What Is the Fertilizer Price in the Philippines, and How Do I Check Today's Price?

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Ask three dealers the price of urea and you may get three answers. The public yardstick is the weekly FPA survey of average retail prices, per region and per province. It is free, it covers the major grades, and it tells you if a quote is fair.

• Check the weekly prices on fpa.da.gov.ph before you buy.
• Urea rose about 31 percent in a year, from PHP 1,710.13 to PHP 2,241.41 a bag, comparing the national averages of October 2025 and October 2026.
• Prices differ by region, so compare with your own province.
• Compare by the kilo of nutrient, not by the bag.

Fertilizer prices: Philippine averages for October 2026

The FPA survey for October 5 to 9, 2026 gives these national averages per 50 kg bag. Beside them is the same week a year earlier, from the FPA report for October 6 to 10, 2025.

So in one year, the nitrogen grades jumped the most. Ammosul rose about 46 percent and prilled urea about 31 percent. Complete rose about 15 percent, while muriate of potash fell by about PHP 78 a bag.

What does granular fertilizer for palay cost per hectare?

Granular urea averaged PHP 2,260.39 a bag that week, and prilled urea PHP 2,241.41. Both are 46 0 0 with the same nitrogen, so buy whichever costs less.

For a whole hectare, the Abonong Swak plan for 5 to 6 tons uses 2 bags of complete and 2 bags of urea. It adds half a bag of muriate of potash. At the October 2026 averages, that comes to PHP 9,113.76 per hectare, before labor and hauling.

How do I check today's fertilizer price?

Can I get a palay fertilizer price list from local distributors?

Ask your dealer or cooperative for a written price per grade, and keep it with your receipts. The FPA list is the public one, but a dealer's own list tells you what you will really pay this week. Our guide to finding a fertilizer store near me covers what else to check.

What moves the fertilizer price in the Philippines?

Most of it is set far from your farm. An FPA study by Myer Mula and Kimberly Coronado notes that the Philippines is a net importer of fertilizer, so local prices follow the global market. It cites research finding the international market a stronger driver of monthly prices than local swings in demand.

• Global urea prices. Natural gas is the main production cost of nitrogen fertilizers. In May 2026, economists John Baffes and Kaltrina Temaj reported urea above USD 850 a ton in April, up 80 percent since February, after export disruptions that followed the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
• The peso. The study's price matrix starts from the import price per ton in US dollars and converts it at the exchange rate, so a weaker peso raises the cost of each bag.
• Hauling between islands. The same study found prices generally lower in regions near major seaports.
• Company and brand. Dealer prices also differ by company, brand and logistics cost, the study says, even for the same grade.
• Local demand. It matters, but the study found it weaker than the international market as a driver of monthly prices.

Grades do not move together, either. Between October 2025 and October 2026, urea rose by almost a third while potash dipped. So check each grade you need, not just urea.

How do I compare prices between fertilizer brands?

Compare by the price per kilo of nutrient. A 50 kg fertilizer bag holds half a kilo of nutrient for each point of its grade, so urea at 46 holds 23 kg of nitrogen. Divide the bag price by those kilos. The example below uses example prices only.

So in this example, urea is the cheaper nitrogen, even though each ammosul bag costs less. Ammosul still makes sense where the soil also lacks sulfur.

The same rule settles brands. Two registered bags of the same grade carry the same nutrients, so the one with the lower price per kilo is the better buy. Our guide to the best fertilizer for palay shows which grade goes on at each stage.

How can I spend less on fertilizer?

Cut waste before you cut nutrients. Test the soil, return the straw, and let a leaf color chart time the nitrogen. Our guide to lower fertilizer cost covers each step. If you farm rice, balanced fertilization for rice shows how to match the bags to your soil.

How does anee.io track what I really paid?

A list gives averages, but your real cost is what you paid, bag by bag. On the Solo Farmer plan, each bag of urea or complete goes into the farm inventory with its unit and price. When you tick a fertilizer task done, the bags leave stock and their cost flows into the expenses report.

After harvest, the profit report sets your sales against those costs. Before each stretch of work, tap the money on any day to see the cash to prepare, stock to buy included. Next season, you plan from your own numbers.

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