Assam's Numaligarh Refinery exports wax to Thailand, Hong Kong

IITI: Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has found new markets for its wax in Thailand and Hong Kong.

After exporting to five countries, NRL has imported the first consignment of 20 metric tonnes of fully refined paraffin wax to Thailand and 80 MT to Hong Kong.

The shipment to Hong Kong assumes special significance since a major part of the requirement there is met through imports from China, the company said in a statement. “NRL wax has been exported to countries as far as Mexico, Kenya, Nepal, Bangladesh and the Central American nation of Nicaragua. The company is pursuing opportunities to export wax to a few other countries in the near future,” it said.

NRL’s 50,000 MT wax plant commissioned in March 2015 at a cost of Rs 676 crore is the country’s largest wax producing unit.