Fertilizer industry - review and outlook. (Pakistan)(Industry)(Industry Overview)

Pakistan's is an agro-based economy. The agricultural sector accounts for 25 per cent GDP, contributes in one way or another to more than 60 per cent of export earnings and employs 50 per cent of the work force. With the population growing at a phenomenal rate of 3 per cent per annum and the lack of additional cultivable land, crop yields must be increased through a greater use of fertilisers, and other agro-chemicals, if Pakistan is to continue to feed itself.

Urea accounts for approximately 70 per cent of total fertiliser consumption in Pakistan. Urea market size as of en