Paraquat maintains an important position in the world’s herbicides market

Paraquat, a non-selective herbicide widely used both in agricultural and nonagricultural landscapes, has been keeping a leading position in the world's herbicides market over the past few years. It is the second largest herbicide (the largest is glyphosate) in terms of consumption volume (calculated by 42% TK).

Since 2007, CCM has been engaged in the market research of the paraquat industry in China. The latest report entitled with Production and Market of Paraquat in China is the fifth edition just issued by our company in July. Based on our five-year research experience in China’s paraquat industry and its upstream sectors, we offer an in-depth analysis on the current situation of China’s paraquat industry and a forecast on its future trend in the report.

Paraquat upstream industry

The situation of the paraquat upstream industry always plays a vital role in the whole value chain. In the report, CCM gives a detailed introduction to pyridine and methyl chloride, which are two major raw materials for paraquat production. This part of the report lists the import volume and price of pyridine in China from 2009 to Q1 2013, and the output of methyl chloride in China during 2008–2012. In addition, the ex-works price of both materials are presented, which feature the data of the pure pyridine in China from 2004 to H1 2013, and the methyl chloride in China during 2008–2012. After the observation and analysis on the supply situation of these raw materials, CCM summaries some impacts of raw materials on the paraquat industry.

Paraquat industry in China

China is a major paraquat export country—with over 80% of its paraquat output exported to counties all over the world. In this part of the report, CCM highlights a complete overlook of China’s paraquat industry, from its development history, to production methods, current production levels, registration, supply situation, circulation, consumption, market share, and more. When it comes to the circulation of paraquat in China, the data related to the price of paraquat and the export of paraquat during 2009–H1 2013 are presented. The consumption situation of paraquat is highlighted too. Through the report, readers can obtain a series of useful information, including the consumption pattern of paraquat TK, summary of paraquat market by volume and value, application of paraquat, and market share of paraquat by regions and crops, etc. Moreover, readers can get a brief profile of over 20 paraquat TK manufacturers in China.

Forecast on paraquat industry in China

CCM not only focuses on the current development of China’s paraquat industry, but also extends the research scope to the forecast of the future trend. Making use of our sound experience and insightful knowledge in the paraquat industry, we address a forecast on the paraquat industry in China by conducting an analysis on government policy, non-liquid formulations, use habits, supply & demand, safety, and other factors influencing the paraquat industry. Readers can also find our qualitative forecast on the future development of China’s paraquat industry in 2013–2017.

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Export Analysis—A customized service fulfilling your needs in trading business

Market intelligence has been proved to be of great importance in today’s trading business, since exporters and importers need to obtain loads of intelligence, such as export price, manufacturers’ information, market dynamics, and more when they are conducting trading business. In order to further fulfill client’s needs, CCM has recently come up with a new service, which is committed to providing clients with a customized export analysis on various products related to the agricultural and chemicals industries.

Since 2001, CCM has been engaged in market research on agricultural and chemicals industries, and has released plenty of market reports and trade analysis data over the past years. Compared with the company’s existing trade analysis on agricultural and chemical products, the export analysis features a package of annual statistic data, instead of monthly online update of the import and export data. Still based on a large amount of export data sourced from China Customs, the export analysis will be presented with not only a series of diagrams to reflect the export situation of the target product, including the quantity and price distribution, the export value, etc., but also a deeper interpretation of the target product’s relevant data to summarize its whole year export situation, and to disclose some insightful findings, such as the reasons for price variation, impacts of certain government policies, as well as a concise analysis on the export destinations and domestic manufacturers, etc. . What’s more, CCM can conduct the export analysis according to client’s needs. With a blend of complete export-related data and CCM’s insightful analysis, the export analysis will be definitely beneficial for your trading business.

Taking paraquat as an example, CCM has recently completed an export analysis on this product, namely Export of Paraquat in China in 2012. According to the report, the paraquat export (paraquat here refers to four kinds of paraquat, namely TK 42% (technical), TK 45% (technical), 200g/L AS (formulation), and 250g/L AS (formulation)) in China has kept increasing during 2008—2012, with a CAGR of 20.95%, and the paraquat technical export reached the peak in March 2012. Through the report, readers can also find out reasons for the price and volume fluctuation, and identify the major paraquat suppliers in China.

