During first two months of the current Rabi 2017-18 (Oct-Nov), total nutrients offtake decreased by 16.3 per cent as compared with same time frame of last year.
Nitrogen offtake decreased by 14.0 per cent, phosphate offtake by 20.7 per cent and potash offtake increased by 62.1 per cent over same time frame of last year.
In product terms urea offtake decreased by 13.1 per cent while DAP offtake decreased by 21.5 per cent during first two months of Rabi 2017-18 (Oct-Nov).
|
Season |
|
Nutrient |
|
Total |
Product |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Nitrogen |
Phosphate |
Potash |
Nutrients |
Urea |
DAP |
|
Rabi 2016-17 (Oct. – Nov.) |
777 |
568 |
8 |
1,354 |
1,124 |
1,133 |
|
Rabi 2017-18 (Oct. – Nov.) |
668 |
451 |
14 |
1,133 |
977 |
889 |
|
Percent change |
-14.0 |
-20.7 |
62.1 |
-16.3 |
-13.1 |
-21.5 |
During the month of November, total nutrient offtake was about 651 thousand tones, which decreased by 21.3 percent vs. November, 2016.
- Nitrogen offtake (Nov, 2017) was 397 thousand tonnes which decreased by 20.9 per cent
- Phosphate offtake (Nov, 2017) was 248 thousand tonnes which also decreased by 22.9 per cent.
- Urea offtake (Nov, 2017) was 602 thousand tonnes, which decreased by 21.3 per cent
- DAP offtake (Nov, 2017) was 502 thousand tonnes, which decreased by 20.5 per cent
|
Nutrient/ |
Nov |
Nov |
Nov |
Nov |
Nov |
Per cent change in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Product |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2017 over 2016 |
|
Nitrogen |
350 |
312 |
413 |
502 |
397 |
-20.9 |
|
Phosphate |
207 |
208 |
278 |
322 |
248 |
-22.9 |
|
Potash |
1.5 |
3.1 |
1.9 |
3.6 |
5.9 |
63.7 |
|
Total |
558 |
522 |
693 |
828 |
651 |
-21.3 |
|
Urea |
551 |
467 |
623 |
764 |
602 |
-21.3 |
|
DAP |
406 |
409 |
537 |
631 |
502 |
-20.5 |
The data regarding imports and production for November, 2017 revealed production of 583 thousand tonnes. Of the produced amount, 418 thousand tonnes was in Urea, 72 thousand tonnes for DAP, 45 thousand tonnes for CAN, 6 thousand tonnes for SSP, and 1 thousand tonnes for NPK.
|
Description |
Urea |
DAP |
NP |
CAN |
SSP |
NPKs |
SOP |
MOP |
MAP |
AS |
TSP |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Production |
418 |
72 |
41 |
45 |
6 |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
583 |
|
Percent share |
71.6 |
12.3 |
7.1 |
7.7 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
100 |
|
Import |
– |
289 |
– |
– |
1.9 |
– |
5.0 |
5 |
– |
1.0 |
– |
301 |
|
Export |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
On the imports side, 289 thousand tonnes of DAP, 1.9 thousand tonnes of SSP, 5.0 thousand tonnes of SOP and MOP each and 1.0 thousand tonnes were imported.
Domestic prices for almost all the Fertilzier products increased duting November, whereas international prices continue to remain stable.
|
Product |
October |
November |
Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2017 |
2017 |
change |
|
Urea (Sona) |
1362 |
1396 |
2.5 |
|
Urea (other) |
1322 |
1346 |
1.8 |
|
DAP |
2646 |
2774 |
4.8 |
|
TSP |
– |
– |
– |
|
NP |
1909 |
2017 |
5.7 |
|
SSP (Powdered) |
– |
|
– |
|
SSP (Granular) |
855 |
868 |
1.5 |
|
CAN |
1202 |
1233 |
2.6 |
|
SOP |
3656 |
3643 |
-0.4 |
|
NPK |
2547 |
2554 |
0.3 |
