Production of 3 major categories of pesticide in China all went down in Sep, 2018

 

On a y-o-y basis, the production of 3 major categories of pesticide all went down in this month. Herbicide production decreased 3.6% to 76,410 tons, which account for 47.2% of the total pesticide production. Insecticides production went down by 22.7% to 31,883 tons and consisted 19.7% of the total production. Fungicide production decreased down by 14.5% to 10,357 tons and accounted for 6.4% of the total production.

China’s agchem production in September 2018 (tons)
-	Volume (ton)	Change±%	Percentage（%）
Pesticides	161,928	-9.4	100
Herbicides	76,410	-3.6	47.2
Insecticides	31,883	-22.7	19.7
Fungicides	10,357	-14.5	6.4
Source：NBS