With respect to the export destinations of paraquat, the report summarizes over 20 major export destinations of TK 42%, TK 45%, 200g/L AS, and 250g/L AS by volume, price, and value. According to the report, Indonesia was the largest export destination of Chinese paraquat technical by volume in 2012, followed by Thailand and Malaysia. The total export volume of paraquat technical to these three countries took up over 60% of the total export volume of paraquat technical in 2012. In addition, Chinese paraquat formulations were mainly exported to Nigeria, Thailand, Australia, Ghana and Vietnam, with the total volume to them accounts for over 70% of the total export volume of paraquat formulations

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Survey founds glyphosate and paraquat were Hunan's major herbicides for early rice in 2012

Aiming to establish the key market indicators of China's rice industry, CCM has carried out a syndicated research project, namely Syndicated Research Project of Hunan Rice Panel Data & Analysis Model, on rice production in Hunan Province——one of the largest rice production provinces in China, by conducting panel data investigations around basic information which include pesticides, seeds, fertilizers, diseases, pests and weeds, meteorology and agricultural products. The survey of pesticide's application features has been conducted in Hengyang City (Hengyang), Yueyang City (Yueyang) and Changde City (Changde) of Hunan Province and a total of 900 farmers in these three regions were interviewed.

                                                           

In those three districts, the demand for pesticides from early rice planting was similar. The findings are arranged by descending order of input value: insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and others. As predicted by CCM, in those three districts, in 2012, the total market value of herbicide products was USD88 million (RMB540 million) for the rice planting-including early season rice, mid-season rice and late season rice. Among the three districts, Hengyang's market value of herbicide products was the highest, reaching USD42 million (RM260 million).

In terms of herbicide categories used, out of 900 farmers interviewed in those three districts, 813 mentioned 19 kinds of herbicides. Among them, glyphosate and paraquat were most frequently mentioned, far ahead of other herbicides, accounting for about 30% and 15% respectively. It's noteworthy that in Yueyang, many interviewees, 34.1%, had no awareness of the kind of herbicides they were using, compared with Hengyang's 3.3% and Changde's 9.1%.

As for brands, over half of farmers (about 64%) in Hunan Province had no awareness of them. According to the herbicide brand survey from 510 farmers, 22 herbicides brands and four pesticides companies were mentioned. However, those mentioned brands are almost all from multinationals: 49.3% was Monsanto's Roundup (glyphosate formulation), 28.9% was Dow AgroSciences' Daojie (penoxsulam formualtion) and 5.6% was Dow AgroSciences' Daoxi (cyhalofop-butyl•penoxsulam formulation).

Retail stores of agricultural products are the main pesticides purchase channels in these three districts. Farmers usually buy pesticides by experience, and rarely accept recommendations from merchants, friends and governments.

Rice is one of the most important crops in China, and Hunan Province is a large rice producing province, with a planting area of more than four million hectares. It ranked first in rice-sowing area and rice output in China in the past few years. Changde, Yueyang and Hengyang are the three important rice planting cities in Hunan Province. According to CCM's survey, about 50% farmers plant rice twice annually (early season rice and late season rice) and about 40% farmers choose single mid-season rice annually.

The news above was sourced from CCM’s latest issue, Herbicide China News 1305.

Table of Contents of Herbicide China News 1305:

Survey founds glyphosate and paraquat were Hunan's major herbicides for early rice in 2012

Lier Chemical: both revenue and net profit achieved a double-digit growth in Q1 2013

Anhui Huaxing constructing projects with a total capacity of 417,000t/a

Jiangsu Dongbao bought a bio-herbicide from Nanjing Agricultural University

Sluggish acetochlor production in China in 2012

Ex-works price of nicosulfuron 95% TC soared in late April

Glufosinate-ammonium arouses interest in China

Paraquat still in short supply in late April 2013

Diquat production stays weak in early 2013

Difficult promotion for biological pesticides

Atrazine TC export volume surged but formulation fell in 2012

Chinese herbicides Imp. & Exp. witnessed increases in Q1 2013

15 herbicides TC registered in Australia from Jan. to March 2013

New registrations of herbicide technical in China in March and April 2013

Herbicides China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 15^th, provides you with the latest occurrences, exclusive analysis on the market trend as well as professional reviews on competitiveness of companies, products and relative industries in China’s herbicide industry.

