AgroPages-Rapid, strong rebound amidst COVID-19 pandemic: China's best year of pesticide exports in past decade-Agricultural news

Mickey Shan

Senior Editor; China Marketing Director

Throughout 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic raged around the world. Although China was the first country impacted by the pandemic, its pesticide industry lived through this severe test, quickly overcoming the effects caused by shutdowns and lockdowns and resuming production and exports, which supported the overall strategic layout of the national economy.

Overall, China’s pesticide industry in 2020 can be summarized as “opening low and moving higher.” With the support of government policies and the efforts of the industry, China’s pesticide output in 2020 was broadly flat or down from a year ago, but this followed the overall production trend in recent five years. Exports rose strongly after the first quarter and achieved a double-digit growth during the whole year, making it the best year in the past decade.

The integration of companies and production capacities in the pesticide industry continued in 2020, and new projects were launched in full swing. According to incomplete public statistics and information gathered by AgroPages, the total investment in new pesticide production projects, which are mostly located in the central and western regions of the country, exceeded RMB32 billion(USD4.96 billion) in 2020. It is expected that a new landscape of the industry and products will form rapidly in the near future.

Series of new policies to secure quick resumption of production and exports

In terms of recent general development trend, China’s pesticide output continued to decline, mainly due to adjusted national policies covering pesticides manufactured exclusively for export in 2014, environmental inspections, chemical industry park shutdowns and other related policies. From 2015 to 2019, the output of chemical pesticide raw materials in China fell from 3.74 million tons to 2.25 million tons, a decrease of more than 30% (Figure 1). Around 1.2 million tons were phased out compared to the average annual output of 3.6 million tons from 2014 to 2016.

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Figure 1. China’s pesticide production volume from 2015 to 2020 (1-11)

At the start of 2020, the pandemic situation was severe around the country, and China’s pesticide production declined significantly in January and February. In February, when lockdowns happened all over the country, the Chinese government promptly opened a green channel to ensure the production and transportation of agricultural inputs. A survey by AgroPages on major pesticide companies in China during that period revealed that some factories, especially those manufacturing bulk products, such as glyphosate and glufosinate, tried to maintain normal production while ensuring their workers’ health. A series of export policies were introduced subsequently by the central government, along with the severe locust plague in other countries and the upcoming spring planting season, stimulated the recovery and rebound of pesticide production in China.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of pesticide techincals in China declined by around 20% year-on-year from January to February 2020, as shown in Figure 2. Recovery started in March, though the total quantity witnessed a decline month-on-month. However, from April through November, with no data being available for December, the output maintained a growth trend year-by-year of 22.4% and 24.8% in October and November, respectively, showing strong momentum. Amidst a very unfavorable production environment, the annual output of chemical technicals in 2020, from January to November, totaled 1.931 million tons. Compared to the average level of previous years, there was a very small drop.

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Figure 2. China’s pesticide production volume in 2020

As the main impetus for the sustainable development of China’s pesticide industry, the international trade of pesticides is highly valued by the government. According to China Customs, from 2015 to 2018, the quantity and value of pesticide exports kept growing at a relatively stable rate. In 2018, the growth in exports started to slow down. In 2019, due to the influence of chemical safety concerns and environmental inspections, the export of pesticides declined to a certain extent (Figure 3). However, China’s pesticide exports began to shift from mainly technicals to formulations since 2012, especially in the last five years.

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Figure 3. China’s pesticide export data from 2015 to 2019

Data source: China Customs, different from ICAMA data due to different sources

In 2020, China’s international trade was challenged by problems related to production and global freight transportation caused by the pandemic, frequent fluctuations of exchange rates, political instabilities in various regions and other causes, but this also created many opportunities.

