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According to statistics from the Japan Crop Protection Association, Japanese pesticide shipments has reached to 14,592 tons in the month of September of FY 2011, the accumulative shipments from October 2010 to September 2011 was 194,386 tons, up by 0.1% year on year, and the accumulative value rose by 0.9% to 331.871 billion Yen.

On volume base, shipments of the pesticide for paddy crop has shrunk by 0.3%; shipments for fruit and vegetables & field crops have grown by 2% and 2.3% respectively; shipments of the pesticide for other uses such as non-agricultural, garden, golf has decreased by 12.5%, other sections such as PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide up by 0.1%.Shipments for paddy and fruit pesticide have grown by 4.0% and 2.4% on value bases.

For products categories, volumes for insecticides, fungicides, insecticide/fungicide, herbicides and PGRs have changed by -1.9%,+3.7%, -7.1%, -1.4% and +5.3%, and the value changes of the above categories were: -2.7%, +0.5%, +2.6%, +3.9% and +3.4%.

Volume ( tons)
Crop	category	FY 2010		FY 2011		Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
Crop	category	From Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010	Accumulative production by Sep. 2010	Accumulative production by Sep. 2011	Sep.	Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
Paddy	Insecticide	14,892	14,892	14,278	1,030	95.9
	Fungicide	9,464	9,464	8,525	681	90.1
	Insecticide/Fungicide	17,180	17,180	17,620	947	102.6
	Herbicide	30,796	30,796	31,690	1,410	102.9
	Subtotal	72,332	72,332	72,113	4,067	99.7
Fruit	Insecticide	8,823	8,823	9,025	446	102.3
	Fungicide	6,643	6,643	6,651	350	98.8
	Insecticide/fungicide	280	280	337	30	120.4
	herbicide	3,418	3,418	3,621	160	105.9
	Subtotal	19,164	19,164	19,544	987	102.0
Vegetable & Field Crops	Insecticide	44,601	44,601	44,372	4,309	99.5
	Fungicide	24,258	24,258	26,791	2,327	110.4
	Insecticide/Fungicide	2,716	2,716	1,861	125	68.5
	Herbicide	10,449	10,449	10,875	1,181	104.1
	Subtotal	82,024	82,024	83,900	7,942	102.3
Other uses¹	Insecticide	2,946	2,946	2,265	306	76.9
	Fungicide	905	905	919	130	101.5
	Insecticide/Fungicide	1,588	1,588	404	2	25.4
	Herbicide	9,659	9,659	9,624	760	99.6
	Subtotal	15,098	15,098	13,212	1,199	87.5
total	Insecticide	71,261	71,261	69,941	6,091	98.1
	Fungicide	41,270	41,270	42,797	3,488	103.7
	Insecticide/Fungicide	21,764	21,764	20,222	1,105	92.9
	Herbicide	54,322	54,322	55,810	3,511	102.7
	Subtotal	188,617	188,617	188,770	14,195	100.1
Other sections²	PGR	1,916	1,916	2,017	155	105.3
	Other biocide	29	29	28	2	96.6
	Other ingredients	3,619	3,619	3,545	239	98.0
	Others³	46	46	27	1	58.7
	Subtotal	5,610	5,610	5,616	397	100.1
Final total	Final total	194,227	194,227	194,386	14,592	100.1
¹Other uses: non-agricultural , garden, golf ²Other sections: PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide ³Others: including bio-pesticide

Value (million Yen)
Crop	category	FY 2010		FY 2011		Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
Crop	category	From Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010	Accumulative production by Sep. 2010	Accumulative production by Sep. 2011	Sep.	Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
Paddy	Insecticide	13,279	13,279	13,613	722	102.5
	Fungicide	12,241	12,241	12,442	1,410	101.6
	Insecticide / Fungicide	30,980	30,980	33,086	907	106.8
	Herbicide	63,503	63,503	65,650	1,827	103.4
	Subtotal	120,003	120,003	124,791	4,866	104.0
Fruit	Insecticide	22,348	22,348	22,260	1,583	99.6
	Fungicide	18,727	18,727	19,099	1,387	102.0
	Insecticide / Fungicide	276	276	331	29	119.9
	Herbicide	8,810	8,810	9,663	354	109.7
	Subtotal	50,161	50,161	51,352	3,354	102.4
Vegetable & Field Crops	Insecticide	56,673	56,673	54,642	6,646	96.4
	Fungicide	38,919	38,919	38,953	2,986	100.1
	Insecticide / Fungicide	2,202	2,202	1,674	123	76.0
	Herbicide	19,117	19,117	20,325	1,413	106.3
	Subtotal	116,910	116,910	115,594	11,169	98.9
Other uses¹	Insecticide	6,013	6,013	5,128	574	85.3
	Fungicide	4,924	4,924	4,716	780	95.8
	Insecticide / Fungicide	1,008	1,008	288	6	28.6
	Herbicide	19,035	19,035	19,102	1,951	100.4
	Subtotal	30,980	30,980	29,234	3,311	94.4
Total	Insecticide	98,313	98,313	95,643	9,525	97.3
	Insecticide	74,811	74,811	75,210	6,563	100.5
	Insecticide / Fungicide	34,466	34,466	35,379	1,066	102.6
	Herbicide	110,465	110,465	114,740	5,546	103.9
	Subtotal	318,055	318,055	320,972	22,700	100.9
other sections²	PGR	6,896	6,896	7,130	368	103.4
	Other biocide	35	35	33	2	94.3
	Other ingredients	3,072	3,072	3,012	256	98.0
	Others³	954	954	724	34	75.9
	Subtotal	10,956	10,956	10,899	660	99.5
Final total	Final total	329,011	329,011	331,871	23,361	100.9
¹Other uses: non-agricultural , garden, golf ² Other sections: PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide ³Others: including bio-pesticide

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