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Main expansion cases of domestic pesticide enterprieses in 2012

While entering the second year of the 12th Five-Year Plan, domestic pesticide industry has gradually shown a sign of slight recovery in 2012. Followed the direction of Pesticide Industrial Policy and 12th Five-Year Plan for Pesticide Industry, M&A and expansion cases among domestic pesticide enterprises have also witnessed growth, according to Crop Protection China News 1301 issued by CCM.

 

Except for the acquisition cases, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) has approved 8 batches containing 13 merger cases in 2012, involving 26 domestic pesticide enterprises.

 

In this issue, CCM will list main cases of M&A and some external expansion that took place in domestic pesticide industry in 2012.

1. Sinochem & Jiangsu Yangnong

Sinochem International Corporation (Sinochem), one of the largest state-owned chemical groups in China, announced on 21 Feb., 2012 that it intends to invest less than USD259.37 million in Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (Yangnong Group), a large chemical group in Jiangsu Province, as a strategic investor. The transaction will make Sinochem the second largest share holder in the group which also means that Sinochem will benefit a lot by enhancing its R&D and industrial transforming capacity, enriching production lines and improving industrial chain from the group ascribed to its powerful industrial base and high-efficient synergy value with the fine chemical engineering and farm chemical businesses. On the other hand, Yangnong Group and Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Co., Ltd., (Jiangsu Yangnong), a leading pyrethroid insecticide player in China and a listed pesticide subsidiary of Yangnong Group respectively, will get more financial support to expand business in both domestic market and oversea market.

 

On 9 Dec., 2012, Jiangsu Yangnong announced to set up a new pesticide production subsidiary in Rudong County, Jiangsu Province, with a total investment of USD28.52 million. The new subsidiary was planned to be mainly engaged in the production and sales of pesticides and pesticide intermediates, fine chemicals, etc.

2. Huapont

On 24 March, 2012, aiming to further expand its pesticide business, Chongqing Huapont Pharm Co., Ltd. (Huapont), a listed pharmaceutical company in China, planned to raise USD144.76 million through non-public offering of A shares for the construction of four new projects, namely a construction project of a new R&D base, construction project of 600t/a azoxystrobin, 900t/a sulcotrione/mesotrione and 3,500t/a pesticide formulations, a medicine formulation technical innovation project and a circulating fund supplementation project. 

 

On 8 May, 2012, Huapont announced to conduct its first acquisition in 2012. It planned to purchase 49% equities of Hebei Wanquan Hongyu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Wanquan Hongyu), a large herbicide producer in Hebei Province with main products of 37% clethodim TK and metamitron TC.

 

Later on, Huapont continued to expand in domestic pesticide industry. It announced on 24 Aug., 2012 to acquire 58.26% equity of Hangzhou Qingfeng Agro-chemical Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Qingfeng), a large pesticide enterprise in Zhejiang Province, with a total investment of USD9.16 million. Till then, Huapong started to set foot in agrochemical formulation industry.

3. Noposion

Shenzhen Noposion Agrochemical Co., Ltd. (Noposion), a leading pesticide formulation company in China, announced on 23 March, 2012 that it plans to increase the registered capital of Shandong Qutii Machine Co., Ltd. (Shandong Qutii), an agricultural machinery subsidiary of Noposion, by co-investing USD3.17 million with Maruyama Manufacturing Company Inc. (Maruyama), a large agricultural machinery corporation in Japan.

4. Nanjing Redsun

Nanjing Redsun Co., Ltd. (Nanjing Redsun), a leading pyridine pesticide producer in China, announced on 24 April, 2012 that it planned to set up a brand new pesticide subsidiary in Chongqing City, China, with a total investment of USD21.59 million. 

The new subsidiary will be mainly engaged in the production and sales of pesticides, pesticide packages, and pesticide intermediates (such as pyridine, 2-methyl pyridine and 3-methyl pyridine). And the foundation of it was aiming at the expansion of current pesticide businesses and cultivation of new economic growth points for Nanjing Redsun.

