# DAP, urea prices: Importers made windfall profits, govt concedes - Print - Business Recorder

> The Pakistani government acknowledged that urea and DAP fertilizer prices rose sharply, with urea up 36 percent year-on-year to Rs 2,040 per bag in October 2019. DAP was sold at Rs 3,712 per bag, well above the level implied by international prices of about US$312 per ton FOB.

- Date: 2019-10-18 · published 2019-10-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56876-dap-urea-prices-importers-made-windfall-profits-govt-concedes-print-business
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Higher domestic fertilizer costs raise input expenses for Pakistani farmers and can squeeze crop margins and feed-grain demand, even as world phosphate prices have eased. The gap points to importer margins rather than global supply tightness, so international price direction is largely unchanged.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-03-19 | [Govt allows Indian Potash Ltd to continue urea imports till March 2026 \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25927-govt-allows-indian-potash-ltd-to-continue-urea-imports-till-march-2026-mint.md) | -0.7% | +5.6% |
| UREA | 2021-01-14 | [MI&P expresses satisfaction over urea supply, demand situation - Business & Finance - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49450-mi-and-p-expresses-satisfaction-over-urea-supply-demand-situation-business-and.md) | +3.5% | +15.5% |
| UREA | 2024-01-22 | [Congress Needs to Get Creative to Boost Reference Prices, Crop Insurance and Disaster Aid](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32101-congress-needs-to-get-creative-to-boost-reference-prices-crop-insurance-and.md) | +12.6% | +13.1% |
| UREA | 2023-12-01 | [Urea Monthly Review: Supply Guarantee Policies Affect Market, Urea Prices Under Upward Pressure](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10280-urea-monthly-review-supply-guarantee-policies-affect-market-urea-prices-under.md) | -2.0% | -5.1% |
| UREA | 2025-12-11 | [Urea market braces for EU’s CBAM \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21823-urea-market-braces-for-eu-s-cbam-world-fertilizer.md) | +1.0% | +11.2% |
| DAP | 2019-12-17 | [Khusro Bakhtiar expresses concerns over increased DAP price](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5346-khusro-bakhtiar-expresses-concerns-over-increased-dap-price.md) | +4.0% | +4.8% |
| DAP | 2021-04-09 | [Govt asks companies not to hike non-urea fertilizer prices, look for alternative to expensive raw materials - Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47934-govt-asks-companies-not-to-hike-non-urea-fertilizer-prices-look-for-alternative.md) | +0.2% | +6.7% |
| DAP | 2024-12-04 | [Govt acted to boost domestic DAP supply amid disruptions: Anupriya Patel \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27269-govt-acted-to-boost-domestic-dap-supply-amid-disruptions-anupriya-patel.md) | -0.4% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: http://www.brecorder.com/news/532495

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