Fertilizer offtake falls 15% YoY in August 2026

Mettis Global reported that nutrient offtake across Pakistan fell 15.2 per cent in August 2026 from a year earlier, to 450,000 tonnes. The figures come from the latest Monthly Fertilizer Review published by the National Fertilizer Development Centre. Urea offtake reached 701,000 tonnes, down 14.2 per cent, while DAP sales dropped 7.9 per cent to 126,000 tonnes.

By nutrient, nitrogen offtake declined 15.0 per cent, phosphate fell 16.6 per cent and potash dropped 11.3 per cent. Over the Kharif 2026 period from April to August, cumulative offtake totalled 1,801,000 tonnes, with phosphate down 22.1 per cent while nitrogen and potash edged higher. Provincially, urea sales rose 6.9 per cent in Sindh, while they fell 99.8 per cent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 96.9 per cent in Balochistan, which the report linked to a ban on selling and distributing nitrogenous fertilizers.

Domestic production reached 764,000 tonnes in August, of which urea accounted for 527,000 tonnes. Prices rose across the board during the month, with Sona urea up 0.7 per cent to Rs4,679 per 50 kg bag and DAP up 2.6 per cent, averaging Rs16,480 per bag. Internationally, urea quotes were flat in China and across the Middle East, while DAP prices were unchanged in Morocco and China.