5. Anhui Huilong

Aiming to expand its business in other provinces, Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production Group Co., Ltd. (Anhui Huilong), a listed agricultural chain management enterprise in Anhui Province, announced on 23 May, 2012 that it will invest USD5.65 million (RMB35.76 million) to establish two new companies, namely Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production Group Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (AHAMPGAST) and Guangdong Huilong Agricultural Means of Production Co., Ltd. (Guangdong Huilong). 

 

Right after releasing its expansion strategy in Guangdong Province, Anhui Huilong planned to kick off its further expansion in South China. On 13 June, 2012, Anhui Huilong announced to acquire 60% equities of Hainan Agricultural Means of Production Co., Ltd. (HAMP), one of the largest agricultural means of production companies in Hainan Province, with USD12.37 million.

6. ABA Chemicals

On 2 June, 2012, ABA Chemicals Corporation (ABA Chemicals), a listed pesticide intermediate and pharmaceutical intermediate producer in China, announced to co-found a pesticide subsidiary with Jiangsu Jiannong Agrochemical Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Jiannong), a private pesticide producer in Jiangsu Province, with a total investment of USD15.8 million. After the foundation of the new company, ABA Chemicals will be formally involved in domestic pesticide industry.

7. Zhejiang Wynca

Zhejiang Wynca Chemical Inudustry Group Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Wynca), one of the largest glyphosate producers in China, announced to set foot in seed industry on 5 May, 2012 by acquiring 51% equities of Shandong Xinfeng Seed Co., Ltd. (Shandong Xinfeng), a large seed enterprise in Shandong Province, with a total investment of about USD10.74 million. 

 

8. Shandong Lubei

In order to exploit the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) market, Shandong Lubei Enterprise Group General Company (Shandong Lubei), a big corporation which produces aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, chemical fertilizer and so on, planned to construct a pesticide formulation factory in Myanmar.

 

On June 21, 2012, a delegation from Shandong Lubei went to Myanmar for inspection and visit. Shandong Lubei was invited by the Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture to construct a pesticide factory for herbicide, insecticide and plant growth regulator production in Myanmar.

 

9. Nantong Jiangshan

Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Nantong Jiangshan), a listed pesticide manufacturer in China, announced on 20 Nov., 2012 that it plans to acquire 90% equities of Ladda Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (Ladda Group), a large agrochemical enterprise in Thailand, at a cost of less than USD33.39 million. And after completing the transaction, Nantong Jiangshan will further invest USD3.9 million in Ladda Group as an operation fund, then its controlling equity percentage of Ladda Group will reach 91%.

 

In addition to all the acquisition cases, some pesticide enterprises sold their subsidiaries aiming to be in accordance with their overall strategies.

 

Hailir Group & Nantong Jiangshan

Aiming to pull up the profit margin of net assets in a short time for its IPO, Hailir Pesticides and Chemicals Group (Hailir Group), a state-appointed pesticide formulation manufacturer in China, planned to peel off some relatively inferior assets. It announced on 6 March, 2012 to sell out all equities of its pesticide technical subsidiary, namely Qingdao KYX Chemical Co., Ltd. (Qingdao KYX). 

 

Owing to the high relocation fees, Nantong Jiangshan announced on 1 June, 2012 that it planned to launch an equity transfer of all the shares of Nantong Dongchang Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Nantong Dongchang), a large chemical producer, that it holds, about 28.05 million shares accounting for 67.79% of the total equity of Nantong Dongchang. Nantong Dongchang was forced to relocate within 2012 according to the relocation policy of local government and the relocation fees reached to USD2.59 million which would be self-financed.

Table contents of Crop Protection China News 1301:

Main expansion cases of domestic pesticide enterprieses in 2012

First standard for commodity supervision and sampling inspection released

China brews soybean industrial policy adjustment

China needs to attach importance to regulate on pesticide adjuvants in extra small package

Pyridine price rises, paraquat follows

Nutrichem gains GLP certification from OECD

Performance prediction of main domestic pesticide companies in 2012

Jiangsu Huifeng to set foot in seed industry

Crop Protection China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 31^st, offers timely update and close follow-up of China’s crop protection industry dynamics. It also provides you with professional features articles, keeping you aware of the latest industrial development, import and export analysis, and market data. 

