Does CBIL work Pakistani government fertiliser tenders?

No. Government and state-enterprise tenders are cited on this page only as market facts. CBIL works for fertiliser companies, private importers and blenders buying for their own account; a requirement from one of them that states the product, tonnage, arrival window and LC-opening bank goes to the producer, and one that does not gets a question first.

When should a DAP cargo arrive?

For Rabi, in September and October, ahead of wheat sowing from late October to mid-November; October is the heaviest offtake month and the five-year average is 318,000 t. Kharif (April-September) is the smaller phosphate season, mainly for rice and cotton. A cargo booked in November lands into a falling market and a buyer who has already covered.

Bulk. Pakistan's fertiliser companies discharge bulk DAP and urea at Port Qasim and bag at their own plants for the dealer network. Bagged 50 kg cargoes in Handysize or containers suit private importers and blenders without bagging lines, at a higher landed cost per tonne. Tell us which you are and where the bags, if any, are printed.

Which DAP origins are open?

Morocco, Jordan and Australia ship without quota; Chinese DAP moves only inside the export quota and inspection windows that Beijing opens and closes, so a Chinese offer is checked against the current window before it is passed on. Australia's single plant changed hands in July 2026 and has a maintenance halt scheduled for March-April 2027, which limits it as a Rabi source for that year.

Indian Ocean · Pakistan

DAP and Urea Suppliers CFR Port Qasim and Karachi, Pakistan

Phosphate for the Rabi wheat sowing, from Morocco, China, Jordan and Australia

Pakistan declared 970,900 t of HS 3105.30 DAP imports in 2024, worth USD 602 million at an average USD 620 per tonne: China supplied 387,000 t, Morocco 156,600 t and Australia 30,200 t, with the balance from the Middle East. Domestic output is one plant at Port Qasim of about 800,000 t a year against a national requirement of 1.3 to 2.3 million tonnes, so roughly half is imported, and the buying follows the crop: the Rabi season runs October to March, wheat is sown from late October to mid-November, and the 2025 season opened with 392,000 t in stock, October imports of 117,000 t and October offtake of 219,000 t. Imports are made by the fertiliser companies for their own dealer networks, one of which booked a 40,000 t Moroccan cargo for January 2026 on formula pricing, and by private importers; DAP prices were deregulated in 1992. Urea is the opposite market: domestic plants produced 3.23 million tonnes in the 2025-26 Rabi season against 3.56 million tonnes of offtake, imports are episodic and run through the state when the government decides on them, and there was no import plan for Kharif 2026.

CBIL brokers DAP 18-46-0 (granular, 2-4 mm 90% min) loading Jorf Lasfar in Morocco, Aqaba in Jordan, Townsville in Australia and the Chinese ports within China's export quota and inspection windows, in Handysize and Supramax bulk parcels and in 50 kg bags, CFR Port Qasim's FAP grain and fertiliser terminal and the fertiliser jetty, and CFR Karachi. Granular urea (46% N) is offered from Egypt (Abu Qir, Damietta, Ain Sokhna), Algeria (Arzew), Nigeria (Lekki, Onne) and Oman (Sohar, Sur) to private buyers when Pakistan permits private import, which is a matter of government decision, not of our undertaking. Every cargo ships with an independent inspector's certificate at load (N, P2O5, water-soluble P2O5, moisture, granulometry, caking) and the producer named on the certificate of origin. Government purchase tenders are cited here only as market facts; CBIL does not work them. A requirement that states the buyer, the product, bulk or bagged, the parcel size, the arrival window and the LC bank gets a firm answer; one without them gets a question first.

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The market in figures

DAP imports, 2024: 970,900 t, USD 602 million (China 40% · Morocco 16% · Australia 3%)
Domestic DAP output and demand: about 800,000 t/yr from one plant at Port Qasim; national demand 1.3-2.3 million t
Season: Rabi October-March; wheat sown late October to mid-November; October 2025 offtake 219,000 t
Urea, Rabi 2025-26: Production 3.23 Mt · offtake 3.56 Mt · closing stock about 0.8 Mt; imports state-decided
Discharge and form: Port Qasim FAP terminal (over 4 Mt/yr) and fertiliser jetty; Handysize to Supramax bulk, 50 kg bags

Official trade data; sources listed below. Landed values are the importing country's declared CIF, not CBIL prices.

