# Fertilizer offtake during Rabi 2017-18 (Oct-Nov) decreased by 16.3%

> India's fertilizer offtake in the first two months of Rabi 2017-18 fell 16.3% year on year. Nitrogen dropped 14%, phosphate 20.7%, and DAP 21.5%, while potash rose 62.1%.

- Date: 2017-12-27 · published 2017-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67794-fertilizer-offtake-during-rabi-2017-18-oct-nov-decreased-by-16-3
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker Indian demand for urea and DAP reduces import needs and points to softer prices for those products.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-12-17 | [International Fertilizer Price Report: Nov 2023 Updates and Analysis -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33042-international-fertilizer-price-report-nov-2023-updates-and-analysis.md) | +1.6% | +2.4% |
| UREA | 2025-10-28 | [Semi-Annual Global Fertilizer Outlook - Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22326-semi-annual-global-fertilizer-outlook-rabobank.md) | +5.1% | +1.1% |
| UREA | 2026-08-26 | [Fertilizer Outlook Mixed Heading ... \| Syngenta CA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17862-fertilizer-outlook-mixed-heading-syngenta-ca.md) | +11.0% | +15.9% |
| UREA | 2022-01-10 | [CRU Fertilizers – Top Ten Calls of 2022 - CRU Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43070-cru-fertilizers-top-ten-calls-of-2022-cru-group.md) | -8.8% | -17.6% |
| UREA | 2022-12-07 | [Rabobank: Fertilizer Markets May Start to Settle in 2023 - Northern Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38533-rabobank-fertilizer-markets-may-start-to-settle-in-2023-northern-ag-network.md) | -3.6% | -12.4% |
| DAP | 2025-10-28 | [Semi-Annual Global Fertilizer Outlook - Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22326-semi-annual-global-fertilizer-outlook-rabobank.md) | -3.9% | -6.1% |
| DAP | 2019-08-06 | [US Rain Wilts Rival of Top Fertilizer Maker \| IndustryWeek](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57888-us-rain-wilts-rival-of-top-fertilizer-maker-industryweek.md) | -1.2% | -5.2% |
| DAP | 2022-01-10 | [CRU Fertilizers – Top Ten Calls of 2022 - CRU Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43070-cru-fertilizers-top-ten-calls-of-2022-cru-group.md) | -1.4% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/fertilizer-offtake-during-rabi-2017-18-oct-nov-decreased-by-16-3

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