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Aug. 30, 2013

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Aug. 30, 2013

According to the data released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs, China’s pesticide import in July boosted by 57.1% and 13.2% in volume and value terms compared to the same period of 2012. Pesticide export also kept a steady growth in terms of volume with 23.8% growth and was valued at $ 305 million.

The country imported 48600 tons of pesticide in total from Jan to Jul, with a growth of 20.6% in value reaching $ 463 million. Pesticide export also increased during the same period by 27.4% in volume with export value at $ 2.274 billion.

Import specifics

Fungicide remained to be the largest category in July’s pesticide import with a 20.2% increase to 2400 tons. Herbicide import boosted strongly by 309.4% to 1400 tons and valued at $ 8 million. Insecticide import increased 80.4% and 10.6% in volume and value terms, reaching 1000 tons and $ 9 billion.

Category
Import (000 tons, $ M
July
Jan-Jul
volume
value
volume
value
Fungicide
2.4
27.86
17.6
198.98
Herbicide
1.4
8.43
15.8
102.69
Insecticide
1.0
8.84
6.7
115.07
Total
6.2
51.33
48.6
462.68

From Jan to Jul, both fungicide’s and insecticide’s import volume and value showed double digit increases, among which, fungicide’s import was up by 13.4% to 17600 tons and valued at $ 199 million. Import volume of Insecticide increased by 14.5% to 6700 tons. There was a minor increase in the volume of herbicide import, but value was up by 26.7% to $ 103 million.

Export specifics

Herbicide export ranked first in term of volume with an increase of 24.1% to 58100 tons. Export value of herbicide maintained substantial growth of 47.8% to $ 179 million. Insecticide export rise 33.1% to 21100 tons, and fungicide slightly increased to 5900 tons.

Category
Export (000 tons, $ M
July
Jan-Jul
volume
value
volume
value
Herbicide
58.1
179.29
489.5
1459.61
Insecticide
21.1
85.88
137.7
539.40
Fungicide
5.9
30.57
42.9
225.13
Total
89.5
304.83
694.8
2274.03

From Jan to Jul, herbicide’s export remained high with growth of 33.4% and 49.5% in terms of volume and value. Insecticide export reached 137700 tons and valued at $ 539 million. Fungicide export witnessed a minor increase in terms of volume and value.

 

Source: AgroNews

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