For the purpose of effectively promoting the export of pesticides, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation proactively adjusted the export tax rebate policy for pesticides in March, by offering formulation manufacturers the same export tax rebate rate as technicals manufacturers, to promote the export of pesticide formulation products. In June, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced a regulation (Ref No. 269) pertaining to the registration of export-only pesticides, which solved outstanding issues since the reform of China’s pesticide laws and regulation system. In addition, paperless on-line applications will be used for pesticide import and export notices, and 95% of applications for releasing pesticide imports and exports will be automatically examined by computers, while the time required to obtain a release will be shortened from 7 to 10 days to several seconds. All these effective measures helped support pesticide export and optimized the business operation environment.

According to ICAMA, in 2020, China’s pesticide exports experienced a sharp drop in February, both in terms of quantity and value, due to the pandemic and the Spring Festival holidays, but rebounded strongly in the subsequent four months, with the highest growth of 47.43% in April year-on-year. From July through September, the growth rate decreased gradually but still maintained a rising trend and recovered, rising significantly in October and November (Figure 4).

According to the latest data released by ICAMA at the end of January 2021, pesticide exports in 2020 achieved double-digit growth, making it the best year in the past decade (Figure 5). In 2020, the export volume of pesticides (cargo volume) was 2.395 million tons, an increase of 29.3% year-on-year, with an addition of 543,000 tons; the export value of pesticides was US$11.68 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14.6%, recording an extra US$1.46 billion compared to 2019 when the export value first exceeded US$10 billion. Amidst the ongoing pandemic, China still maintained its position as a major supplier of pesticides in the world.

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Figure 4. The export volume of China’s pesticide in 2020

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Figure 5. The export value of China’s pesticide in 2020

Data source: ICAMA, different from customs data due to different sources.

Since 2019, shrinking global agrochemical market demand led to declining pesticide technical prices overall. In the first quarter of 2020, the normal production and operation of the pesticide industry was severely impacted by limited production and hindered supply chain caused by the pandemic. In the second quarter, when the pandemic was mitigated in China, pesticide exports rebounded against the trend and demand surged in the short-term, which directly raised the prices of technicals to their highest levels in the first half of the year. In May and June, the direct impact of the pandemic on the pesticide market further weakened. The price index dropped significantly and was 86.31 in June, the lowest value in the first half of the year, which was 4.03% lower than the highest value in April.

At the end of the year, due to stable demand and high raw material prices, the prices of some important export products rebounded. Remarkably, glyphosate and glufosinate reached new highs of the year, up by 32.86% and 54.55% year on year, respectively.

Regarding glyphosate, the floods in Sichuan in the third quarter of 2020 influenced glyphosate production in Fuhua and Hebang Bioscience, which reduced the annual overall supply of the product and its social inventory level. As for the upstream of the industrial chain, prices of raw materials, such as glycine, yellow phosphorus, liquid chlorine, methanol, paraformaldehyde and N-phosphonomethyl iminodiacetic acid, rose alternately during the year. As for glufosinate, according to an authoritative source of information, there is no new production capacity on the supply side of the current market. As for raw materials, the rising prices of raw materials, such as yellow phosphorus, will continue to push up the price of glufosinate.

Company performance and investment

Throughout the year, facing the combined challenges of global economic recession, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the escalation of Sino-US trade frictions, China’s pesticide industry entered a new round of rapid production capacity expansion, led by major companies. In the first half of 2020, the total revenue of the domestic pesticide sector reached RMB37.579 billion, up 19% year-on-year, and the net profit attributable to parent companies amounted to RMB3.854 billion, up 11% year-on-year. However, the integration and merger of the industry continued, and the market and profits were increasingly dominated by leading companies.

AgroPages carried out research that gathered incomplete statics on major acquisition events among Chinese agrochemical companies in 2020. At the start of 2020, Syngenta A.G., a subsidiary of ChemChina, were integrated with the agrochemical assets of the Sinochem Group and transferred to the Syngenta Group, a newly established company, which was also an important move for ChemChina and the Sinochem Group to further strengthen their cooperation. In June, the Syngenta Group was formally established, comprising the Swiss-based Syngenta Co., Ltd., the Israeli-based ADAMA, and the China-based Sinochem Group. By fully integrating the strengths of these companies and optimizing the allocation of resources, the Syngenta Group became a true flagship company of China’s agrochemical market.

