Fertilizer offtake increases 44% YoY in April

MG News | May 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM GMT+05:00

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May 18, 2026 (MLN): Fertilizer consumption in Pakistan witnessed strong performance in April 2026, as overall nutrient offtake increased by 44.1% year-on-year to 320,000 tonnes, according to the latest Monthly Fertilizer Review released by the National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC).

In April, urea offtake was at 563,000 tonnes, registering an increase of 84.9% compared to the same month last year.

On the other hand, DAP consumption decreased by 10.8%, to 85,000 tonnes.

Nutrient-wise, nitrogen offtake increased by 62%, potash by 55.1% while phosphate decreased by 5%.

Table 1: Fertilizer Offtake – April 2025 vs April 2026

Product/Nutrient	April 2025 ('000 tonnes)	April 2026 ('000 tonnes)	% Change
Urea	251	463	+84.9%
DAP	95	85	-10.8%
Nitrogen	161	261	+62%
Phosphate	59	56	-5%
Potash	2.1	3.3	+55.1%
Total Nutrients	222	320	+44.1%

Total domestic fertilizer production during April 2026 was 709,000 tonnes. Urea and DAP production was 476,000 and 74,000 tonnes, respectively. Production of other products i.e. NP, CAN, SSP, SOP and NPKs was 76,000, 73,000, 4,100, and 3,100 tonnes, respectively.

Table 2: Domestic Production – April 2026

Product	Production ('000 tonnes)	% Share
Urea	476	67.1%
DAP	74	10.4%
NP	76	10.8%
CAN	73	10.2%
SSP	3.4	0.5%
NPKs	3.1	0.4%
SOP	4.1	0.6%

Regionally, Urea offtake during April 2026 increased by 66, 232.8, 265 and 14% in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and AJK/GB, respectively while its offtake decreased by 42.3% in KP over April last year

During April 2026, DAP offtake decreased by 22, 30.6 and 66% in Punjab, KP and Balochistan respectively while its offtake increased by 56% in Sindh, over April previous year.

Table 3: Province-wise Offtake – April 2026

Province	Urea ('000 tonnes)	% Change	DAP ('000 tonnes)	% Change
Punjab	302	+66%	55	-22%
Sindh	125	+232.8%	25	+56%
KP	14	-42.3%	2.9	-30.6%
Balochistan	22	+265%	1.5	-66%

On the pricing front, domestic fertilizer prices of all products increased. Urea (Sona) increased by 1.8% to Rs. 4,535 per 50 kg bag, other urea brands went up by 1.4% and prices of DAP, NP, CAN increased by 2.9, 2.4, 1.4 respectively, while SOP increased by 6%.

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

Table 4: Domestic Fertilizer Prices – April 2026

Product	Price (Rs./50kg)	% Change (MOM)
Urea (Sona)	4,535	+1.8%
Urea (Other)	4,398	+1.4%
DAP	14,675	+2.9%
NP	9,162	+2.4%
SSP (Granular)	3,438	+3.8%
CAN	4,117	+1.1%
SOP	12,319	+6%
NPK	9,827	+2%

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