About Yara

Yara at a glance

Agriculture development

Key figures

  • Revenues (2012): NOK 84.5 billion (NOK 80.4 billion in 2011)
  • EBITDA (2012): NOK 17.0 billion (NOK 18.2 billion in 2011)
  • Fertilizer sales: 20.7 million tons (19.5 million tons in 2011)
  • Industrial sales*: 4.7 million tons (*excluding industrial gases) (4.6 million tons in 2011)
  • Number of employees (Number at year-end): 8,052 (7,627 in 2011)
     

Key facts

  • Established as Norsk Hydro in 1905, demerged as Yara International ASA in 2004
  • President and CEO since 2008: Jørgen Ole Haslestad
  • Headquartered in Oslo, Norway: Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
  • Global presence with operations and offices in more than 50 countries and sales to more than 150 countries 

Our business:

Agriculture development

  • We offer the most comprehensive range of fertilizers in the industry
  • Our portfolio ranges from single nutrient fertilizers to complex compounds and micronutrients for feeding plants
  • Global leading producer of ammonia, nitrates, NPK, and specialty fertilizers

Industrial solutions

  • Our portfolio contains products and integrated solutions for optimizing industrial processes, water treatment and preventing air pollution, including NOX abatement solutions for industrial plants, vehicles and vessels
  • Expertise in CO2, Dry Ice and solutions for the civil explosives and mining industries
  • European leading position in nitrogen applications 

Taking on Global warming

See how Yara’s breakthrough catalyst technology is cutting greenhouse gases from fertilizer and food systems worldwide.

Read the story.

Download documents

Yara fact sheet (PDF, 821KB)