Fertilizer offtake decreases around 9% YoY in June FY26

MG News | July 21, 2026 at 11:26 AM GMT+05:00

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July 21, 2026 (MLN): Fertilizer consumption in Pakistan recorded a mixed performance in June 2026, as overall nutrient offtake declined by 8.9% year-on-year to 373,000 tonnes, according to the Monthly Fertilizer Review released by the National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC).

In June, urea offtake stood at 592,000 tonnes, registering an increase of 1.6% compared to the same month last year. DAP consumption, however, decreased sharply by 58.9% to 48,000 tonnes.

Nutrient-wise, nitrogen offtake decreased by 0.8%, phosphate by 46.8%, while potash offtake increased by 19.6%.

Table 1: Fertilizer offtake June 2026 vs June 2025

Product/Nutrient	June 2025 ('000 tonnes)	June 2026 ('000 tonnes)	% Change
Urea	582	592	1.60%
DAP	117	48	-58.90%
Nitrogen	333	331	-0.80%
Phosphate	74	39	-46.80%
Potash	2.2	2.7	19.60%
Total Nutrients	409	373	-8.90%

Cumulative nutrient offtake during Kharif 2026 (April-June) was 992,000 tonnes, which increased by 5.1% over Kharif 2025. Nitrogen and potash offtake increased by 12.7% and 20.9%, respectively, while phosphate offtake decreased by 24.7%, attributed to high prices.

Table 2: Cumulative offtake Kharif 2026 vs Kharif 2025 (April-June)

Product/Nutrient	Kharif 2025 ('000 tonnes)	Kharif 2026 ('000 tonnes)	% Change
Urea	1,251	1,474	17.80%
DAP	309	194	-37.30%
Nitrogen	743	838	12.70%
Phosphate	194	146	-24.70%
Potash	6.4	7.7	20.90%
Total Nutrients	944	992	5.10%

Total domestic fertilizer production during June 2026 was 795,000 tonnes. Urea and DAP production was 582,000 and 52,000 tonnes, respectively. Production of other products i.e. NP, CAN, SOP and SSP was 79, 74, 6.2 and 2.2 thousand tonnes, respectively. Imported supplies comprised 45,000 tonnes of DAP and 0.05 thousand tonnes of SOP.

Table 3: Domestic production June 2026

Product	Production ('000 tonnes)	% Share
Urea	582	73.2%
DAP	52	6.5%
NP	79	9.9%
CAN	74	9.3%
SSP	2.2	0.3%
SOP	6.2	0.8%

Regionally, urea offtake during June 2026 increased by 14.5% and 16.4% in Sindh and KP, respectively, while its offtake decreased by 2.1%, 30% and 31% in Punjab, Balochistan and AJK/GB over June last year.

During June 2026, DAP offtake decreased by 61%, 54%, 42.8% and 71% in Punjab, Sindh, KP and Balochistan, respectively, over June previous year.

Table 4: Province-wise offtake June 2026

Province	Urea ('000 tonnes)	% Change	DAP ('000 tonnes)	% Change
Punjab	371	-2.10%	31	-61.00%
Sindh	175	14.50%	14	-54.00%
KP	26	16.40%	1.6	-42.80%
Balochistan	17	-30.00%	1.5	-71.00%

On the pricing front, all fertilizer products registered increases during June 2026 compared with May 2026. Urea (Sona) rose by 0.8% to Rs. 4,650 per 50 kg bag, while urea (other) and CAN increased by 1.6% each.

Prices of DAP, NP, SSP (Granular), SOP and NPKs increased by 4.2%, 4.5%, 11.7%, 7.3% and 2.5%, respectively.

Internationally, urea prices witnessed a downward trend in both China and Middle East during the month under review.

Table 5: Domestic fertilizer prices June 2026

Product	Price (Rs/50kg)	% Change (MoM)
Urea (Sona)	4,650	0.80%
Urea (Other)	4,531	1.60%
DAP	16,186	4.20%
NP	10,222	4.50%
SSP (Granular)	4,280	11.70%
CAN	4,252	1.60%
SOP	14,578	7.30%
NPK	10,489	2.50%

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