AgroPages-China pesticides import up 24% in nine-month 2012-Agricultural news

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

Pesticide import/export in nine months of 2012
Category	Volume (000 tons)		Value ($ million)
Category	Nine months	%change	Nine months	%change
Import
Herbicides	17.2	+27.3	93	-1.8
Insecticides	6.8	+30.0	109	+21.5
Fungicides	18.9	+25.3	214	+36.9
Total	51.5	+24.3	460	+20.6
Export
Herbicides	457.4	+21.2	1,245	+27.5
Insecticides	148.3	-6.2	591	+10.1
Fungicides	54.4	-7.6	257	-10.5
Total	687.1	+12.4	2,155	+16.4
Source: the Chinese General Administration of Customs

The volume of imported pesticide was 51,500 tons, increased by 24.3%; the value reached $460 million, increased by 20.6%, the imported average price was $8,932.0/t, decreased by 3.6%. Among them, imported insecticide, herbicide and fungicide increased by 30.0%, 25.3% and 27.3%, respectively.

Volume of exported pesticide reached 687,100 tons, increased by 12.4%, the exported pesticide value was $2,155 million, increased by 16.4%, and the exported average price was $3136.4/t, rose by 3.6%. The volume of exported pesticides accounts for 26.8% of the total output. Among them, exported herbicides volume was 457,400 tons, increased by 21.2%, accounting for 66.6% of the total export, 38.9% of herbicide production. The exported herbicide value was $1,245 million; the average exported price was $2,721.9/t, increased by 2.6%. The exported fungicide was 54,400 tons, decreased by 7.6%, accounting for 7.9% of the total exported volume, 52.3% of fungicide production; the exported fungicide value reached $ 257 million, down 10.5%, the average exported price was $ 4,724.3/t, decreased by 3.1%.