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Paraquat's HS code adjustment may stimulate its export price

Recently, the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) system updated the ownership of HS code of 40% paraquat solution——the HS code has been brought under the chapter 38 in Customs tariff from the original chapter 29 since Aug.13, 2012, according to the announcement of relative agricultural departments in China. The adjustment of HS code means that the export rebate rate of 40% paraquat solution will be lowered from 9% to 5%. And it will increase the VAT and reduce the profit of paraquat exporters. Accordingly this adjustment may further stimulate paraquat's export price, according to CCM’s September Issue of Herbicides China News.

According to the definition of the Customs tariff, the 40% paraquat solution is a kind of green liquid containing paraquat technical, emetic, corrosion inhibitor and water. In the Customs tariff, organic compounds is classified into the chapter 29 while miscellaneous chemical products is classified into the chapter 38. Before the HS code adjustment, the 40% paraquat solution was considered as a kind of organic compounds and put under the chapter 29 with the HS code number of 2933399022.

In Aug. 2012, the FOB Shanghai price of paraquat TK rised slightly, after the announcement was issued. Accoding to the quotation from the main paraquat manufacturers in China, such as Nanjing Redsun Co., Ltd. (Nanjing Redsun), Shandong Lvfeng Pesticide Co., Ltd. (Shandong Lvfeng) and Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. (Hubei Sanonda), the FOB Shanghai price of 42% paraquat TK was USD2,290/t in Aug., 2012, increasing by about USD80/t from that of July, 2012(USD2,210/t).

Explained by a sales manager in Nanjing Redsun, a company with 24,000t/a of paraquat TK (the biggest capacity in China), the price increase of 42% paraquat TK is attributed to the reduction of export tax rebate and the recent demand increase from the market. In other words, Nanjing Redsun increased the price of 42% paraquat TK to offset the profit decrease resulted from the reduction of export rebate.

It's observed that Nanjing Redsun didn't have much opinion on the adjustment but to raise the price of paraquat in response just like other paraquat manufacturers. 

Recently, the sales of paraquat products in Hubei Sanonda has slipped a litttle. A sales manager of the company explained that it is the price increase of paraquat that led to the sales drop.

It's reported by some media that recently there was an argument between some paraquat enterprises and China Customs that whether the HS code of 40% paraquat solution should be classified into chapter 38 or chapter 29.

In early July, 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture of China issued new regulations on paraquat registration, in a move to follow the official decision of restricting paraquat SL in China. In the new regulation, it defines that emetic, odor agents and colorant should be added into the paraquat solution products. (Herbicides China News 1207: ICAMA implements paraquat restriction)

China Customs considers that because 40% paraquat solution is compounded with emetic, odor agents and colorant, it should be declared under the chapter 38, where the miscellaneous chemical products are classified into.

However, some paraquat enterprises considered that declaring paraquat under the chapter 38 was unreasonable, because the effect of paraquat solution doesn't changed, even though it is added with protective ingredients.

Anyway, this argument has been closed into a conclusion that the HS code of 40% paraquat solution products is put under the chapter 38 from Aug.13, 2012. And the paraquat enterprises should obey the government's decision about paraquat export.

Source: Herbicides China News 1209

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Content of Herbicides China News 1209:

Asset exchange of Shandong Dacheng ends

Anhui Huaxing meets performance recovery in H1 2012

Rosi Chemical achieves the 2nd formal metamitron registration in China

Jiangsu Yangnong invests new herbicide production lines in Ningxia

Fengshan Group’s trifluralin expansion approaches the end

Number of 2,4-D acid technical manufacturers increases in China

Quizalofop-P-ethyl meets small manufacture in China

Stagnant tribenuron-methyl market continues in China

Diflufenican market remains small in China

Jiangsu Lvlilai resumes herbicide business after the relocation

Anhui Zhongshan enhances mesotrione manufacture

Xinyi Zhongkai sees stable quinclorac supply

CAC Nantong supplies fluorochloridone easily

Paraquat's HS code adjustment may stimulate its export price

Yellow phosphorus price rebounds in early Sept.

