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Dec. 6, 2013

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According to the data released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs, China’s pesticide import in Oct boosted by 46.7% and 91.1% to 4,000 tons and $41 million in volume and value terms comparing to the same period last year. The same trend appeared in pesticide export with an increase of 17.9% to 72,800 tons and valued at $ 272 million.
 
The country imported a total volume of 63,400 tons of pesticide from Jan to Oct, with value increasing by 21.4% to $ 585 million. Pesticide export during the period steadily grew by 24.6% to 933,400 tons and the total value up by 33.4% to $ 3,149 million.

Import specifics


Fungicide kept its first place in the categories of import pesticide in Oct with 1600 tons in volume. Herbicide import volume substantially grew by 313.7% to 700 tons with value at $ 13 million. Insecticide also saw a great increase by 81.7% and 56.8% to 400 tons and $ 5 million in terms of volume and value.

Category
Import(000 tons, $ M)
Oct
Jan-Oct
volume
value
volume
value
Fungicide
1.6
16.25
22.5
249.37
Herbicide
0.7
12.66
19.1
130.19
Insecticide
0.4
5.10
8.9
136.90
Total
4.0
41.48
63.4
584.60

From Jan to Oct, all the categories showed a double digit increase both in volume and value terms. Insecticide’s import volume was up by 26.6% to 8,900 tons and valued at $ 137 million. Fungicide import increased by 10.2% to 22,500 tons with $ 249 million in value. The import volume of herbicide increased by 10.4% to 19,200 tons and valued at $ 103 million.

Export specifics
 
Herbicide led the export categories with 48,200 tons in volume and value increasing by 43.2% to some $ 169 million. Insecticide and fungicide in volume reached 16,200 tons and 5,800 tons respectively. 

Category
Export(000 tons, $ M)
Oct
Jan-Oct
volume
value
volume
value
Herbicide
48.2
168.79
646.8
996.41
Inseticide
16.2
66.79
191.3
763.85
Fungicide
5.8
31.09
60.2
314.78
Total
72.8
271.85
933.4
3148.87

From Jan to Oct, herbicide export maintained strong growth by 29.9% and 46.5% to 646,800 tons and $ 1.996 billion in terms of volume and value. Insecticide exported 191,300 tons in volume and valued at $ 764 million. Fungicide export increased by 12.2% in terms of value.

Source: AgroNews

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