Fertilizer offtake decrease 48% YoY in January

MG News | February 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM GMT+05:00

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February 17, 2026 (MLN): Fertilizer consumption in Pakistan witnessed weeker performance in January 2026, as overall nutrient offtake decreased by 48% year-on-year to 151,000 tonnes, according to the latest Monthly Fertilizer Review released by the National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC).

In January, urea offtake was at 218,000 tonnes, registering an decrease of 51.1% compared to the same month last year. On the other hand, DAP consumption decreased by 35.8%, to 39,000 tonnes.

Nutrient-wise, nitrogen offtake decreased by 50.8%, potash by 18.75% but phosphate fell by 34.21%.

Table 1: Fertilizer Offtake – January 2026 vs January 2025

Product/Nutrient	January 2025 ('000 tonnes)	January 2026 ('000 tonnes)	% Change
Urea	446	218	-51.12%
DAP	61	39	-35.8%
Nitrogen	246	121	-50.81%
Phosphate	38	25	-34.21%
Potash	6.4	5.2	-18.75%
Total Nutrients	290	151	-47.93%

Cumulative nutrient offtake during Rabi 2025-26 (Oct-Jan) was 1,909,000 tonnes, which increased by 1.9% over Rabi 2024-25. Nitrogen and potash offtake increased by 8.6 and 14.1%, respectively while phosphate offtake decreased by 20.5%.

Table 2: Cumulative Offtake – Rabi 2025 vs Rabi 2026

Product/Nutrient	Rabi 2025 ('000 tonnes)	Rabi 2026 ('000 tonnes)	% Change
Urea	2,449	2,744	+12.0%
DAP	758	583	-23.1%
Nitrogen	1,420	1,543	+8.6%
Phosphate	436	347	-20.5%
Potash	17.2	19.7	+14.1%
Total Nutrients	1,873	1,909	+1.9%

Total domestic fertilizer production during January 2026 was 744,000 tonnes. Urea and DAP production was 541 and 29,000 tonnes, respectively. Production of other products i.e. NP, CAN, SSP, SOP and NPKs was 79, 72, 9.3, 7.7 and 6.9 thousand tonnes, respectively.

Table 3: Domestic Production – January 2026

Product	Production ('000 tonnes)	% Share
Urea	541	72.6%
DAP	29	3.9%
NP	79	10.6%
CAN	72	9.6%
SSP	9.3	1.2%
NPKs	6.9	0.9%
SOP	7.7	1.0%

Regionally, urea offtake during January 2026 decreased by 50.5% and 61.5%in Punjab and Sindh, respectively while its offtake decreased by 11.6% and 35% in KP and Balochistan over January last year.

During December 2025, DAP offtake decreased by 37%, 18%, 70% and 56.1 in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and KP respectively over January previous year.

Table 4 : Province-wise Offtake – January 2026

Province	Urea ('000 tonnes)	% Change	DAP ('000 tonnes)	% Change
Punjab	141	-50.5%	30	-37%
Sindh	44	-61.5%	7	-18%
KP	20	-11.6%	1.3	-56.1%
Balochistan	13	-35%	0.4	-70%

On the pricing front, domestic fertilizer prices showed mixed trends. Urea (Sona) increased slightly by 1.3% to Rs. 4,357 per 50 kg bag, while prices of DAP, NP, SSP (G), CAN and SOP decreased by 1.6, 2.2, 1.4, 0.3 and 0.4 percent, respectively

Internationally, urea prices went up in key markets such as China and Middle East.

Table 5 : Domestic Fertilizer Prices – January 2026

Product	Price (Rs./50kg)	% Change (MOM)
Urea (Sona)	4,357	+1.3%
Urea (Other)	4,241	+0.4%
DAP	14,360	-1.6%
NP	8,967	-2.2%
SSP (Granular)	3,312	-1.4%
CAN	3,975	-0.3%
SOP	12,038	-0.4%
NPK	9,549	+0.3%

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