According to the data released by National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), China produced 302,000 tons of pesticide in Mar, up 0.6% year-on-year. The volume of pesticide production in the first quarter grew 5.9% to 870,000 tons.
Fungicide production led the growing trend by increasing 15.9% to 18,000 tons in Mar. Herbicide production slightly grew 0.2% but insecticide decreased 2.3% to 57,000 tons.
This quarter, China produced a total of 45,000 tons of fungicide, increasing by 20.7% and consisted 5.2% of total pesticide production. Insecticide production grew 14.5% to 168,000 tons and made up 19.3% of the total. Herbicide was the largest portion with production up 6.3% reaching 432,000 tons.
Jiangsu,Shandong, Zhejiang produced the most agchems in the quarter with production volume of 88,400, 66,300 and 27,700 tons respectively.
China's agchem production in Mar 2014 (000 tons)
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Category
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Volume
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Change %
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Percentage
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Agchems
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302
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0.6
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100%
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- Herbicides
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140
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0.2
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46.4%
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- Insecticides
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57
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-2.3
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18.9%
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- Fungicides
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18
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15.9
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6.0%
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Source: NBS
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