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China approved 28 pesticide ais registrations in March 2013

The Chinese Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) has approved the registrations of 28 pesticide active ingredients in March, 2013 (excluding the renewal of registration), covering 6 insecticides , 5 fungicides, 14 herbicides, and 3 acaricides.

Common Name	Formulation	Common name	Formulation
Herbicide（14）
sulfentrazone	91% TC（2）	mesotrione	98%TC
butachlor	93%%TC	metamitron *	98%TC
clodinafop-propargyl	95% TC	monosulfuron-ester	90%TC
clopyralid	95% TC	tebuthiuron	95%TC
ethoxysulfuron	97%TC	trifloxysulfuron-sodium	90%TC
terbutryn*	97%TC	MCPA-isoctyl*	95% TC
terbuthylazine *	97%TC
Fungicide （5）		Insecticide（6）
azoxystrobin*	96% TC	diflubenzuron	98%TC
fludioxonil	98% TC	dinotefuran	99.1%TC
flutriafol	95% TC	pymetrozine	96%TC
penconazole	97% TC	thiamethoxam	98%TC
physcion	8.5%TK	emamectin benzoate	90%TC
Acaricide （3）		empedobacter brevis	30billion spore /g
cyflumetofen	97% TC
pyridaben	97% TC
spirodiclofen	98% TC
Source: ICAMA * Only for export; TC:Technical Material ; TK: Technical Concentrate

In terms of registration type, there are 25 formal registrations (5-year validity), 5 of them only for export, the remain 3 belong to interim registration (1-year validity).

Furthermore, Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc received the registration approval for insecticide dinotefuran (99.1%TC), which was registered in China for the first time. In addition, Neimenggu KINGBO BIOTECH, Zhenjiang Runyu Biotech , Tianjin Green Agrochemical they respectively obtained the registration of physcion 8.5%TK, empedobacter brevis TK and monosulfuron-ester 90%TC, becoming the first and the only one company owning formal registration of these three products.

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