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Flavio Hirata

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Until final figures are under consolidation, it is estimated 2014 pesticide sales in Brazil shall have increased of 6% compared to previous year, totalizing US$ 12.2 billion. In such big market with still high margins where 14 companies share almost 85% of the total market, it is easy to understand why more and more new players are willing to attempt to access it through registrations.

After almost 10 years that the Brazilian pesticide regulation regarding equivalency is in place, pesticide registrations are still more than a challenge.

Technical product registration numbers
700 registrations in queue for evaluation	261 submission requests applied in 2014
150 registrations under evaluation	416 registrations considered equivalent
537 registration evaluations concluded since 2005	121 registrations evaluations not approved

Source: ANVISA, February, 2015.

Since 2005 the figures show that 22.5% of the submissions were not approved. Based on this, it is clear the fact that applicants have still much to learn and to understand local regulations rules, in addition to the fact that rules have several changes and different interpretations over time, furthermore since 2011. In the last years the average of non-approvals (rejections, voluntary withdrawn) are approximately 26%.

The most important active ingredients in number of registration submissions:

Active ingredient	Submission		Total
Active ingredient	In the queue for evaluation	Under evaluation	Number	%
2,4-D	14	2	16	1.9
Acephate	11	1	12	1.4
Atrazine	13	-	13	1.5
Azoxystrobin	30	9	39	4.6
Acetamiprid	14	-	14	1.65
Chlorthalonil	12	-	12	1.4
Chlorpyrifos	11	1	12	1.4
Clethodim	12	-	12	1.4
Cyproconazole	13	2	15	1.75
Dicamba	12	-	12	1.4
Lambda-cyhalothrin	16	1	17	2
Diflubenzuron	10	-	10	1.2
Diafenthiuron	10	1	11	1.3
Diuron	2	13	15	1.75
Flutriafol	20	-	20	2.35
Fipronil	26	3	29	3.5
Fluazinam	11	-	11	1.3
Glyphosate	40	16	56	6.6
Hexazinone	13	-	13	1.5
Imidacloprid	18	8	26	3
Lufenuron	17	-	17	2
Mesotrione	11	-	11	1.3
Paraquat	11	4	15	1.75
Methomyl	9	3	12	1.4
Thiophanate- methyl	13	-	13	1.5
Thiodicarb	11	2	13	1.5
Tebuconazole	19	-	19	2.2
Thiamethoxam	20	12	34	4

These 28 active ingredients represent 43% of all registration submissions (in the queue for evaluation + under evaluation)

Some analysts estimate that these numbers of registration evaluations of technical products for evaluation shall take 10-12 years for evaluation. Nevertheless it is expected some registration proceeding changes that may speed up registration evaluations and/or speed up rejections as well. Since January this year there is a new minister’s team that had expressed the intention for this. Of course there are many steps until any change could be observed.

According to Mr. Flavio Hirata, MBA, from AllierBrasil, new players and also already established companies in Brazil are eager to increase their product portfolio in order to access the market through registrations. This can be observed on the numbers of 2014: 261 registration submission requests of technical products that represents 18.8% of all technical product registration requests since 2005. Also, each technical product registration shall be linked or generates 2 to 3 formulation registrations that will result up to almost 2,000 new formulation registrations. With such number of players and generic product registrations, Brazilian pesticide market is facing considerable changes now and much more changes are to be expected, finalizes Mr. Hirata.