AgroPages-China's agchem production recorded minor growth in Mar 2014-Agricultural news

According to the data released by National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), China produced 302,000 tons of pesticide in Mar, up 0.6% year-on-year. The volume of pesticide production in the first quarter grew 5.9% to 870,000 tons.

Fungicide production led the growing trend by increasing 15.9% to 18,000 tons in Mar. Herbicide production slightly grew 0.2% but insecticide decreased 2.3% to 57,000 tons.

This quarter, China produced a total of 45,000 tons of fungicide, increasing by 20.7% and consisted 5.2% of total pesticide production. Insecticide production grew 14.5% to 168,000 tons and made up 19.3% of the total. Herbicide was the largest portion with production up 6.3% reaching 432,000 tons.

Jiangsu,Shandong, Zhejiang produced the most agchems in the quarter with production volume of 88,400, 66,300 and 27,700 tons respectively.

China's agchem production in Mar 2014 (000 tons)
Category	Volume	Change %	Percentage
Agchems	302	0.6	100%
- Herbicides	140	0.2	46.4%
- Insecticides	57	-2.3	18.9%
- Fungicides	18	15.9	6.0%
Source: NBS