# Urea offtake during March, 2018 reaches 342 thousand tonnes; up 65.4 percent

> Pakistan's National Fertilizer Development Centre reported total nutrient offtake of about 283,000 tonnes in March 2018, up 21.9% year on year. Urea offtake rose 65.4% to about 342,000 tonnes, while DAP offtake fell 2.5% to about 150,000 tonnes.

- Date: 2018-04-24 · published 2018-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65833-urea-offtake-during-march-2018-reaches-342-thousand-tonnes-up-65-4-percent
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Strong urea offtake signals firm Pakistani import demand, which supports international urea prices. Softer DAP demand suggests less pressure on phosphate markets from this buyer.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2020-11-25 | [Urea offtake registers a whopping increase of 240% YoY in Oct’20](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4694-urea-offtake-registers-a-whopping-increase-of-240-yoy-in-oct-20.md) | +9.3% | +7.0% |
| UREA | 2023-07-24 | [Urea Weekly Report: Rising international prices and rising futures prices increased orders in the week (No. 20230721)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4759-urea-weekly-report-rising-international-prices-and-rising-futures-prices.md) | +31.8% | +18.1% |
| UREA | 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) | -0.0% | +12.8% |
| UREA | 2026-10-28 | [WORLD BANK SAYS FERTILIZER PRICES SET TO RISE 14% IN 2026 DUE TO SURGE IN UREA PRICES, RETURNING TO 2025 LEVELS IN 2027 - CGTN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/297-world-bank-says-fertilizer-prices-set-to-rise-14-in-2026-due-to-surge-in-urea.md) | -1.3% | — |
| UREA | 2022-06-30 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40878-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | +2.0% | +4.4% |
| DAP | 2024-02-15 | [IFA: MAP and DAP production seen up 4 percent to 66.8 Mt in 2024, still below 2020 \| Sulfur Wire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32001-ifa-map-and-dap-production-seen-up-4-percent-to-66-8-mt-in-2024-still-below.md) | 0.0% | +8.6% |
| 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 | 2022-11-29 | [Morocco’s OCP Turnover Reaches $8.32 Billion in First Nine Months of 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39009-morocco-s-ocp-turnover-reaches-8-32-billion-in-first-nine-months-of-2022.md) | -0.4% | -4.4% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/urea-offtake-during-march-2018-reaches-342-thousand-tonnes-up-65-4-percent

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