# Fertilizer industry hints at hike in urea price - Business Recorder

> Pakistan's fertilizer industry signaled a possible urea price increase of Rs 200 per bag if gas companies win their requested gas tariff hikes for 2020-21. SNGPL sought a roughly 100% rise and SSGC a 20% rise. The industry says the cost would be passed on to farmers.

- Date: 2020-06-22 · published 2020-06-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52917-fertilizer-industry-hints-at-hike-in-urea-price-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Higher feed gas costs would raise domestic Pakistani urea prices and could tighten import needs, a modestly bullish factor for urea.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-03-01 | [Engro Fertilizers raises urea price by Rs740 amid gas hike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6435-engro-fertilizers-raises-urea-price-by-rs740-amid-gas-hike.md) | +8.3% | +5.8% |
| UREA | 2020-09-15 | [Fertilizer: Urea price hike on the cards following denial of relaxation on GIDC payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51408-fertilizer-urea-price-hike-on-the-cards-following-denial-of-relaxation-on-gidc.md) | -0.7% | -5.2% |
| UREA | 2025-06-17 | [Import duty drives up price of Russian fertilizer - Fertilizer Analysis \| Boerenbusiness. Nl](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24554-import-duty-drives-up-price-of-russian-fertilizer-fertilizer-analysis.md) | +3.5% | +14.2% |
| UREA | 2026-03-16 | [China Reins in Fertilizer Exports as War Pushes Up Global Prices - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20096-china-reins-in-fertilizer-exports-as-war-pushes-up-global-prices-bloomberg.md) | +3.2% | +17.0% |
| UREA | 2026-07-16 | [France's €145M nitrogen fertilizer aid lifts up urea prices by 8% — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18674-france-s-145m-nitrogen-fertilizer-aid-lifts-up-urea-prices-by-8-fertilizer-daily.md) | +4.2% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40000254

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