# Agriculture ministry redetermines fertiliser demand | The Business Standard

> Bangladesh's Ministry of Agriculture raised its 2020-21 fertiliser demand estimate after recent floods destroyed Aman and Aus paddy. Urea demand rises from 24.5 to 25.5 lakh tonnes and DAP from 13 to 14 lakh tonnes, to be bought on an emergency basis.

- Date: 2020-08-27 · published 2020-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Bangladesh · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9345-agriculture-ministry-redetermines-fertiliser-demand-the-business-standard
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

The emergency tender adds roughly one lakh tonnes each of urea and DAP to import demand, which can firm regional prices for both products. The flood-driven replanting makes this extra buying more likely to hold.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2020-08-28 | 1 | +3.6% | 3.7 | Bangladesh raised its DAP demand estimate by 1 lakh tonnes for emergency purchases after floods, adding import demand that can support international DAP prices. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-11-03 | [India's urea imports jumps 2x to 5.8 million tonnes in April-Oct: Govt \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6230-india-s-urea-imports-jumps-2x-to-5-8-million-tonnes-in-april-oct-govt.md) | +2.3% | -5.2% |
| UREA | 2021-08-05 | [Fertiliser shortage looms as global prices skyrocket \| Business News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45883-fertiliser-shortage-looms-as-global-prices-skyrocket-business-news-the-indian.md) | +1.4% | +8.5% |
| UREA | 2021-02-02 | [Fertiliser prices steadily creep up...but why? - Agriland.ie](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12941-fertiliser-prices-steadily-creep-up-but-why-agriland-ie.md) | -5.9% | +0.1% |
| UREA | 2022-11-04 | [Govt to buy 115,000 tonnes of fertilisers \| The Daily Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38992-govt-to-buy-115-000-tonnes-of-fertilisers-the-daily-star.md) | -2.3% | -12.9% |
| UREA | 2023-09-08 | [India fertilizer industry on ‘wait and watch’ mode after China bans urea export - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34434-india-fertilizer-industry-on-wait-and-watch-mode-after-china-bans-urea-export.md) | -0.6% | -4.9% |
| DAP | 2025-06-26 | [Chinese squeeze drives up DAP fertiliser prices, spurs West Asia reliance \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24531-chinese-squeeze-drives-up-dap-fertiliser-prices-spurs-west-asia-reliance.md) | +0.7% | +3.8% |
| DAP | 2023-02-15 | [Govt to import 1.5 lakh tonnes of TSP fertiliser from Tunisia \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37645-govt-to-import-1-5-lakh-tonnes-of-tsp-fertiliser-from-tunisia-the-business.md) | -0.8% | -3.4% |
| DAP | 2025-08-01 | [India's DAP imports from China fall to 97,000 tonnes in July amid new rules \| Agriculture - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4135-india-s-dap-imports-from-china-fall-to-97-000-tonnes-in-july-amid-new-rules.md) | +8.3% | +8.2% |

## Sources

- tbsnews.net: https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/agriculture/agriculture-ministry-redetermines-fertiliser-demand-125197

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