# Price of Urea bag likely to be reduced by Rs200 - Profit by Pakistan Today

> Pakistan's federal cabinet halved the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess for eight sectors, including fertilizer. Urea bag prices are expected to fall from Rs1,740 to Rs1,540, with DAP, NP and CAN also declining.

- Date: 2019-02-02 · published 2019-02-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60903-price-of-urea-bag-likely-to-be-reduced-by-rs200-profit-by-pakistan-today
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Lower fertilizer costs in Pakistan may modestly support crop input affordability, but the effect on global feed commodity prices is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-01-22 | [SIFC orders tax audit of fertilizer companies amid price surge, subsidy concerns - Profit by Pakistan Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4573-sifc-orders-tax-audit-of-fertilizer-companies-amid-price-surge-subsidy-concerns.md) | +12.6% | +13.1% |
| UREA | 2025-06-26 | [China to Relax Urea Export Ban, Easing Global Price Pressure - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24142-china-to-relax-urea-export-ban-easing-global-price-pressure-bloomberg.md) | +5.4% | +11.3% |
| UREA | 2022-09-01 | ['Substantial upside risk' to urea prices - but values of other fertilizers to dip - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12415-substantial-upside-risk-to-urea-prices-but-values-of-other-fertilizers-to-dip.md) | -5.4% | -5.9% |
| UREA | 2020-06-19 | [Government decides to reduce VCM on urea - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52919-government-decides-to-reduce-vcm-on-urea-business-recorder.md) | +0.6% | +6.2% |
| 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% |
| DAP | 2019-10-11 | [IFFCO reduces retail prices of non-urea fertilisers by up to Rs 50/bag \| Market - Other Commodities - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8766-iffco-reduces-retail-prices-of-non-urea-fertilisers-by-up-to-rs-50-bag-market.md) | +0.1% | -10.7% |
| DAP | 2025-01-01 | [DAP prices set to increase by Rs 200 per bag from January](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27267-dap-prices-set-to-increase-by-rs-200-per-bag-from-january.md) | +0.4% | +1.3% |
| DAP | 2019-10-18 | [DAP, urea prices: Importers made windfall profits, govt concedes - Print - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56876-dap-urea-prices-importers-made-windfall-profits-govt-concedes-print-business.md) | -1.5% | -12.0% |

## Sources

- profit.pakistantoday.com.pk: https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/02/02/price-of-urea-bag-likely-to-be-reduced-by-rs200

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