# Engro Fertilizers urea sales plunge 43%

> Engro Fertilizers' urea sales fell 43% year on year to 99,000 tonnes in October, and industry urea offtake dropped 22.2%. Industry DAP dispatches rose 66% year on year to 263,000 tonnes, driven by pre-buying ahead of the Rabi season.

- Date: 2024-11-02 · published 2024-11-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5409-engro-fertilizers-urea-sales-plunge-43
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Weak agronomic demand is reducing Pakistani urea offtake, while strong DAP pre-buying supports phosphate demand. Pakistan's import needs are shifting from urea toward DAP.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-11-15 | [Urea, DAP sales rise 8% in Oct](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27740-urea-dap-sales-rise-8-in-oct.md) | -0.4% | +3.0% |
| UREA | 2022-01-10 | [CRU Fertilizers – Top Ten Calls of 2022 - CRU Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43070-cru-fertilizers-top-ten-calls-of-2022-cru-group.md) | -8.8% | -17.6% |
| UREA | 2023-04-08 | [Global Fertilizer Price Updates: March’ 2023 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5937-global-fertilizer-price-updates-march-2023.md) | +8.3% | +8.3% |
| UREA | 2023-07-30 | [India’s Fertilizer Report Card for Q1FY’23-24: Record Production, Imports, and Sales -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5886-india-s-fertilizer-report-card-for-q1fy-23-24-record-production-imports-and.md) | -5.9% | -10.4% |
| UREA | 2020-06-25 | [Mixed results for fertilizers amid COVID-19 panic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52541-mixed-results-for-fertilizers-amid-covid-19-panic.md) | +3.4% | +7.3% |
| DAP | 2026-02-25 | [U.S. Fertilizer Prices Rise for Second Week as Urea Leads Nitrogen Rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20928-u-s-fertilizer-prices-rise-for-second-week-as-urea-leads-nitrogen-rally.md) | +4.7% | +4.5% |
| DAP | 2020-10-26 | [Sale of Fertilizer during September grows by 9.6% YoY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7132-sale-of-fertilizer-during-september-grows-by-9-6-yoy.md) | -2.5% | -1.3% |
| DAP | 2022-10-08 | [Global Fertilizer Price Updates: September’ 2022 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39446-global-fertilizer-price-updates-september-2022.md) | 0.0% | -3.8% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/engro-fertilizers-urea-sales-plunge-43/

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