# YoY Urea, DAP off take declines during May – June, 2018

> NFDC data show Pakistan's total nutrient offtake fell 7.4 percent in May 2018 to 304 thousand tonnes, with urea down 5.2 percent and DAP down 17 percent year on year. Imports were 191 thousand tonnes, mostly DAP.

- Date: 2018-06-26 · published 2018-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64831-yoy-urea-dap-off-take-declines-during-may-june-2018
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker fertilizer demand in Pakistan is a small bearish signal for urea and DAP in regional markets, though the market is too small to move global prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-11-15 | [Urea, DAP sales rise 8% in Oct](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27740-urea-dap-sales-rise-8-in-oct.md) | -0.4% | +3.0% |
| UREA | 2023-12-01 | [Urea forecast suggests short-term price declines, but recover later](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10282-urea-forecast-suggests-short-term-price-declines-but-recover-later.md) | -2.0% | -5.1% |
| UREA | 2020-10-30 | [Acron’s net AN and urea merchant availability up 27% and 25% YoY in 9M 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50945-acron-s-net-an-and-urea-merchant-availability-up-27-and-25-yoy-in-9m-2020.md) | +2.6% | +15.1% |
| UREA | 2023-04-07 | [Commodity prices declined further in March—Pink Sheet](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36707-commodity-prices-declined-further-in-march-pink-sheet.md) | +8.3% | +8.3% |
| UREA | 2024-04-03 | [Fertilizer Market Insights: Planting Report, YTD Urea NOLA Prices, Indian Tender Results, North American Price - Genesis Fertilizers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5303-fertilizer-market-insights-planting-report-ytd-urea-nola-prices-indian-tender.md) | -7.2% | -7.9% |
| 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 | 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 | 2021-05-27 | [Urea sales jump 35pc in 4MCY21 - Business - DAWN.COM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5695-urea-sales-jump-35pc-in-4mcy21-business-dawn-com.md) | +3.2% | +5.6% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/yoy-urea-dap-off-take-declines-during-may-june-2018

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