Chinese fungicide production up 33% in the first two months of 2015

Date:03-25-2015

According to National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), China’s agrochemical production increased by 5.8% in the first two months of 2015 to 578 thousand tons, versus the same period of last year. Herbicides production recorded an increase of 14.2% to 322 thousand tons, accounting for 55.7% of the total, while insecticide production decreased by 23.8% to 76 thousand tons, making up 13.2% of the total. The production of fungicide was 30 thousand tons, up by 33.4%, representing 5.2% of the total.

China’s agchem production in the first two months of 2015 (tons)
Category	Volume	Change %	Percentage
Agchem	577,486	5.8	100
- Herbicides	321,572	14.2	55.7
-Insecticides	75,944	-23.8	13.2
- Fungicides	29,862	33.4	5.2
Source: NBS

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