AgroPages-China’s agchem production dropped 3% in June 2014-Agricultural news

According to National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), China’s agrochemical production dropped 3.0% year-on-year to 318 thousand tons in June 2014, From January to June, pesticide production increased slightly by 0.72% to 1892.4 thousand tons compared to the same period of last year.

In June, fungicide production recorded 32.9% decrease to 22.4 thousand tons, making up 7% of the total production. Production of insecticide and herbicide declined 19.7% and 1.2% to 48.4 thousand tons and 150.6 thousand tons respectively. Herbicides production accounts for 47.4% of the total agchem production volume.

Shangdong was the largest herbicide production province with an output of 71.4 thousan tons, followed by Jiangsu and Sichuan, with 30.6 thousand tons and 12.7 thousand tons respectively.

China’s agchem production in June 2014 (000 tons)
Category	Volume	Change %	Percentage
Agchem	318.0	-3.0	100%
-Fungicides	22.4	-32.9	7.0%
-Insecticides	48.4	-19.7	15.2%
-Herbicides	150.6	-1.2	47.4%
Source: NBS