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According to statistics from the Japan Crop Protection Association, Japanese pesticide shipments has reached to 14,592 tons in the month of September of FY 2011, the accumulative shipments from October 2010 to September 2011 was 194,386 tons, up by 0.1% year on year, and the accumulative value rose by 0.9% to 331.871 billion Yen.
On volume base, shipments of the pesticide for paddy crop has shrunk by 0.3%; shipments for fruit and vegetables & field crops have grown by 2% and 2.3% respectively; shipments of the pesticide for other uses such as non-agricultural, garden, golf has decreased by 12.5%, other sections such as PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide up by 0.1%.Shipments for paddy and fruit pesticide have grown by 4.0% and 2.4% on value bases.
For products categories, volumes for insecticides, fungicides, insecticide/fungicide, herbicides and PGRs have changed by -1.9%,+3.7%, -7.1%, -1.4% and +5.3%, and the value changes of the above categories were: -2.7%, +0.5%, +2.6%, +3.9% and +3.4%.
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Volume ( tons)
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Crop
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category
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FY 2010
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FY 2011
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Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
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From Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010
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Accumulative production by Sep. 2010
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Accumulative production by Sep. 2011
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Sep.
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Paddy
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Insecticide
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14,892
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14,892
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14,278
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1,030
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95.9
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Fungicide
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9,464
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9,464
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8,525
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681
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90.1
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Insecticide/Fungicide
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17,180
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17,180
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17,620
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947
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102.6
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Herbicide
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30,796
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30,796
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31,690
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1,410
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102.9
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Subtotal
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72,332
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72,332
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72,113
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4,067
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99.7
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Fruit
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Insecticide
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8,823
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8,823
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9,025
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446
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102.3
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Fungicide
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6,643
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6,643
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6,651
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350
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98.8
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Insecticide/fungicide
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280
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280
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337
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30
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120.4
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herbicide
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3,418
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3,418
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3,621
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160
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105.9
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Subtotal
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19,164
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19,164
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19,544
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987
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102.0
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Vegetable & Field Crops
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Insecticide
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44,601
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44,601
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44,372
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4,309
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99.5
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Fungicide
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24,258
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24,258
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26,791
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2,327
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110.4
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Insecticide/Fungicide
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2,716
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2,716
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1,861
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125
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68.5
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Herbicide
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10,449
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10,449
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10,875
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1,181
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104.1
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Subtotal
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82,024
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82,024
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83,900
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7,942
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102.3
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Other uses1
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Insecticide
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2,946
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2,946
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2,265
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306
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76.9
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Fungicide
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905
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905
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919
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130
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101.5
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Insecticide/Fungicide
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1,588
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1,588
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404
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2
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25.4
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Herbicide
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9,659
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9,659
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9,624
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760
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99.6
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Subtotal
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15,098
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15,098
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13,212
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1,199
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87.5
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total
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Insecticide
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71,261
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71,261
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69,941
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6,091
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98.1
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Fungicide
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41,270
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41,270
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42,797
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3,488
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103.7
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Insecticide/Fungicide
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21,764
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21,764
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20,222
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1,105
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92.9
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Herbicide
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54,322
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54,322
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55,810
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3,511
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102.7
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Subtotal
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188,617
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188,617
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188,770
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14,195
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100.1
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Other sections2
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PGR
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1,916
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1,916
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2,017
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155
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105.3
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Other biocide
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29
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29
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28
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2
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96.6
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Other ingredients
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3,619
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3,619
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3,545
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239
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98.0
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Others3
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46
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46
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27
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1
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58.7
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Subtotal
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5,610
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5,610
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5,616
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397
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100.1
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Final total
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Final total
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194,227
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194,227
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194,386
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14,592
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100.1
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1 Other uses: non-agricultural , garden, golf
2 Other sections: PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide
3 Others: including bio-pesticide
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Value (million Yen)
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Crop
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category
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FY 2010
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FY 2011
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Yearly Change on accumulative base（%）
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From Oct. 2009 to Sep. 2010
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Accumulative production by Sep. 2010
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Accumulative production by Sep. 2011
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Sep.
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Paddy
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Insecticide
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13,279
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13,279
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13,613
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722
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102.5
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Fungicide
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12,241
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12,241
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12,442
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1,410
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101.6
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Insecticide / Fungicide
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30,980
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30,980
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33,086
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907
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106.8
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Herbicide
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63,503
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63,503
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65,650
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1,827
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103.4
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Subtotal
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120,003
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120,003
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124,791
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4,866
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104.0
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Fruit
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Insecticide
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22,348
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22,348
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22,260
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1,583
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99.6
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Fungicide
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18,727
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18,727
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19,099
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1,387
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102.0
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Insecticide / Fungicide
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276
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276
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331
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29
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119.9
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Herbicide
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8,810
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8,810
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9,663
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354
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109.7
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Subtotal
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50,161
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50,161
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51,352
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3,354
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102.4
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Vegetable & Field Crops
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Insecticide
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56,673
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56,673
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54,642
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6,646
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96.4
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Fungicide
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38,919
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38,919
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38,953
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2,986
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100.1
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Insecticide / Fungicide
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2,202
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2,202
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1,674
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123
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76.0
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Herbicide
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19,117
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19,117
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20,325
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1,413
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106.3
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Subtotal
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116,910
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116,910
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115,594
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11,169
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98.9
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Other uses1
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Insecticide
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6,013
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6,013
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5,128
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574
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85.3
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Fungicide
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4,924
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4,924
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4,716
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780
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95.8
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Insecticide / Fungicide
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1,008
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1,008
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288
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6
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28.6
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Herbicide
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19,035
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19,035
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19,102
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1,951
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100.4
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Subtotal
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30,980
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30,980
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29,234
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3,311
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94.4
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Total
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Insecticide
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98,313
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98,313
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95,643
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9,525
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97.3
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Insecticide
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74,811
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74,811
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75,210
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6,563
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100.5
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Insecticide / Fungicide
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34,466
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34,466
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35,379
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1,066
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102.6
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Herbicide
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110,465
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110,465
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114,740
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5,546
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103.9
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Subtotal
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318,055
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318,055
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320,972
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22,700
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100.9
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other sections2
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PGR
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6,896
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6,896
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7,130
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368
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103.4
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Other biocide
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35
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35
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33
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2
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94.3
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Other ingredients
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3,072
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3,072
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3,012
|
256
|
98.0
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Others3
|
954
|
954
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724
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34
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75.9
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Subtotal
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10,956
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10,956
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10,899
|
660
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99.5
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Final total
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Final total
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329,011
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329,011
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331,871
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23,361
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100.9
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1 Other uses: non-agricultural , garden, golf
2 Other sections: PGR, other biocide, bio-pesticide
3 Others: including bio-pesticide
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