Fertilizer offtake increases over 8% in Feb

March 17, 2026 (MLN): Fertilizer consumption in Pakistan witnessed moderate performance in February 2026, as overall nutrient offtake increased by 8.3% year-on-year to 250,000 tonnes, according to the latest Monthly Fertilizer Review released by the National Fertilizer Development Centre (NFDC).

In February, urea offtake was at 251,000 tonnes, registering a decrease of 27.7% compared to the same month last year. On the other hand, DAP consumption increased by 154.4%, to 102,000 tonnes.

Nutrient-wise, nitrogen offtake decreased by 13.5% while potash increased by 49% and phosphate by 144.9%.

 Table 1: Fertilizer Offtake – Feb 2026 vs Feb 2025

Cumulative nutrient offtake during Rabi 2025-26 (Oct-Feb) was 2,159,000 tonnes, which increased by 2.6% over Rabi 2024-25. Nitrogen and potash offtake increased by 6% and 22.4%, respectively while phosphate offtake decreased by 9.9%.

Table 2: Cumulative Offtake – Rabi 2026 vs Rabi 2025

Total domestic fertilizer production during February 2026 was 707,000 tonnes. Urea and DAP production was 492,000 and 62,000 tonnes, respectively. Production of other products i.e. NP, CAN, SSP, SOP and NPKs was 69, 65, 8.3, 8.1 and 3.4 thousand tonnes, respectively. Imported supplies comprised of 29,600 tonnes of DAP and 400 tonne of SOP

Table 3: Domestic Production – February 2026

Regionally, urea offtake during February 2026 decreased by 29.1% and 41.1% in Punjab and Sindh while its offtake increased by 19.6% and 8.8% KP and Balochistan, respectively over February last year.

During February 2026, DAP offtake increased by 193%, 118% and 29.8% in Punjab, Sindh and KP, respectively while its oftake decreased by 98% in Balochistan, over February previous year.

Table 4: Province-wise Offtake – February 2026

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