It then launched the first round of its expansion strategy, starting with the acquisition of Valagro, a leading biological company, through its business unit, Syngenta Crop Protection. Based in Atessa, Italy, Valagro serves customers around the world and has a strong presence in Europe and North America, as well as a growing footprint in Asia, including in China and LATAM. This strategic acquisition enables Syngenta Crop Protection to build a world-leading biological business. Valagro’s well-established portfolio in biostimulants and specialty nutrients will complement both Syngenta Crop Protection’s current range of biostimulants and biocontrols and its future pipeline of biological solutions, adding momentum to the Syngenta Group’s future growth.

Leading companies, represented by Yangnong Chemical, proactively achieved their development by utilizing the scale advantage of the merger between ChemChina and the Sinochem Group. In November, Yangnong Chemical announced a joint plan with Sinochem International to acquire 39.88% stakes in the Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group from the Syngenta Group. The Yangnong Group, the controlling shareholder of Yangnong Chemical, also planned to sell 36.17% of its shares in Yangnong Chemical to the Syngenta Group. Through this transaction, the Yangnong Group was assigned to Sinochem International and the Sinochem Group, while Yangnong Chemical was affiliated to the Syngenta Group and then controlled by the ChemChina Group. After joining the Syngenta Group and ChemChina, Yangnong Chemical, which is already the largest biomimetic pesticide manufacturer in China, will usher in a new development stage. The company is committed to further exploring the potential of key product varieties and improving resource allocation for the integration of research, production and marketing.

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China’s pesticide companies continued their aggressive investments at home and abroad while conducting mergers and acquisitions. By sorting out the major investment events of companies in 2020, we found out that, during the past year, many Chinese pesticide companies established subsidiaries intensively in China to undertake some of their new functions and businesses.

For example, Xinnong Chemical invested RMB100 million to establish the Xinnong Research Institute, which conducts research and application on synthesis R&D, formulation technologies, plant protection products and biopesticide technologies. Xinnong then set up a branch in Hangzhou to fully utilize local location advantages and resources, to introduce talents, strengthen collectivized management, and achieve management efficiency and scale economies effect. To consolidate its presence in overseas markets, Hailier launched subsidiaries in Laos and Cambodia, highlighted the global registration of products, and explored overseas sales channels and customer resources, to enhance its overall competitiveness and profitability.

Most leading companies completed their investment efforts with subsidiaries as their implementing entities, which supplemented the product portfolio of the parent company, to expand to the upstream and downstream industrial chain. For example, Jiangsu Tuoqiu Agriculture Chemical Co., Ltd. registered a new company in Lanzhou in Northwest China for manufacturing pesticide technicals, such as fipronil and prochloraz, enabling the company to develop new businesses. In terms of project investment, affected by the overall rectification and partial shutdown of chemical parks in the southeast coastal region and along the Yangtze River in recent years, and facing strong global demand, agrochemical companies swarmed to the northwest, northeast and central region to build projects, which reshaped the production capacity landscape of pesticide products in China. According to statics on more than 30 publicly listed pesticide companies, the number of projects under construction in the first quarter of 2020 reached the highest point in the last 10 years. Table 1 shows the major investment (proposed) projects and EIA qualified projects, as announced by domestic pesticide companies in 2020. According to available public information, the total investment amount of these projects exceeded RMB32 billion.

