China's agchem production grew 2% in 2013

China’s agrochemical production increased 11.93% in Dec 2013 to 337618.07 tons year-on-year. In 2013, total agrochemical production was up by 1.64% reaching 3189525.26 tons comparing to 2012, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS).

In Dec 2013, the volume of herbicide production grew by 14.41% to 186300.01 tons year-on-year, accounting for 55.2% of total agchem production. Insecticide production continued to drop by 4.03% to 59941.51, representing 17.8% of the total production. Fungicide production saw a 11.81% increase to 17220.74 tons, making up 5.1% of the total production.

Shandong stayed to be the largest agchem production province with production volume of 95869.75 tons, followed by Jiangsu and Sichuan with production volume of 71014.28 and 32630.33 tons,respectively.

China's agchem production in Dec 2013 (tons)
Category	Volume	Change %	Percentage
Agchem	337618.07	+11.93%	100
- Herbicides	186300.01	+14.41	55.2
- Insecticides	59941.51	-4.03	17.8
- Fungicides	17220.74	+11.81	5.1
Source: NBS