# DAP offtake records approx 47% decrease, YoY

> Pakistan's DAP offtake in November 2018 was 265,000 tonnes, down 47.3% from November 2017, according to NFDC data. Domestic production was 66,000 tonnes, with 221,000 tonnes imported and about 793,000 tonnes available in total, leaving stock for future use.

- Date: 2018-12-24 · published 2018-12-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61845-dap-offtake-records-approx-47-decrease-yoy
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy DAP inventory and sharply lower offtake signal weak near-term phosphate demand in Pakistan, which may keep import needs subdued and pressure regional DAP prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2019-11-26 | [Sale of DAP declines by 48% YoY in October 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56376-sale-of-dap-declines-by-48-yoy-in-october-2019.md) | -0.1% | +1.3% |
| DAP | 2021-08-25 | [DAP offtake experiences downward trend due to price escalation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8770-dap-offtake-experiences-downward-trend-due-to-price-escalation.md) | +2.9% | +7.6% |
| DAP | 2020-05-29 | [Morocco’s OCP Records Slight Turnover Decline in First Quarter of 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53454-morocco-s-ocp-records-slight-turnover-decline-in-first-quarter-of-2020.md) | +2.6% | +5.6% |
| DAP | 2024-07-24 | [India’s fertilizers sale up in Apr-May on beneficial monsoon, but DAP offtake down  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29622-india-s-fertilizers-sale-up-in-apr-may-on-beneficial-monsoon-but-dap-offtake.md) | +0.6% | +0.9% |
| DAP | 2020-01-29 | [PhosAgro boosts fertilizer production to a record 9.5 million tonnes in 2019 - NewsnReleases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55404-phosagro-boosts-fertilizer-production-to-a-record-9-5-million-tonnes-in-2019.md) | +9.5% | +8.6% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/dap-offtake-records-approx-47-decrease-yoy

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