# Growth in urea sales outpace DAP in July but behind for the season

> Indian fertilizer sales in the first four months of the Kharif season (April to July 2018) fell 6.3% year on year, but July alone rose about 26.7% from July 2017. Urea sales in July jumped 46.5% year on year to 497 thousand tonnes, though the four-month urea total was down about 9%.

- Date: 2018-08-27 · published 2018-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63842-growth-in-urea-sales-outpace-dap-in-july-but-behind-for-the-season
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger July urea off-take in India signals firm nitrogen demand during the kharif season, which can support urea prices, though the season-to-date deficit limits the upside.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: neutral
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/growth-in-urea-sales-outpace-dap-in-july-but-behind-for-the-season

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