National Fertilizer Development Centre today released fertilizer supply-demand situation during September 2017, along-with Kharif 2017 and outlook for Rabi 2017-18.
Total Fertilizer Sales – September, 2017
- Total Fertilizer sales during the month of September, 2017 were 360 thousand tonnes compared to 243 thousand tonnes during September, 2016 (47.8 percent higher than September, 2016).
Nutrients
- Nitrogen Sales during September, 2017 were 167 Thousand tonnes compared to September 2016 Nitrogen off take of 179 Thousand Tonnes; a decrease of 6.6 percent.
- Phosphate Sales during September, 2017 were 184 Thousand tonnes compared to September 2016 Nitrogen off take of 59 Thousand Tonnes; a increase of 212.2 percent.
- Potash Sales during September, 2017 were 8.0 Thousand tonnes compared to September 2016 Potash off take of 5.3; an increase of 51.7 percent.
UREA & DAP
- Urea Sales during September, 2017 were at 179 Thousand tonnes compared to September 2016 Urea off take of 298 thousand, a decrease of 40 percent.
- DAP Sales during September, 2017 were at 384 Thousand tonnes compared to September 2016 DAP off take of 107; an increase of 258.6 percent.
Nutrient/ |
September |
September |
September |
September |
September |
Per cent change in |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Product |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2017 over 2016 |
Nitrogen |
290 |
228 |
97 |
179 |
167 |
-6.6 |
Phosphate |
92 |
60 |
7 |
59 |
184 |
212.2 |
Potash |
2.5 |
3.8 |
1.1 |
5.3 |
8.0 |
51.7 |
Total |
385 |
291 |
106 |
243 |
360 |
47.8 |
Urea |
504 |
420 |
193 |
298 |
179 |
-40.0 |
DAP |
173 |
105 |
7 |
107 |
384 |
258.6 |
Source: National Fertilizer Development Centre
Total Fertilizer Sales – Kharif, 2017
- Total Fertilizer sales during Kharif (Apr – Sep) 2017 were at 2464 Thousand tonnes compared to 1926 thousand tonnes during Kharif (Apr – Sep) 2017 (up by 27.9 percent).
UREA & DAP
- Nitrogen Sales during Kharif (Apr – Sep) 2017 were at 1883 tonnes, an increase of 24.5 percent.
- Urea Sales during Kharif (Apr – Sep) 2017 were at 2703 thousand tonnes, an increase of 21.9 percent.
Season |
|
Nutrient |
|
Total |
Product |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nitrogen |
Phosphate |
Potash |
Nutrients |
Urea |
DAP |
Kharif 2016 (April- Sept 2016) |
1512 |
402 |
12 |
1926 |
2703 |
694 |
Kharif 2017 (April -Sept 2017) |
1883 |
559 |
22 |
2464 |
3297 |
1026 |
Percent change |
24.5 |
39.1 |
87.9 |
27.9 |
21.9 |
47.8 |
Total Fertilizer – Production and Imported Supplies September, 2017
- Fertilizer production during September, 2017 was at 606 thousand tonnes.
Product Wise Break-up
- Urea production was at 433 thousand tonnes; 71.4 percent of Total Production
- DAP production was at 72 thousand tonnes
- CAN production was at 46 thousand tonnes
- NP production was at 48 thousand tonnes
- SSP production was at 7 thousand tonnes
- NPK production was at 1 thousand tonnes
Imported Supplies
Total Supplies Imported during the month amounted to 144 Thousand tonnes.
- DAP imports were at 147 thousand tonnes
- MOP imports were at 8 thousand tonnes
- SOP imports were at 6.5 thousand tonnes
- AS imports were at 1.5 thousand tonnes
Description |
Urea |
DAP |
NP |
CAN |
SSP |
NPKs |
SOP |
MOP |
MAP |
AS |
TSP |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Production |
433 |
72 |
48 |
46 |
7 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
606 |
Percent share |
71.4 |
11.8 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
100 |
Import |
– |
147 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6.5 |
8 |
– |
1.5 |
– |
163 |
Export |
124 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
124 |
Fertilizer Prices – Domestic & International
Domestic Price Scenario
During September 2017 the prices of all the fertilizer products increased slightly except SSP (G) and SOP. The price of Urea (Sona) increased by 0.8 per cent. The prices of DAP and NP also increased by 0.5 and 0.7 per cent respectively compared with September 2017. The price of CAN increased by 0.3 while price of SOP decreased by 1.0 per cent, respectively
Product |
Aug, 2017 |
September, 2017 |
Percent Change |
---|---|---|---|
Urea (Sona) |
1321 |
1332 |
0.8 |
Urea (other) |
1301 |
1302 |
0.1 |
DAP |
2605 |
2619 |
0.54 |
TSP |
– |
||
NP |
1883 |
1897 |
0.74 |
SSP (Powdered) |
– |
||
SSP (Granular) |
858 |
852 |
-0.7 |
CAN |
1188 |
1192 |
0.3 |
SOP |
3670 |
3634 |
-1.0 |
NPK |
2539 |
2540 |
0.0 |
International Price Scenario:
Urea prices were quoted at US $ 235-270/t fob bulk China against US $ 220-225/t of previous month. Arabian Gulf bulk urea reached a level of US$ 230-275/t. DAP prices during September were in the range of US $ 315-340/st fob bulk in US Gulf and US $ 347-360/t fob in China. MAP and TSP fob bulk prices were US $ 325-340/t and 280-285/t, respectively.
Ex-Karachi price of urea and DAP was estimated in the range of Rs. 1621-1918 and 2376-2677 per bag, respectively
Terms/Port |
US $ per MT |
(Rs. per bag) Ex-Karachi Price Of Imported Fertilizer |
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7th Sept |
14th Sept |
21st Sept |
28th Sept |
||
(FOB) |
(1st week) |
(2nd week) |
(FOB) |
(1st week) |
|
UREA |
|||||
China |
235-240 |
240-243 |
260-265 |
268-270 |
1654-1885 |
(Prilled Bulk) |
(220-225) |
(220-225) |
(220-225) |
(223-225) |
(1555-1588) |
Arabian Gulf |
230-240 |
230-240 |
260-270 |
271-275 |
1621-1918 |
(Prilled Bulk) |
(200-205) |
(205-210) |
(210-215) |
(210-215) |
(1422-1521) |
DAP |
|||||
US Gulf* |
315-321 |
320-330 |
331-336 |
322-340 |
2496-2677 |
(Bulk) |
(320-325) |
(320-325) |
(315-325) |
(315-325) |
(2496-2569) |
China |
347-350 |
350-351 |
352-355 |
355-360 |
2376-2461 |
(Bulk) |
(335-338) |
(338-340) |
(340-345) |
(343-345) |
(2297-2363) |
MAP |
|||||
Baltic |
325-330 |
325-330 |
330-336 |
335-340 |
2423-2525 |
(Bulk) |
(320-325) |
(320-325) |
(320-325) |
(325-330) |
(2389-2457) |
TSP |
|||||
Tunisia |
280-285 |
280-285 |
280-285 |
280-285 |
2116-2150 |
(Bulk) |
(280-285) |
(280-285) |
(280-285) |
(280-285) |
(2116-2150) |