# Fertilizer Outlook: Modest growth rate of fertilizer nutrient demand up to 2021 :: Content :: Tập đoàn Hoá chất Việt Nam (Vinachem)

> Vinachem's outlook says the fertilizer industry faced uneven demand and depressed crop prices in 2016, running at 81% of primary nutrient capacity. It projects nutrient sales growing about 1.4% a year to 266 Mt by 2021, while large new capacity comes online.

- Date: 2017-06-30 · published 2017-06-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70808-fertilizer-outlook-modest-growth-rate-of-fertilizer-nutrient-demand-up-to-2021
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

A growing gap between rising supply and modest demand growth points to softer nitrogen and phosphate prices over the next several years, easing input costs for feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼
- UREA: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2022-07-26 | [Fertilizer prices sharply higher year over year :: Content :: Tập đoàn Hoá chất Việt Nam (Vinachem)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5035-fertilizer-prices-sharply-higher-year-over-year-content-tap-oan-hoa-chat-viet.md) | +16.4% | +13.6% |
| UREA | 2022-12-07 | [Fertilizers prices to remain high, urea to fall on expansions :: Content :: Tập đoàn Hoá chất Việt Nam (Vinachem)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38530-fertilizers-prices-to-remain-high-urea-to-fall-on-expansions-content-tap-oan.md) | -3.6% | -12.4% |
| UREA | 2024-09-11 | [global fertilizer demand set to see little growth \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28223-global-fertilizer-demand-set-to-see-little-growth-world-fertilizer.md) | +0.3% | +5.9% |
| 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 | 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% |
| DAP | 2024-09-11 | [global fertilizer demand set to see little growth \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28223-global-fertilizer-demand-set-to-see-little-growth-world-fertilizer.md) | -0.2% | -0.5% |
| 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 | 2025-11-02 | [RaboResearch: Poor Affordability to Pressure Global Fertilizer Demand in 2026 - CropLife](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22291-raboresearch-poor-affordability-to-pressure-global-fertilizer-demand-in-2026.md) | +0.0% | -10.2% |

## Sources

- vinachem.com.vn: https://www.vinachem.com.vn/articles/market-and-product-vnc/fertilizer-outlook-modest-growth-rate-of-fertilizer-nutrient-demand-up-to-2021.html

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