Abstract:
Fertilizer usage has been increasing in the recent past in the country and
is anticipated to increase further. Fertilizer has become one of the eight
main categories of imports of the country. As Pakistan is an agricultural
country, fertilizers are a major concern to the country. Fertilizer industry
is the second largest consumer of natural gas with consumption of
around 22.5 % of total gas output and is, therefore, directly affected by
gas pricing structure. In Pakistan the demand consists mainly of
Nitrogen Based Urea and Phosphate based urea (DAP). In the past 25
years, the average demand of Nitrogen based urea in the country was
78% and that of Phosphate was 21% of the total demand.
FFC sells the nitrogen based urea under the name “Sona Urea” and the
phosphate based under the name of “DAP”.
