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01   INTEGRATED      73  STATUTORY      178  FINANCIAL
 Integrated Annual Report 2021-22  REPORT  REPORTS        STATEMENTS
                  Specialty Products


 Competitive Advantage                        Key expansion projects
                    Rallis ramps up to
                    global demand             75%                              20 KL


              Considering the regulatory      Expansion in capacity of key herbicides   of liquid formulation and
              timeline for registering pipeline   Pendimethalin and Metribuzin,
 Well-entrenched position in   Innovative and sustainable portfolio   Operational excellence   products in key geographies, Rallis   representing over 25% of global active
 domestic market     Wide range of safe and sustainable     Manufacturing capacity to serve Indian   is actively pursuing enhancing   requirements of these herbicides.  10 MT
   Deep understanding and long association   products in relevant agri input value chain   and global market  exports of highly demanded active   of solid formulation capacity added at the
 with Indian farming community  and a strong pipeline   ingredients to drive its growth.
   Extensive dealer and retail reach   While it already has a reasonable       new state-of-the-art greenfield formulation
   Closely connected with 1.9 million farmers     Diversified crop portfolio in seeds   global share in these, most of the   plant at Dahej.
 covering both field crops and vegetable     Global leadership in most of the active   plants are running at capacity. Rallis
   Extensive network covering 80% of   ingredients it manufactures
 India’s district     In-house R&D to leverage and enhance   thus undertook strategic capacity   2x  New multi-purpose
 multiple partnerships in Indian and    enhancement projects which
 global markets   positions it strongly to capture   Expansion in capacity of in Hexaconazole,   plant
              market share.
                                              a leading fungicide for rice crop. Running   Setting up a new state-of-the-art
                                              at full capacity, the expanded capacity   multipurpose active ingredient
                                              represents a major share of its global   manufacturing plant at Dahej for its
 Operational and Strategic   Ensuring safe and uninterrupted   by 2030 through initiatives around   requirement.  strong pipeline and tapping into contract
 Developments  operations   replacing fossil fuels with renewable              manufacturing opportunities.
 Resilient performance amidst   Rallis ensured zero lost time and recorded   energy and biofuels. Strong focus is on
 challenges   injuries led by its commitment to systems,   promoting sustainable agriculture by
 In FY 2021-22, the global crop protection   processes, continued learning and rigorous   enhancing portfolio of safe and eco-
 friendly products, improving soil health
 market was buoyant. Though domestic   risk assessment at every stage of its   and ensuring zero liquid discharge. Fresh
 market was impacted by logistical   operations. This helped ensure sustained   water consumption is being balanced
 challenges, cost pressures and   production to meet global commitments.  through increased rainwater harvesting
 unavailability of inputs which intensified
 as environmental policy measures in   Way Forward    Reinforcing capabilities through
 China hit their production and thus global     Grow business through accelerated   investments in enhancing flexible
 supplies. Further, weather-related issues   launch of new products, enhancing   manufacturing capacities, new product
 led to missed spraying of crop protection   brand visibility and distribution.   developments and digital initiatives
 inputs and shifts in high-input crops,   The International business focusses   to streamline internal processes and
 denting sales which impacted domestic   on launching new molecules, new   improve market visibility
 agrochemicals business.   registrations and enhancing capacity in
 existing molecules    Capitalise on molecule off-patenting
 Rallis overcame the challenge through     Tapping emerging global supply   opportunity in domestic and export
 sustained initiatives in terms of sourcing   chains and contract manufacturing   markets and for contract manufacturing
 strategy, frequent pricing decisions and   opportunities by aligning with “China   with appropriate investment in R&D and
 agile coordination with logistics partners.   +1” diversification strategies adopted   manufacturing
 Strong focus on optimising operational   by global crop protection players. Build
 expenses and maintaining cash position   resilience by progressing on ESG and     Calibrated revenue and profitability
 to some extent helped mitigate the high   aligning goals to it. Rallis has set an   growth planned across crop categories
 input prices.   with liquidation focus and optimisation
 ambitious target towards reducing   of expenses aligned with revenue
 absolute carbon emissions by 30%









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