The Indian Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers released the May numbers for urea and DAP production and availability. May is the latest set of numbers available.
Urea production was pegged at 1.8 million mt against an anticipated 1.7 million mt. While urea showed a surplus over planned production, DAP output was almost half of what was expected. May 2012 DAP production was 188,000 mt as opposed to a targeted output of 400,000 mt.
The government report added that the country had a supply of 2.6 million mt of urea for May. According to the report that was more than enough to cover the local demand for urea.
All told the government claimed it had 1.1 million mt of DAP available for local farmers. The report called the supply on hand “adequate to meet the demand of the States.”