# Urea, DAP sales fall on high prices - Business - DAWN.COM

> Pakistan's urea and DAP sales fell in November, with urea offtake down 17.4% year-on-year to 497,000 tonnes and DAP down 47% to 265,000 tonnes, attributed to high prices. The government raised the urea import quota by 100,000 tonnes to 1.1 million tonnes for December and is subsidizing urea at about Rs845 per bag.

- Date: 2018-12-27 · published 2018-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61844-urea-dap-sales-fall-on-high-prices-business-dawn-com
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Weak offtake alongside higher prices and a larger import quota points to softer domestic fertilizer demand near term, though Rabi crop demand is expected to lift sales in December. Pakistan's import activity and subsidy policy shape regional urea and DAP demand.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2024-11-01 | [Fertilizer subsidy payout declines in April-September  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5408-fertilizer-subsidy-payout-declines-in-april-september-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -4.7% | -5.0% |
| 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% |
| UREA | 2021-04-14 | [Press Release:Press Information Bureau](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47542-press-release-press-information-bureau.md) | +1.5% | +0.7% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- dawn.com: https://www.dawn.com/news/1453866

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