Paraguay granted 400 agchem registrations in 2013

Paraguay granted 400 registrations of crop protection products in 2013, some of which were generic while others belonged to different companies, according to the specialist Cristian Marecos from the Pesticide Use and Handle Division, within the National Quality and Vegetable and Seed Protection Service (Senave) of Paraguay.

Marecos highlighted that this was a particularly busy year because of all the work derived from the new implementation of the chemical equivalence – a procedure that must be observed for each product since the late 2012. In relation to this, he said that Argentina’s development in the market is better, since the measure was introduced much earlier than in Paraguay.

Lastly, the technician said that in 2014 not only will new patents be granted, but also those approved in the past will be validated. Likewise, Marecos stated that in the market there is a great demand for crop protection products since the region presents tropical weather, which allows for the existence of all kinds of fungi and insects.

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