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2020 Chinese Pesticide Project / EIA Acceptance (Incomplete data in chronological order of project implementation)

Mother Company	Implementing Entity	Project Location	Spend (in Yuan10,000)	Project Description
Hunan Haili Holding	Haili Guixi Chemical Pesticide	Guixi Sulphur and Phosphorous Chemical Base	48,432	3,500-ton sec-Butylphenol, 1,50-ton isopropylphenol, 3,000-ton carbosulfan and 1,000-ton 4-TBC.
Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical	Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical (Nantong)	Rudong Coastal Economic Development Zone Chemical Park, Jiangsu		1,600-ton diafenthiuron technical
	Jiangxi Zhengbang Crop Protection	Yongxiu Xinghuo Industrial Park, Jiangxi	220,000	50,000-ton crop protection formulations
Nantong CAC Group	Jiangxi Tianyu Chemicals	Xingan Salt Chemical Industrial Town, Jiangxi	4,320	10,000-ton 2,4-D isooctyl ester, 20,000-ton 2,4-D dimethylamine saline AS
Zhejiang Yongtai Technology	Inner Mongolia Yongtai Chemical	Wuhai Economic Development Zone, Inner Mongolia	60,000	18,715 tons of fine chemicals, 30,000 tons of potassium fluoride
	Lier Chemical	Mianyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Sichuan	100,000	20,000-ton L-glufosinate-ammonium
Limin Chemical	Inner Mongolia New Veyong Biochemical	Dalad Banner Xin’ao Industrial Park, Inner Mongolia		500-ton emamectin benzoate
Yangnong Chemical	Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical	Rudong Coastal Economic Development Zone, Chemical Park, Jiangsu	233,000	Pyrethroids, bifenthrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, fluazinam, difenoconazole and propiconazole
Hailir Group	Qingdao Hengning Biotechnology		70,000	3,000-ton difenoconazole technical and intermediate, 2,600-ton phenylate ketone, 2,000-ton propiconazole technical and intermediate, 2,000-ton chlorfenapyr technical and intermediate, 2,000-ton diafenthiuron technical
Zibo Xingji / Yichang Xingfa Group	Inner Mongolia NAB Agrochemicals	Wuda Industrial Park, Inner Mongolia	31,000	500-ton nicosulfuron, 350-ton sulfonamide (intermediate), 50-ton imazapic; the second phase covers 500-ton imazethapyr, 200-ton imazamox, 500-ton nicosulfuron and 350-ton sulfonamide (intermediate)
ABA Chemicals	Shanghai ABA Chemicals	Xiangcheng, Hubei	50,000	Cyhalodiamide and triflumezopyrim
	Wanrong Crop Science	Jilin Economic Development Zone	35,000	15,000-ton simetryne 10%, 15,000-ton terbuthylazine 30%, 15,000-ton 2,4-D isooctyl ester 16% SC, 2,500-ton metolachlor 10%, 2,500-ton 2,4-D isooctyl ester 10% SE, 2,500-ton fomesafen 100g / L, 2,500-ton beta-cypermethrin 5%, 2,500-ton thiamethoxam 10%, 2,400-ton entazone 20% ME, and 100-ton bentazone 20% SL
Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical	Changqing (Hubei) Biotech	Baiyang Industrial Park of Yichang High Tech Zone, Hubei	150,000	1,000-ton bifenthrin, 2,000-ton lambda-cyhalothrin, 2,000-ton fomesafen, 500-ton nicosulfuron, 1,600-ton diafenthiuron, 600-ton fipronil, 3,000-ton thiamethoxamine, 1,500-tons acetamiprid, 500-ton fluazinam, 1,000-ton chlorantraniliprole, 1,500-ton benzofuranone raw powder
