# Urea, DAP offtake down 18.2% during December, 2017

> Pakistan's National Fertilizer Development Centre reported December 2017 fertilizer offtake of 480,252 tonnes, down 19.2% from November and 6% below the five-year December average. Urea offtake fell 20.1% and DAP offtake fell 7.3% over October to December compared with the prior season.

- Date: 2018-01-24 · published 2018-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67297-urea-dap-offtake-down-18-2-during-december-2017
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker fertilizer offtake signals softer demand in Pakistan, reducing import needs for urea and DAP. The impact on global fertilizer prices is limited given the country's share of world trade.

## 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 | 2026-08-31 | [Earnings call transcript: OMIFCO posts strong H1 2026 profit as urea output stays high By Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5472-earnings-call-transcript-omifco-posts-strong-h1-2026-profit-as-urea-output.md) | +11.1% | +14.6% |
| UREA | 2026-10-19 | [Urea fell 42.4% from the second to the third quarter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/656-urea-fell-42-4-from-the-second-to-the-third-quarter.md) | -0.2% | — |
| UREA | 2024-01-28 | [India notified trend of average International prices of fertilisers upto Dec 2023 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32432-india-notified-trend-of-average-international-prices-of-fertilisers-upto-dec.md) | -1.4% | +0.1% |
| 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 | 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% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/urea-dap-offtake-down-18-2-during-december-2017

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