China's fungicide production continued to fall sharply in August, 2018

Date:10-10-2018

According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), in August 2018, China produced 183,039 tons of pesticide, down regulated 2.3% compared to the same period last year. China’s pesticide production is still in continuous decline.

On a y-o-y basis, in August, herbicide production increased 10.7% to 81,815 tons, which account for the 44.70% of the total pesticide production. Insecticides drastically went down by 31.5%, recorded 28,536 tons and consisted 15.59% of the total production. After last month’s decline, fungicide production continued to go down by 33.9% to 9,069 tons and accounted for 4.95% of the total production.

China’s agchem production in August 2018 (tons)
-	Volume (ton)	Change±%	Percentage（%）
Pesticides	183,039	-2.3	100
Herbicides	81,815	10.7	44.70
Insecticides	28,536	-31.5	15.59
Fungicides	9,069	-33.9	4.95
Source：NBS

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