China pesticide import up 18% in first eight months

According to the data released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs, pesticide import/export in the first eight months of 2012 is shown in table 1.

Volume of exported pesticide reached 611,700 tons, increased by 9.5%, the exported pesticide value was $1,909 million, increased by 12.8%, and the exported average price was $3120.8/t, rose by 3.2%. The volume of exported pesticides accounts for 26.7 % of the total output. Among them, exported herbicides volume was 408,300 tons, increased by 17.4%, accounting for 66.7% of the total export, 38.4% of herbicide production. The exported herbicide value was$ 1,111 million; the average exported price was $2,721/t, increased by 5.2%. The exported fungicide was 48,600 tons, decreased by 7.5%, accounting for 7.9% of the total exported volume, 54.0% of fungicide production; the exported fungicide value reached $ 231 million, down 11.0%, the average exported price was $ 4,753.1/t, decreased by 3.1%.