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Team AKD Research
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Pakistan Fertilizer: Seasonality led uptick in offtakes

  • Urea offtake for May’19 clocked in at 592K tons, up 103/20% MoM/YoY, taking cumulative 5MCY19 urea offtake to 2.2mn tons, up 2% YoY. The MoM increase in May’19 is accounted for by seasonality, while Agritech and FatimaFert contributed to higher YoY offtake on a YoY bsis.
  • FFBL’s urea offtake exhibited an increase of 31%YoY, and 2.8x MoM. Meanwhile, Urea offtakes of FFC, EFERT and FATIMA were +5/+3/-8% YoY, respectively. The urea inventory closed at 263K tons, down 20% YoY.
  • The ECC is scheduled to meet today to approve the proposed gas price hike, where Fertilizer players will likely pass-on the gas price hike impact (PkR183/bag) to end consumers. FFBL ,having 55% of offtake dominated by DAP, may face pressure on GMs even in case of complete pass-on.
  • DAP offtake during the month improved 2.5/3.6x MoM/YoY to 213K tons led by seasonality factor again, taking cumulative 5MCY19 DAP offtakes to 355K tons, down 28% YoY. While FFBL’s DAP offtake led the pack in May’19 (77K tons, up 10.23x), EFERT’s fared better in 5MCY19, with DAP offtake at 150K tons.
Underlying
Fatima Fertilizer Co. Ltd.

Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited is a Pakistan-based fertilizer manufacturing company. The Company is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash fertilizers. It produces a range of fertilizers, including Sarsabz Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN), Sarsabz Nitro Phosphate (NP), Nitrogen Phosphorous Potassium (NPK) and Sarsabz Urea. Its CAN is a granulated nitrogenous fertilizer. Sarsabz Urea can be applied in various forms and it can be spread in bulk alone or can also be mixed with other fertilizers before application. Its NP can be applied on various types of soils. The Company has a production base for Nitric Acid. The Company has annual production capacity of Urea 500,000, CAN 420,000, NP 244,000, Nitric Acid 500,000 and Ammonia 500,000. It also offers services and support to farmers from education on farming practices and research oriented agricultural practices.

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AKD Securities Limited
AKD Securities Limited

AKD Securities Ltd. is one of the leading securities firm in Pakistan, providing a comprehensive range of investor focused services, including equity brokerage, economic and securities research, investment banking and financial advisory services. AKD Securities accounts for more than 6% of the average daily value of the Karachi Stock Exchange. AKD Securities was the first brokerage house to launch an online trading platform in Pakistan in November 2002 and now has the largest market share with over 6000 customers. This has helped diversify and expand the retail investor base in the country and ushered in a whole new universe of investors to the stock market.

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