China's agchem import fell down in Nov 2013

China’s pesticide import in Nov fell down by 14.8% and 13.2% in volume and value terms to 5799 tons and $ 49 million, according to the data released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs. At the same period, China’s agchem export posted an increase of 4.3% to 76,000 tons with export value up by 19.6% to $ 290 million.
 
The country imported a total of 69,100 tons of pesticide from Jan to Oct in terms of volume, with value up by 17.8% to $ 633 million. The volume of pesticide export in the period keeps the uptrend by rising 22.8% to 1,009,400 tons and the total value also boosted by 32.1% to $ 3.44 billion.

Import specifics
 
Still, fungicide was the largest category of import pesticide in Nov with 2,100 tons in volume. The volume of herbicide import drastically fell by 53.2% and was valued at $ 14 million. Insecticide import grew steadily by 9.9% and 14.8% in terms of volume and value to 700 tons and $ 7 million.

Category	Import（000 tons, $ M）
	Nov		Jan-Nov
	volume	value	volume	value
Fungicide	2.1	20.41	24.6	269.78
Herbicide	1.5	13.76	20.7	143.95
Insecticide	0.7	7.38	9.6	144.27
Total	5.7	48.58	69.1	633.18

From Jan to Nov, Insecticide’s import volume and value totaled at 9,600 tons and $ 144 million, increasing by 25.3% and 21.6% respectively. Fungicide import volume was up by 11.3% to 24,600 tons, with $ 270 million in value. The import volume of herbicide slightly grew by 0.4% to 20,700 tons with value up by 22.1% to $ 144 million.
 
Export specifics
 
Although export volume in Nov dipped by 0.3% to 49,400 tons, herbicide kept its first place among all the categories with value increasing 18.4% to $ 180 million. Insecticide and fungicide exported 17,700 tons and 5,500 tons in volume respectively. 

Category	Export（000 tons, $ M）
	Nov		Jan-Nov
	volume	value	volume	value
Herbicide	49.4	179.53	696.3	2,175.95
Inseticide	17.7	77.32	209.0	841.18
Fungicide	5.5	27.50	65.7	342.28
Total	76.0	290.83	1,009.4	3,439.69

 From Jan to Nov, herbicide export witnessed substantial growth as always by 27.2% and 43.7% to 696,300 tons and $ 2,176 million in terms of volume and value. Fungicide export volume fluctuated within a narrow range with value up by 11.2%.