Herbicides China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 15^th of every month, provides you with the latest occurrences, exclusive analysis on the market trend as well as professional reviews on competitiveness of companies, products and relative industries in China’s herbicide industry.

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What Investment Opportunities in China’s Paraquat Market?

Paraquat, a broad-spectrum non-selective herbicide widely used to kill unwanted plants both in agricultural and nonagricultural landscapes, has been in a leading position in the world's herbicides in the past few years. It is the second largest herbicide in terms of consumption volume (calculated by 42% TK), only behind glyphosate.

China’s paraquat industry has developed rapidly in recent years, with technical output growing with a CAGR of over 20% during 2006-2010. However, the annual growth rate drops sharply in 2011. What is the reason of the slowed-down growth rate? What is the development trend in the future? China’s paraquat industry is under intense competition. Will China's production of paraquat further concentrate in the future? What kind of enterprises will hold dominant positions in China's paraquat production?

China is a major paraquat export country, and over 80% of its paraquat output is exported to counties all over the world. Where are the paraquat products exported to? What’s the trend of overseas demand? Will the export market of paraquat in China continue enlarging in the future years?

In order to ensure safe production and use of paraquat in domestic market, Chinese government has issued a notice to take restrictive management measures on paraquat, namely Notice No. 1745. What kind of effect will it have on China’s paraquat industry? How is the reaction of paraquat suppliers in China?

As China’s paraquat has been playing a crucial role in global market and its eye-catching performance under current global financial crisis will continue in the future, what kind of investment opportunities exist in Chinese market?

All answers can be found in CCM International’s 4^th edition report of Production and Market of Paraquat in China. The new edition strengthens the following aspects:
- All the data related to  paraquat industry in the past have been updated with high accuracy;
- The differences between different regions and crops are focused more in the survey of domestic consumption of paraquat in this edition compared with the previous edition, so the results are much closer to the truth.

With CCM International’s insight into China’s paraquat industry, the updated report will provide much more useful information to the senior executives and decision makers who are seeking for investment opportunities within the industry.

What’s more, this report, covering the whole industrial chain of paraquat, will also provide useful information to the upstream producers, as it has analyzed raw material production and supply situation in details, thus bringing unexpected benefits to those players. If you are interested in it, please feel free to contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com or 86-20-37616606.

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Herbicides China News Focuses on Paraquat SL Restriction Issue

It's obvious that recent heated discussions in Herbicides China News is focused on governmental restriction on paraquat SL in China. Coupled with various responses aroused by the official decision in China’s herbicide industry, Herbicides China News collects diverse opinions. The detailed reports are presented in both June and July issues.

Undoubtedly, governmental policy is the key to China’s pesticide industry in China. Hence, the restriction on paraquat SL by the Chinese government triggered such a wide attention. Following the core conception of paraquat regulation, ICAMA also issued detailed instructions in terms of pesticide administration to push the SL restriction. What are the detailed registration regulations that ICAMA has released?

In the column of market dynamics, glyphosate price trend in China is most attractive because current glyphosate price appears different in comparison with the previously sluggish situation. The stable ascent in the first half of 2012 implies glyphosate may meet a nice prospect this year. Of course, this optimistic expectation should be confirmed by the coming market situation. How will the price of glyphosate go in the next season?

In addition, coupled with the gradual coming of the hottest two months, July and Aug. of every year, Chinese herbicide manufacturers suspend production one after another for maintenance and check. Accordingly, herbicide market meets slack season at present. A short-term peaceful period will come. What is the market trend of domestic herbicide industry?

More detailed information will be discovered in CCM International’s Herbicides China News, published on 15^th  every month. It provides you with the latest occurrences, exclusive analysis on the market trend as well as professional reviews on competitiveness of companies, products and relative industries in China’s herbicide industry.

Headline news in the July issue of Herbicides China News:

-ICAMA issued new registration regulations to implement the official decision about paraquat restriction in China.

-Several key governmental regulations for pesticide industrial integration in China were listed in this article.

-Integration is the main characteristic of herbicide industry in China of H1 2012.

-Chinese acetochlor export is hardly shocked by the acetochlor restriction in the EU.

-Metolachlor is expected to meet nice prospect in China for the advantage of low toxicity, high efficiency, broad controlling spectrum and so on.

