Humic acid is a group of organic compounds formed from microbiological, vegetative, and animal matter. It exists abundantly in soil, natural water, lignite, and aquatic environments. Humic acid can be produced from coal through a process involving grinding, filtering, oxidation, alkali treatment, and acid precipitation to extract the soluble humic acid. It has various applications in agriculture due to its availability from inexpensive indigenous sources like lignitic coal and low-cost production methods. India imports humic acid primarily from China, the US, and Canada, with imports from China accounting for most of the value and quantity.

1. HUMIC
ACID
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2. What is it?
 Humic acid is a group of organic compounds
formed by the association of high-molecular mass
substances from microbiological, vegetative and
animal origin.
 They are organic macromolecules with multiple
properties and high structural complexity.
 They exist abundantly in soil, natural water,
lignite and aquatic environments.

3. How it is made?
 Coal is ground and filtered through 60 mesh sieve.
 It is treated with oxidizing agent by adding portions in small
doses at specific intervals not allowing the temperature to rise
above 40OC, external cooling as the oxidation stage is
exothermic.
 The residue is filtered and treated with a mild alkali.
 The water soluble salt of humic acid thus formed goes into
solution, with is filtered to separate it from
insoluble inorganic residue.
 It can be dried in trays or the humic acid can be precipitated
back by acid treatment.

4. Applications
 Humic acid utilization can be very economical
for agricultural crops, due to availability of very
cheap indigenous raw material in the form of
lignitic coal and indigenous production
technology

5. Imports into India
 Recently in 2014 India imported humic acid worth
USD 3,404,733 with total quantity of 4,929,168. China
is the largest supplier of humic acid accounting for
imports worth USD 3,134,406 followed by United
States and Canada which exported humic acid worth
USD 133,216 and USD 67,057 respectively.
 Chennai Sea accounted for 49.3% of imports followed
by Nhava Sheva Sea and Kolkata Sea which account
for 35.4% and 7.8% of imports respectively.
 Average price of humic acid per unit is USD 0.69 and
average value per shipment is 9,700

6. Description of Information on
CD ROM
Background
 Product Profile
 Role of Humic Substances
 FAQs
Project Information
 The Pilot Plant
 Model Pre-Feasibility
Study
 Project in China
Market
 The different humic
products available and
how they presently are
being used
 Trade Information
 Import Data
 Import data analysis
 Humic acid suppliers in
India
 Chinese Supplier
 Humic acid Industry in
Pakistan

7. Description of Information on CD ROM
continued…
Synthesis
 Study of the humic acid
synthesis
 Synthesis of Humic and Fulvic
Acids
 Lignite Derived Humic Acid
 Humic acid from sub bituminous
coal
 Humic Acid from Black Liquor
 Engineered Fertilizer
 Humic acid preparation
 Synthesis and characterization of
sulfur-containing humic acid
Technology
 Optimization of Humic acid
Production
 Characterization of Humic Acids
 Humic Acid Test methods
 Humic substances derived from
gallic acid
 The application Methods
 Peat Profiles
 Rice Husk on the removal of
humic acid pollutant
 The interactive effect of humic
acid

8. Description of Information on CD ROM
continued…
Consultants
 Consultant - Market reports
 Consultant - project Reports
 The Technical Know-How
Patent
 Production of Humic Acid
Report
 Humate Mining
Companies & Products
 Company - USA
 Soil care Products
 Company - product sheet
 Organic Iron Deficiency
Corrector
 Company - Mexico
 Liquid Humates
 Company - India
 Bio Active Humic and Fulvic
Substances
 Organic Products
 Bio degradable organic
fertilizer

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