China’s pesticide output up 21.7% in H1 2012

According to National Bureau of Statistics, China’s pesticide technical output volume totaled to 323,900 tons in June 2012, 14.2% up year on year, 0.2% down month on month. Jiangsu Province ranked No.1 with a total output of 106,100 tons, accounting for 32.75% of China’s total output; Gansu Province ranked No.1 in respect of growth rate with a ten-fold growth year on year. Other provinces like Shandong, Henan and Inner Mongolia have achieved considerable growth.

China’s pesticide technical output totaled to1.724 million tons in the first half year of 2012, 21.7% up year on year. Jiangsu Province ranked No.1 with a total output of 566,300 tons, 16.8% up year on year accounting for 32.85% of China’s total output; Shanghai ranked No.1 in respect of growth rate with a growth rate of 57.5% reaching 1 million tons, followed by Shandong Province which ranked No.2 with an output of 145,800 tons and growth rate of 56.2%; some provinces experienced negative growth, like Heilongjiang Province which has an output of only 1,438 tons, 27.5% down compared with the same period last year and Sichuan Province which is 21.8% down and Hunan Province which is 20.8% down.