# Fertilizer Off-take: DAP sales for Oct, 2017 decline by 22.7%, Urea Sales up 4.2%

> Pakistan's National Fertilizer Development Centre reported October 2017 DAP sales of 387 thousand tonnes, down 22.7% from a year earlier, while urea sales rose 4.2% to 375 thousand tonnes. Total fertilizer off-take fell 8.5% to 482 thousand tonnes.

- Date: 2017-11-27 · published 2017-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Pakistan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68279-fertilizer-off-take-dap-sales-for-oct-2017-decline-by-22-7-urea-sales-up-4-2
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker phosphate off-take signals softer domestic DAP demand, which can ease import pressure, while firmer urea sales point to steadier nitrogen demand.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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% |
| DAP | 2023-04-08 | [Global Fertilizer Price Updates: March’ 2023 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5937-global-fertilizer-price-updates-march-2023.md) | +9.5% | -3.4% |
| DAP | 2022-09-09 | [Brazil, US can expect a 'healthier supply' of fertilizers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39900-brazil-us-can-expect-a-healthier-supply-of-fertilizers.md) | 0.0% | -3.6% |
| UREA | 2025-11-30 | [Fertilizer sales in Nov 1-21 up 6%, Urea stocks improve from Oct’25 level - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4471-fertilizer-sales-in-nov-1-21-up-6-urea-stocks-improve-from-oct-25-level-the.md) | -7.2% | +1.3% |
| UREA | 2020-10-26 | [Sale of Fertilizer during September grows by 9.6% YoY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7132-sale-of-fertilizer-during-september-grows-by-9-6-yoy.md) | +3.2% | +5.5% |
| UREA | 2022-12-22 | [Top 10 calls of 2023 for the fertilizer market - CRU Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38176-top-10-calls-of-2023-for-the-fertilizer-market-cru-group.md) | -1.7% | -11.8% |

## Sources

- mettisglobal.news: https://mettisglobal.news/fertilizer-off-take-dap-sales-for-oct-2017-decline-by-22-7-urea-sales-up-4-2

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