Late arrival of monsoon likely to sap demand for non-urea fertilizers

29 Jun 2012 Evaluate

The consumption of non-urea fertilizer like DAP is expected to come down by 28% to 7.2 million tonnes in the current Kharif season, mainly on the back of delay in monsoon this year, as agricultural cultivation in India is highly depend on monsoon rainfall. Further, consumption of phosphate (P) and potassium (K) fertilizers is also likely to fall by 28% from last year due to late arrival of monsoon. Nearly 10 million tonnes of P&K fertilizers like di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and potash were used in the Kharif season a year before.

Sowing of Kharif crop such as paddy, pulses and oilseeds, which begins in the month of April, has not gained much growth due to late arrival of South-West monsoon, which is very essential for agriculture as only 40% of the cultivable area is covered under irrigation. Monsoon, which touched Kerala on June 5, is yet to intensify. On the other hand, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted that there will be adequate rain in the month of July and August.

The demand for P&K fertilizer has not yet touched high as sowing of crops like paddy had delayed due to late arrival of monsoon rains. To ensure proper supply of soil nutrients, the centre has allocated 6.5 million tonnes of P&K fertilizer in various states apart from this, another 3 to 4 million tonnes of fertilizers will be available in the market in the month of July and August, when demand is higher. After the decontrol of price of non-urea fertilizers, DAP and MoP prices have more than doubled to Rs 20,000 a tonne and Rs 12,000 a tonne, respectively.

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