Explaining the media reports, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said in a press release that in the process of composting fertilizers in accordance with international standards at 600 degrees Celsius, harmful micro-organisms are completely destroyed under extreme temperatures.