# Finance Minister Ishaq Dar meets DAP manufacturers on fertilizers

> Finance Minister Ishaq Dar met DAP manufacturers, including FFBL, on 27 October at the Finance Division in Islamabad. FFBL described its local output as the only DAP production in Pakistan and raised concerns about expensive inputs, power shortages and GST. The minister pressed for farmer relief amid flood reconstruction needs.

- Date: 2022-10-27 · published 2022-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Pakistan · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4931-finance-minister-ishaq-dar-meets-dap-manufacturers-on-fertilizers
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

The meeting signals pressure for lower domestic DAP prices, which would reduce Pakistani farm input costs, with minimal direct effect on international phosphate markets.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2022-10-27 | 1 | -6.0% | -9.1 | Pakistan's finance minister met DAP makers on 27 Oct pressing for price cuts, which could weigh on DAP pricing sentiment, though it is a local policy event whose effect on global DAP was probably limited. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2026-07-02 | [Moroccan Imports Return as Fertilizer Markets Stay Tight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18681-moroccan-imports-return-as-fertilizer-markets-stay-tight.md) | +1.3% | +4.7% |
| DAP | 2026-06-30 | [US to suspend some duties on phosphate fertilizer from Morocco \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19130-us-to-suspend-some-duties-on-phosphate-fertilizer-from-morocco-reuters.md) | 0.0% | +4.3% |
| DAP | 2022-11-10 | [Fertilizer Companies Slash DAP Prices by Rs. 1,130 per Bag](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39005-fertilizer-companies-slash-dap-prices-by-rs-1-130-per-bag.md) | +1.5% | -5.3% |
| DAP | 2026-02-01 | [US to review tariffs on Moroccan, Russian phosphate fertilizer imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21375-us-to-review-tariffs-on-moroccan-russian-phosphate-fertilizer-imports.md) | +1.2% | +3.7% |
| DAP | 2022-10-03 | [U.N. pushes for global fertilizer price cut to avoid 'future crisis' \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39049-u-n-pushes-for-global-fertilizer-price-cut-to-avoid-future-crisis-reuters.md) | -1.7% | -5.5% |

## Sources

- app.com.pk: https://www.app.com.pk/business/finance-minister-ishaq-dar-meets-dap-manufacturers-on-fertilizers/

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