National Fertilizer Development Centre today released Fertilizer off take data for the month of July.
Total Fertilizer Sales – July, 2017
- Total Fertilizer sales during the month of July, 2017 were about 381 Thousand tonnes compared to 533 thousand tonnes during July, 2016 (28.4 percent lower than July, 2017).
Nutrients
- Nitrogen Sales during July, 2017 were about 233 Thousand tonnes compared to July 2016 Nitrogen off take of 420; a decrease of 44.5 percent.
- Phosphate Sales during July, 2017 were about 145 Thousand tonnes compared to July 2016 Nitrogen off take of 111; an increase of 29.8 percent.
- Potash Sales during July, 2017 were about 3.6 Thousand tonnes compared to July 2016 Nitrogen off take of 1.6; an increase of 132.4 percent.
UREA & DAP
- Urea Sales during July, 2017 were about 339 Thousand tonnes compared to July 2016 Nitrogen off take of 778; a decrease of 56.4 percent.
Note: The decrease in Urea sales for the year were down mainly due to delay in subsidy notification by Ministry of Finance.
- DAP Sales during July, 2017 were about 283 Thousand tonnes compared to July 2016 Nitrogen off take of 199; an increase of 42.2 percent.
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Nutrient/ |
July |
July |
July |
July |
July |
Per cent change in |
Product |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2017 over 2016 |
Nitrogen |
244 |
267 |
236 |
420 |
233 |
-44.5 |
Phosphate |
45 |
76 |
47 |
111 |
145 |
29.8 |
Potash |
1.5 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
3.6 |
132.4 |
Total |
291 |
345 |
283 |
533 |
381 |
-28.4 |
Urea |
466 |
487 |
447 |
778 |
339 |
-56.4 |
DAP |
81 |
147 |
82 |
199 |
283 |
42.2 |
Source: National Fertilizer Development Centre
Total Fertilizer Sales – Kharif, 2017
- Total Fertilizer sales during Kharif (Apr-July) 2017 were about 1570 Thousand tonnes compared to 1288 thousand tonnes during Kharif (Apr-July) 2017 (22 percent higher than July, 2017).
Nutrients
- Nitrogen Sales during Kharif (Apr-July) 2017 were about 1236 thousand tonnes, an increase of 22 percent.
- Phosphate Sales during Kharif (Apr-July) 2017 were about 322 thousand tonnes, an increase of 19.7 percent.
- Potash Sales during Kharif (Apr-July) 2017 were about 12 thousand tonnes, an increase of 127.3 percent
UREA & DAP
- Nitrogen Sales during Kharif (Apr-July) 2017 were about 2169 tonnes, an increase of 18.4 percent.
- Nitrogen Sales during Kharif (Apr-July) 2017 were about 560 thousand tonnes, an increase of 236.6 percent.
Season |
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Nutrient |
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Total |
Product |
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Nitrogen |
Phosphate |
Potash |
Nutrients |
Urea |
DAP |
Kharif 2016 (April- July 2016) |
1013 |
269 |
5 |
1288 |
1832 |
453 |
Kharif 2017 (April -July 2017) |
1236 |
322 |
12 |
1570 |
2169 |
560 |
Percent change |
22.0 |
19.7 |
127.3 |
22.0 |
18.4 |
23.6 |
Total Fertilizer – Production and Imported Supplies July, 2017
- Total Fertilizer production during July, 2017 was about 701 thousand tonnes.
Product Wise Break-up
- Urea production was about 501 thousand tonnes; 71.5 percent of Total Production
- DAP production was about 70 thousand tonnes
- CAN production was about 54 thousand tonnes
- NP production was about 61 thousand tonnes
- SSP production was about 6 thousand tonnes
- Various grads NPK production was about 501 thousand tonnes
Imported Supplies
Total Supplies Imported during the month amounted to 312 Thousand tonnes.
- DAP imports were about 303 thousand tonnes
- MOP imports were about 3 thousand tonnes
- SAP imports were about 5.7 thousand tonnes
Description |
Urea |
DAP |
NP |
CAN |
SSP |
NPKs |
SOP |
MOP |
MAP |
AS |
TSP |
Total |
Production |
501 |
70 |
61 |
54 |
6 |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
701 |
Percent share |
71.5 |
10.0 |
8.7 |
7.7 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
100 |
Import |
– |
303 |
– |
– |
0.0 |
– |
5.7 |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
312 |
Export |
95 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
95 |
Fertilizer Prices – Domestic & International
Domestic
During July, 2017 prices for Urea (Sona) increased by 0.1 percent whereas prices for other brands of Urea decreased by 0.5 percent.
Product |
June, 2017 |
July, 2017 |
Percent change |
Urea (Sona) |
1323 |
1324 |
0.1 |
Urea (other) |
1312 |
1305 |
-0.5 |
DAP |
2598 |
2606 |
0.31 |
TSP |
– |
– |
– |
NP |
1857 |
1870 |
0.70 |
SSP (Powdered) |
– |
– |
– |
SSP (Granular) |
883 |
873 |
-1.1 |
CAN |
1178 |
1175 |
-0.3 |
SOP |
3778 |
3779 |
0.0 |
NPK |
2536 |
2545 |
0.4 |
International
- FOB bulk China urea price was quoted as USD 224-228/t during July, 2017.
- Arabian Gulf prilled urea price ranged between US$ 200-205/t FOB.
- DAP prices during July, 2017 in US Gulf were in the range of US $ 310-325/t FOB bulk, and US $ 335-340/t FOB in China market.
- Ex-Karachi price of imported urea was in the range of Rs. 1422 to 1607 per 50 kg bag, while, Ex-Karachi price of DAP was in the range of Rs. 2297 to 2511 per 50 kg bag.
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(US $ per M Tonnes) |
(Rs. per bag) |
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Terms/Port |
6th July |
13th July |
20th July |
27th July |
Ex-Karachi Price |
(FOB) |
(1st week) |
(2nd week) |
(3rd week) |
(4th week) |
of Imported Fertilizer |
Urea |
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China |
225-228 |
225-228 |
224-227 |
224-227 |
1581-1607 |
(Prilled Bulk) |
(225-230) |
(226-228) |
(225-228) |
(225-228) |
(1588-1621) |
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Arabian Gulf |
200-205 |
200-205 |
200-205 |
200-205 |
1422-1455 |
(Prilled Bulk) |
205-210 |
(205-210) |
(200-205) |
(200-205) |
(1422-1488) |
DAP |
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US Gulf* |
310-312 |
310-312 |
313-320 |
317-325 |
2460-2511 |
(Bulk) |
(307-315) |
(308-313) |
(311-313) |
(310-311) |
(2672-2736) |
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China |
338-340 |
338-340 |
335-338 |
335-338 |
2297-2330 |
(Bulk) |
(340-344) |
(338-340) |
(338-342) |
(338-340) |
(2539-2582) |
MAP |
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Baltic |
340-345 |
340-345 |
330-340 |
330-340 |
2457-2559 |
(Bulk) |
(340-345) |
(340-345) |
(340-345) |
(340-345) |
(2525-2559) |
TSP |
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Tunisia |
280-285 |
280-285 |
280-285 |
280-285 |
2116-2150 |
(Bulk) |
(280-285) |
(280-285) |
(280-285) |
(280-285) |
(2116-2150) |