# DAP offtake records approx 26% increase, YoY

> Pakistan's DAP offtake in December 2018 was 189 thousand tonnes, up 25.6% from December 2017, according to official National Fertilizer Development Authority data. Punjab accounted for the largest share of sales, at 136 thousand tonnes. Domestic production was only 64 thousand tonnes, and imports fell 59% month on month, leaving about 682 thousand tonnes available.

- Date: 2019-01-23 · published 2019-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61393-dap-offtake-records-approx-26-increase-yoy
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Strong year-on-year DAP demand in Pakistan, combined with lower imports, tightens regional phosphate supply and supports DAP prices. The effect on global prices is limited because this is a single-country market.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2021-11-24 | [DAP offtake increases 49% YoY in October](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44337-dap-offtake-increases-49-yoy-in-october.md) | +3.8% | +3.8% |
| DAP | 2021-12-26 | [DAP offtake plunges by 38% YoY in November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43942-dap-offtake-plunges-by-38-yoy-in-november.md) | -2.5% | -4.1% |
| DAP | 2019-10-28 | [Fertilizer offtake decreases by 6.7 percent in September](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5191-fertilizer-offtake-decreases-by-6-7-percent-in-september.md) | -5.9% | -10.7% |
| DAP | 2024-11-15 | [Urea, DAP sales rise 8% in Oct](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27740-urea-dap-sales-rise-8-in-oct.md) | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| DAP | 2022-07-05 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40415-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | +4.0% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/dap-offtake-records-approx-26-increase-yoy

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