-Glyphosate price in China witnessed stable ascent in the first half of 2012.

-Acetochlor price level in 2012 is higher than that in 2011, resulting from the price increase of acetochlor's raw materials and the shortage of acetochlor stock this year.

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ICAMA Implements Paraquat Restriction

Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China (ICAMA) issued new regulations on paraquat registration in early June, 2012, in a move to follow the official decision to restrict paraquat SL in China, according to CCM International’s July issue of Herbicides China News.

On April 24, 2012, three Chinese governmental departments—the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) jointly proclaimed an announcement to restrict paraquat SL in consideration of "human safety in agricultural production". According to one term of the new regulations, all current product labels as well as all current registrations and production permits of paraquat SL products must be modified before Jan. 1, 2013, otherwise they will be cancelled as a result. (Herbicides China News 1205: China takes restriction on paraquat)

Specializing in nationwide pesticide registration and administration with the main responsibilities for registration, quality control, bioassay and residue monitoring of pesticides, supervision of pesticide markets, information-sharing, international cooperation and other services, in terms of paraquat registration, ICAMA drew up detailed administrative regulations as below:

1. All provincial institutes for the control of agrochemicals should immediately stop administrative acceptance and sanction on the field experiments and the application for registration of paraquat TK and paraquat SL (including single SL and mixed SL).

2. Paraquat SL manufacturers in China should update relevant registration certificates and permit labels before Oct. 31, 2012:

a) Paraquat SL manufacturers should provide the original registration certificate, the original label specimen, the substance label, as well as new label specimen, origin proof of TK, illustration of product composition, 24-hour first aid hotline, etc., when they apply the modification of paraquat registration;

b) Safety warning slogan should be featured in new paraquat SL label specimen with intense color contrast or large character size;

c) New label specimen should also include 24-hour first aid hotline. And the specialized 24-hour service of paraquat first aid should be provided by experienced medical personnel in the general hospital.

3. Those unmodified or unsanctioned paraquat labels will be cancelled and new paraquat products without new label will be forbidden to come on the market in China after Jan. 1, 2013.

4. Emetic, odor agents and colorant should be added into the paraquat TK products. And those paraquat TK manufacturers who want to own paraquat SL export qualification should apply for the paraquat SL export registration by modifying current SL registrations with their active TK and SL registration certificates and production permits after July 1, 2014, when all current registrations and production permits of paraquat SL and mixed paraquat SL will be cancelled in China except the export ones.

5. Others:

a) Paraquat TK source of SL manufacturers should be relatively stable, and must be checked by ICAMA if the TK source changes;

b) Paraquat SL manufacturers should ensure that current old-labelled paraquat will be withdrawn from circulation in China after Dec. 31, 2013, and new-labelled paraquat will also be withdrawn from Chinese market after July 1, 2016, when all products of paraquat SL are forbidden to sell and apply in China. The SL products are recommended to be packed in plastic bottles with thin bottleneck in the future so that the liquid outflow time can be prolonged. It's necessary to make a record of material purchase, production and sales, and the finished paraquat SL should be companied with instruction, first aid booklet and active carbon;

c) Provincial institutes for the control of agrochemicals should aggressively promote and implement the decision about paraquat restriction. And examinations and checks will be implemented by ICAMA and relevant governmental departments in the future.

(Relative background and details about the official decision of paraquat restriction in China were mentioned in Herbicides China News 1205: China takes restriction on paraquat; other relative discussions were reported in Herbicides China News 1202, 1206.)

Source: Herbicides China News 1207

http://www.cnchemicals.com/Newsletter/NewsletterDetail_11.html

Content of Herbicides China News 1207:

ICAMA implements paraquat restriction

Key regulations for pesticide industrial integration in China

Great expectation on Yangnong Chemical in 2012

Lier Chemical confirms relocation of Jiangsu Kuaida

Hisun Chemical plans new pesticide plant

Shangyu Nutrichem boosts its pesticide productivity

Semi-annual review of herbicide industry in China

Chinese acetochlor export remains unaffected by the EU restriction

Metolachlor should meet nice prospect in China

Tianyi Agrochemical runs pilot production of HGE herbicide

… …

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