	Inner Mongolia Yuanzheng Fine Chemicals	Wuda Industrial Park, Wuhai City		10,000-ton 2-chloro-5-methylpyridine, 6,000-ton 2-chloro-5-chloromethylpyridine, 1,200-ton o-aminobenzoic acid, 1,200-ton 5-[2-(ethylsulfanyl)propyl]-3-hydroxy-2-propanoylcyclohex-2-en-1-one , 500-ton fluazifop P butyl, 2,500-ton haloxyfop-R-methyl, 5,000-ton glufosinate,1,000-ton 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid, 5,000-ton 3-Phenoxy-benzaldehyde, 500-ton prothioconazole intermediate,100-ton chloroaniline, and 1,000-ton 2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine
	Lier Chemical	Mianyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Sichuan	200,000	5,000-ton cyantraniliprole, 5,000-ton chlorantraniliprole, 1,000-ton thiabendazole, 1,00-ton nicosulfuron and 30,000-ton L-glufosinate
	Shandong Huayang Pesticide Chemical	Tai’an Ningyang Ciyao Chemical Base, Shandong	12,300	1,500-ton buprofezin TC, 1,000-ton carbosulfan and 300-tonfenclorim
CAC Group	Jiangxi Tianyu Chemicals	Xingan Salt Chemical Industrial Town, Jiangxi	4,320	10,000-ton 2,4-D isooctyl ester and 20,000-ton 2,4-D dimethylamine saline AS
Limin Chemical	Inner Mongolia New Veyong Biochemical	Sanliang Park, Dalad Economic Development Zone, Ordos City	103,950	500-ton spinosad, 500-ton tylosin and 500-ton pleuromutilin
Shandong Luba Chemical	Weifang Xinlu Chemical	Weifang Binhai Chemical Industrial Park, Weifang City	38,053	30,000-ton hydroxylamine hydrochloride / hydroxylamine sulphate, 3,000-ton trichlopyr and 300-ton anilofos
Shandong Luba Chemical	Jinan Luba Pesticide	Shanghe Economic Development Zone, Jinan City	33,401	16,300-ton insecticides (covering chlorpyrifos, imidacloprid), 33,700-ton herbicides (covering glufosinate)
Jiangsu Flag Chemical	Name undetermined	Huaibei Novel Coal Chemical Synthetic Material Base, Anhui	200,000	15,500-ton novel pesticide TC
	Limin Chemical	Xinyi Economic Development Zone, Jiangsu	23,000	Technical upgrading of 12,000-ton fosetyl-aluminum TC
	Shenyang Chemical Research Institute (Nantong)	Nantong Economic and Technical Development Zone, Jiangsu	10,000	2,350-ton lambda-cyhalothrin 5%, 2,100-ton tetrachlorantraniliprole 10%, 3,000-ton SYP-9625 30% and 1,000-ton thiamethoxam 30%
Hebei Brilliant Chemical	Inner Mongolia Derui Biotechnology	Wuhai Economic Development Zone, Inner Mongolia	55,900.5	10,000-ton thiamethoxam, 20,000-ton 2-chloro-5-chloromethylthiazole and 3,000-ton clothianidin TC
Halir Group	Qingdao Hengning Biotech	Pingdu Xinhe Chemical Technology Industrial Base, Shandong	200,000	40,000-ton pesticide TC and intermediates including difenoconazole, diafenthiuron, chlorfenapyr, tolfenpyrad, and flubendiamide
Zhejiang Heben Pesticide and Chemicals	Sichuan Heben Crop Protection	Nanchong Economic and Technological Development Zone, Sichuan	160,000	7,550-ton fungicide TC (2,500-ton metalaxyl, 1,500-ton metalaxyl-M, 1,000-ton fentin acetate, 500-ton fentin hydroxide, 2,000-ton tricyclazole and 50-ton pyraclostrobin); 12,000-ton herbicide TC (4,000-ton clomazone, 3,000-ton pendimethalin, 2,000-ton oxyfluorfen, apart from 2,000-ton fomesafen and 1,000-ton quizalofop-p-ethyl)
	Jiangsu Fengshan Group	Guang’an Economic and Technical Development Zone, Xinqiao Industry Park, Sichuan	160,000	Pesticides and fine chemicals
