AgroPages-2012 China’s Major Pesticides Varieties Tracking

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Agropages has been tracking the Chinese market situation of the major pesticides varieties and would like to shape a picture of these products here in our annual review, to help industry people have better understanding the supplying and demanding status for right sourcing decision.

2012 Exporting value of Major Pesticide*
Rank	Pesticide Name	Exporting Value in USD
1	glyphosate	1,427.27 million
2	imidacloprid	359.64 million
3	paraquat	334.47 million
4	atrazine	192.06 million
5	chlorpyrifos	162.86 million
6	2,4-D	143.02 million
7	carbendazim	108.97 million
8	chlorothalonil	67.7 million
* Source: ICAMA

Chlorothalonil

- Registered Formulations
TC, WP, FU, SC, WG, DP, OL

- Market Status
Global demand for chlorothalonil remains 20,000 tonnes, the main market is distributed in the four high-end markets of US, Japan, France and Brazil, which accounted for over half of global demand.

- Main Chinese producers
Jiangsu Xinhe
Jiangyin Suli
Jiangsu Weunite Fine Chemical

Combined capacity of these 3 companies is 18,000 tonnes, accounting for 84% of total national level.

- Price Trend
The price of technical chlorothalonil has been hovering between yuan 28000-30000 /ton (on 100% basis) in 2012 due to the competition, with a small decline against year 2011.

- Events
• Syngenta updating chlorothalonil label to meet new NSRL
• Research found that chlorothalonil environmental substance limitation to be re-evaluated.
• Continuous procutions of chlorothalonil can ensure the stable quality and quantity