Questions buyers ask

Does CBIL work Pakistani government fertiliser tenders?: No. Government and state-enterprise tenders are cited on this page only as market facts. CBIL works for fertiliser companies, private importers and blenders buying for their own account; a requirement from one of them that states the product, tonnage, arrival window and LC-opening bank goes to the producer, and one that does not gets a question first.
When should a DAP cargo arrive?: For Rabi, in September and October, ahead of wheat sowing from late October to mid-November; October is the heaviest offtake month and the five-year average is 318,000 t. Kharif (April-September) is the smaller phosphate season, mainly for rice and cotton. A cargo booked in November lands into a falling market and a buyer who has already covered.
Bulk or bagged?: Bulk. Pakistan's fertiliser companies discharge bulk DAP and urea at Port Qasim and bag at their own plants for the dealer network. Bagged 50 kg cargoes in Handysize or containers suit private importers and blenders without bagging lines, at a higher landed cost per tonne. Tell us which you are and where the bags, if any, are printed.
Which DAP origins are open?: Morocco, Jordan and Australia ship without quota; Chinese DAP moves only inside the export quota and inspection windows that Beijing opens and closes, so a Chinese offer is checked against the current window before it is passed on. Australia's single plant changed hands in July 2026 and has a maintenance halt scheduled for March-April 2027, which limits it as a Rabi source for that year.

Sources

UN Comtrade, reporter 586 (Pakistan), HS 3105.30, imports, 2024: world 970,900 t, USD 601.8 million, USD 620/t; China 387,000 t at USD 625; Morocco 156,600 t at USD 641; Australia 30,200 t at USD 615 (desk pull of the public preview API, 28 Sep 2026).
Argus Media, 19 Nov 2025, 'Pakistan's DAP stocks slip as high season kicks in': Rabi opening stock 392,000 t; end-October 361,000 t; October imports 117,000 t against a 146,000 t average; October offtake 219,000 t; five-year October average 318,000 t; a producer-importer's 40,000 t Moroccan cargo for January 2026 on formula pricing; Rabi October-March with application into November.
The Sentinel, 29 Apr 2026, 'DAP shortage exposes Pakistan's fertiliser imbalance': domestic production about 800,000 t/yr at one Port Qasim facility; demand 1.3-2.3 million t; nearly half imported; DAP 15-18% of fertiliser consumption; October-January Rabi sales down 23%; about Rs 14,000 per 50 kg bag.
Mettis Global, 10 Apr 2026, 'Govt skips DAP imports for Kharif 2026': Fertilizer Review Committee; no DAP import plan for Kharif 2026; urea Rabi 2025-26 opening stock 1.15 Mt, production 3.232 Mt, availability 4.38 Mt, offtake 3.563 Mt, closing about 0.8 Mt; domestic urea about Rs 4,500 per bag against about Rs 14,000 import parity.
Competition Commission of Pakistan, 'Competition Assessment of the Fertilizer Industry in Pakistan' (Jul 2025): P and K fertiliser prices deregulated in 1992; private sector took over DAP imports; urea under statutory price and movement controls.
Fertilizer Daily, 29 Jul 2026, and Taipei Times, 21 Mar 2026: Chinese DAP/MAP/TSP exports under quota windows and CIQ inspection; 'orderly exports' suspended in principle to August 2026, no announcement found for the rest of 2026.
Argus Media, 'Australia's Dyno Nobel sells Phosphate Hill plant' and World Fertilizer, 2 Jul 2026: 769,000 t/yr Phosphate Hill sold to Mayfair on 1 July 2026; MAP/DAP exports from Townsville 116,700 t in the half year to 31 March 2026; a 56-day maintenance halt planned for March-April 2027.
Jordan News Agency (Petra) and JPMC: Aqaba complex fertiliser (mainly DAP) output above 1 million t in 2025; plan to double DAP to 1.4 million t/yr.
Port Qasim Authority, pqa.gov.pk/en/facilities: FAP grain and fertiliser terminal, handling capacity over 4 million tonnes per annum.
Urea producers and load ports (Abu Qir, Damietta, Ain Sokhna; Arzew; Lekki, Onne; Sohar, Sur) from the producers' own sites and IFC disclosures, recorded in the desk's urea producer file, 27 Sep 2026; none is a CBIL counterparty.