Yara International
| Company type | Allmennaksjeselskap |
|---|---|
| OSE: YAR | |
| Industry | Chemicals |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Key people | Svein Tore Holsether (President and CEO), Leif Teksum (Chairman) |
| Products | Nitrogen fertilizers, nitrates |
| Revenue | NOK 2.322 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020) |
| –NOK 1.226 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020) | |
| 14,128,000,000 Norwegian krone | |
| Total assets | NOK 83.561 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020) |
| Total equity | NOK 16.711 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended 31 December 2020) |
Number of employees | 17,000 (end 2020) |
| Website | www.yara.com |
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Yara International ASA is a Norwegian chemical company. It produces, distributes, and sells nitrogen-based mineral fertilizers and related industrial products. Its product line also includes phosphate and potash-based mineral fertilizers, as well as complex and specialty mineral fertilizer products.
The company was established in 1905 as Norsk Hydro — the world's first producer of mineral nitrogen fertilizers — and de-merged as Yara International ASA on 25 March 2004. Yara is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has its headquarters in Oslo. The company has more than 17,000 employees, production sites on six continents, operations in more than 60 countries and sales to about 150 countries.
The Norwegian government owns more than a third of Yara and is its largest shareholder.