Jiangsu Flag Chemical	Anhui Ningyitai Science and Technology	Anhui (Huaibei) New Coal Chemical Base	209,894.02	3,000-ton sisooctylsaflufenacil, 3,000-ton slufenuron, 1,000-ton spirotetramat and 1,000-ton flumioxazin; the second phase will encompass 1,000-ton saflufenacil, 500- ton topramezone, 1,000-ton metamifop, 500-ton carfentrazoneand 3,000-ton clothianidin
CAC Group	Jiangxi Tianyu Chemical	Xingan Salt Industry Park, Jiangxi	10,900	2,000-ton trifloxystrobin TC and annual 2,000-ton prothioconazole TC
Hunan Haili Chemical	Haili Guixi Chemical Pesticide	Guixi Sulphur and Phosphorous Chemical Base	35,110	3,000-ton sulfentrazone
	Anhui Guangxin Agrochemical	Guangde County, Anhui		3,000-ton indoxacarb, 3,000-ton oxadiazon, 1,000-ton oxadiazon phenol, 500-ton oxadiargyl and 5,000-ton buprofezin
	Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical	Chongqing Wansheng Economic and Technical Zone, Coal-Power Chemical Park	19,000	25,000-ton pesticide TC and intermediates
Hunan Haili Chemical	Ningxia Haili Science and Technology	Zhongwei Industrial Park, Ningxia	121,988	5,000-ton thiophanate-methyl, 4,000-toncarbaryl, 1,000-ton isoprocarb, 1,000-ton fenobucarb, 4,000-ton thiodicarb, 500-ton dimethylcarbamyl chloride and 19,825-ton by-product hydrochloric acid
Nutrichem	Shangyu Nutrichem	Hangzhou Bay Chemical Park	54,500	4,000-ton mesotrione, 4,000-ton azoxystrobin, 3,000-ton tebuconazole and 1,000-ton oxyfluorfen
	Ningxia Nada Biotech	Pingluo Industrial Park Hongya Portion, Ningxia		5,000-ton malathion, 1,000-ton nicosulfuron TC, 3,00-ton thiamethoxam TC, 5,000-ton 2-chloro-5-(chloromethyl) pyridine (intermediate), 2,000ton acetamiprid TC, 1,500-ton spirotetramat TC; phase 2 will include: 1,000-ton chlorfenapyr TC, 1,000-ton indoxacarb TC, 1,000-ton flonicamid TC and cyazofamid TC
	Ningxia Gerun Biotech	Pingluo Industrial Park Hongya Portion, Ningxia		100-ton imazethapyr, 500-ton imazapic, 500-ton imazapyr, 800-ton imazamox, 5,000-ton clethodim, 800-ton oxadiazon, 1,500-ton PDE (intermediate), 1200-ton 2-amino-2,3-dimethylbutyramide (intermediate); phase 2 will include 200-ton flazasulfuron, 200-ton topramezone, 500-ton isoxaflutole, 1,500-ton sulfentrazone, 300-ton quinmerac and 150-ton mesosulfuron
Zhengbang Group	Sichuan Huihe Crop Protection	Guang’an Economic and Technical Development Zone Xinqiao Industry Park, Sichuan	86,769.27	2,000-ton chlorantraniliprole, 600-ton flonicamid, 4,000-ton tebuconazole, 700-ton dinotefuran, 600-ton spirotetramat, 600-ton tolfenpyrad and 2,000-ton metamifop
	Fengshan Group	Guang'an Economic and Technological Development Zone Xinqiao Park, Sichuan	163,000	2-chloronicotinic acid, pyrimidine, DHPPA, 4-chloro-3, 5-dinitrobenzotrifluoride
Zhejiang Wynca	Wynca Science and Technology (Ningxia)	Pingluo Industrial Park, Ningxia Province	68,270.45	6,000-ton glufosinate TC and 20,000-ton methyldiethoxyphosphine
Jiangxi Zhengbang Crop Protection	Jiangxi Huihe Chemical	Yongxiu Xinghuo Industrial Park, Jiangxi	100,000	50,000-ton formulations, including 5,000-ton isopropylamine salt of N-glycine 30%, 3,000-ton prochloraz 45% EW, 2000-ton lufenuron 5% EW, and 1,000-ton emamectin benzoate·acetamiprid 5% microemulsion
