Japan pesticide shipments reached to 13,440 tons in July

Date:09-27-2011

According to statistics from the Japan Crop Protection Association, Japanese pesticide shipments has reached to 13,440 tons in the month of July, the accumulative shipments from October 2010 to July 2011 was 169,277 tons, down by 1.6% year on year, and the accumulative value has down by 0.8% to 294.358 billion Yen.

On volume base, shipments of the pesticide for paddy crop has shrunk by 3.2%; shipments for fruit and vegetables & field crops have grown by 1.2% and 1.6% respectively; shipments of the pesticide for other uses such as non-agricultural , garden, golf has decreased by 13.4%, other sections such as PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide have down by 3.8%.Shipments for paddy and fruit pesticide have grown by 1.6% and 0.9% on value bases.

For products categories, volumes for insecticides, fungicides, insecticide/fungicide, herbicides and PGRs have changed by -3.2%,+2.8%, -10.3%, 1.0% and -2.6%, and the value changes of the above categories were: -4.3%, -2.0%, +1.1%, +2.4% and 1.1%.

Volume ( tons)
Crop	category	FY 2010		FY 2011		Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
Crop	category	From Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010	Accumulative production by June 2010	Accumulative production by June 2011	June	Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
Paddy	Insecticide	14,892	12,478	11,898	1,974	95.4
	Fungicide	9,464	8,905	7,541	1,109	84.7
	Insecticide/Fungicide	17,180	16,003	15,790	1,752	98.7
	Herbicide	30,796	30,010	30,044	765	100.1
	Subtotal	72,332	67,396	65,272	5,600	96.8
Fruit	Insecticide	8,823	8,229	8,349	199	101.5
	Fungicide	6,643	6,184	6,024	201	97.4
	Insecticide/fungicide	280	255	290	16	113.7
	herbicide	3,418	3,070	3,287	206	107.1
	Subtotal	19,164	17,737	17,950	621	101.2
Vegetable & Field Crops	Insecticide	44,601	37,839	36,942	3,135	97.6
	Fungicide	24,258	19,632	22,155	2,100	112.9
	Insecticide/Fungicide	2,716	2,321	1,546	138	66.6
	Herbicide	9,659	8,287	8,286	690	103.0
	Subtotal	82,024	68,775	69,897	5,886	101.6
Other uses¹	Insecticide	2,945	2,464	1,846	86	74.9
	Fungicide	905	688	677	68	98.4
	Insecticide/Fungicide	1,588	1,483	379	2	25.6
	Herbicide	9,659	8,287	8,286	690	100
	Subtotal	15,097	12,921	11,189	845	86.6
total	Insecticide	71,261	61,010	59,035	5,394	97.4
	Fungicide	41,270	35,409	36,397	3,477	102.8
	Insecticide/Fungicide	21,764	20,062	18,005	1,908	89.7
	Herbicide	54,322	50,349	50,870	2,173	101.0
	Subtotal	188,617	166,829	164,307	12,952	98,5
Other sections²	PGR	1,916	1,867	1,818	202	97.4
	Other biocide	29	26	26	0	100
	Other ingredients	3,619	3,230	3,100	286	96.0
	Others³	46	42	25	0	59.5
	Subtotal	5,610	5,166	4,970	488	96.2
Final total	Final total	194,227	171,995	169,277	13,440	98.4
¹Other uses: non-agricultural , garden, golf ²Other sections: PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide ³Others: including bio-pesticide

Value (million Yen)
Crop	category	FY 2010		FY 2011		Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
Crop	category	From Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010	Accumulative production by June 2010	Accumulative production by June 2011	June	Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
Paddy	Insecticide	13,279	11,329	11,745	2,160	103.7
	Fungicide	12,241	11,425	10,544	1,656	92.3
	Insecticide / Fungicide	30,980	29,867	31,367	2,903	105.0
	Herbicide	63,503	62,522	63,363	1,169	101.3
	Subtotal	120,003	115,143	117,019	7,889	101.6
Fruit	Insecticide	22,348	19,917	19,592	967	98.4
	Fungicide	18,727	17,180	17,064	622	99.3
	Insecticide / Fungicide	276	251	285	16	113.5
	Herbicide	8,810	8,042	8,861	545	110.2
	Subtotal	50,161	45,390	45,810	2,150	100.9
Vegetable & Field Crops	Insecticide	56,686	47,045	44,314	3,700	94.2
	Fungicide	38,919	33,790	33,850	2,209	100.2
	Insecticide / Fungicide	2,202	1,910	1,412	130	73.9
	Herbicide	19,117	17,299	18,138	769	104.8
	Subtotal	116,924	100,043	97,714	6,808	97.7
Other uses¹	Insecticide	6,000	5,207	4,230	267	81.2
	Fungicide	4,924	3,657	3,247	435	88.8
	Insecticide / Fungicide	1,008	934	260	4	27.8
	Herbicide	19,035	16,293	16,308	856	100.1
	Subtotal	30,967	26,091	24,045	1,562	92.2
Total	Insecticide	98,313	83,498	79,881	7,094	95.7
	Insecticide	74,811	66,052	64,705	4,922	98.0
	Insecticide / Fungicide	34,466	32,962	33,324	3,053	101.1
	Herbicide	110,465	104,156	106,670	3,339	102.4
	Subtotal	318,055	286,667	284,579	18,409	99.3
other sections²	PGR	6,893	6,459	6,531	372	101.1
	Other biocide	35	32	31	0	96.9
	Other ingredients	3,072	2,661	2,553	211	95.9
	Others³	954	888	664	25	74.8
	Subtotal	10,954	10,040	9,779	608	97.4
Final total	Final total	329,009	296,707	294,358	19,017	99.2
¹Other uses: non-agricultural , garden, golf ² Other sections: PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide ³Others: including bio-pesticide

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