	Jiangsu Fuding Chemical	Salt Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu	1,500	300-ton metamifop TC
	Inner Mongolia Derui Biotech	Wuhai Economic Development Zone, Inner Mongolia	55,900	10,000-ton thiamethoxam, 20,000-ton 2-chloro-5-chloromethylthiazole and 3,000-ton clothianidin TC
Zhejiang Yongtai Technology	Inner Mongolia Yongtai Chemical	Wuhai Economic Development Zone, Inner Mongolia	80,000	50-ton BFAA, 60-ton C107, 60-ton C109, 500-ton CFA , 500-ton diflubenzuron, 250-ton DCFBB (derivatives), 55-ton DCFBB (trifluoride), 2,00-ton DFPA, 500-ton DMPT, 20-ton ETTP, 1,100-ton C200, 2,600-ton CAAME, 2,000-ton 3DCP, 50-ton 5DCP, 590-ton TCP, 2,000-ton C1201, 10-ton DFA , 2,000-ton pymetrozine and 200-ton TMNI
Jiangsu Ruibang Agrochemical	Gansu Kangbasi Biotech	Lanzhou New Zone Green Chemical Park	150,000	Premium pesticide TC and intermediates
Jiangsu Ruidong Pesticide	Gansu Ruidong Chemical	Fine Chemical Industrial Park, Lanzhou New Zone	8,000	100-ton tribenuron methyl, 300-ton metsulfuron methyl, 200-ton chlorimuron methyl, 300-ton of bensulfuron methyl, 200-ton pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, 100-ton thifensulfuron methyl, 50-ton sulfometuron-methyl, 50-ton halosulfuron-methyl, 150-ton 1-methyl-4-ethylformate-5-pyrazole sulfonamide and 200-ton thidiazuron
Lier Chemical / Corteva	Guang'an Lihua Chemical	Xinqiao Industrial Park, Sichuan	55,000	10,000-ton fluroxypyr-mepthyl, 20,000-ton chloropyridine
Shaanxi Meibang Group	Shaanxi Nuozheng Biotechnology	Industrial Park of Weinan City, Shaanxi	138,229.57	7,600-ton pesticide TC and intermediates, including 2,000-ton chlorfenapyr, 1,000-ton pymetrozine, 2,000-ton difenoconazole 2,000-ton oxine-copper and 600-ton multifunctional workshop
	Shandong Eshung Industries	Jining New Materials Industrial Park		20,000-ton glufosinate, 10,000-ton L-glufosinate, 10,000-ton chlorantraniliprole and 1,000-ton topramezone
United Laboratories / Ganzhou Xinyou Biotech	Fubang Biotech (Inner Mongolia)	Bayannur Economic and Technical Development Zone, Inner Mongolia	20,000	500-ton pleocidin
Russian Avgust /Jiangsu Agricultural Hormone Engineering & Research Center / Asia Agrochem CropScience	Hubei Wojia Biological Agriculture	Green Economic Industrial Park, Jingzhou Economic Development Zone, Hubei		150-ton chlorantraniliprole TC and 150-ton carfentrazone TC; increase of azoxystrobin from 100 tons to 500 tons; tebuconazole from 600 tons to 1,500 tons
Inner Mongolia Jiaquan Chemical Technology	Inner Mongolia Meixin Fine Chemical	Bayin OBO Industrial Park, Alxa High Tech Industrial Development Zone	1,000	200-ton nicosulfuron
Hubei Xingfa Chemicals	Inner Mongolia Xingfa Science and Technology	Wuda Industrial Park, Inner Mongolia	556,652	400,000-ton organosilicon production and 50,000-ton glyphosate facilities (inclusive of intermediates)
Yangnong Chemical	Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical	Rudong Coastal Economic and Technical Development Zone, Jiangsu		7,310-ton pyrethroid, 1,000-ton fluazinam, 6,000-ton mesotrione, 3,000-ton difenoconazole, 2,000-ton propiconazole, 1,000-ton lufenuron and 200-ton icaridin
	Anhui Guangxin Agrochemical	Caijiashan Fine Chemical Park, Xuancheng, Anhui Province.	37,654.12	1,200-ton famoxadone