325 new registrations for pesticide technicals approved in 2013

According to information released by the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) on 31 Dec., 2013, there were 325 new registrations of pesticide technicals (including pesticide TK) approved in China in 2013 (excluding renewal registrations). Among these, 295 were formal registrations, and the other 30 were temporary registrations.

Figures from the ICAMA show that the number of new registrations approved in 2013 is higher than annual approvals from 2010 to 2012. In that period, the number of new technical registrations in China ranged from 240 to 280 each year.

Herbicides were the sub-category with the highest number of new registrations in 2013 —— 156 new herbicide technicals were registered. The 325 new registrations cover 164 types of pesticide ingredients, including 76 types of herbicides, 45 insecticides, 32 fungicides and 11 other pesticides (plant growth regulators and rodenticides).

Specifically, azoxystrobin had the most registrations, with 18 technicals registered. There were other three pesticides with more than 10 new technical registrations in 2013: thiamethoxam (15 registrations), glufosinate-ammonium(14) and indoxacarb (11). Five substances had over five new registrations: cyhalofop-butyl, bispyribac-sodium, mesotrione, pymetrozine and dicamba. There were totally 30 pesticides with more than 3 technical registrations, including 17 herbicides, 8 insecticides and 5 fungicides.

Along with pesticides with the highest number of registrations, those registered for the first time in China are also worth noticing. Out of 164 new pesticides registered in 2013, 16 were registered temporarily for the first time, and another 21 were granted formal registration for the first time in China. Some of the 37 new pesticides are patented newcomers, such as sulfoxaflor, methiadinil and fluxapyroxad.

Source: Crop Protection China Monthly Report issued by CCM in January.

Table of Contents of China Crop Protection Monthly Report 1401

Overview for new registrations of pesticide technicals in 2013

325 new registrations for pesticide technicals approved in 2013

158 enterprises registered pesticide technicals in 2013

New registrations of herbicide technicals in 2013: an overview

New registrations of insecticide technicals in 2013: an overview

New registrations of fungicide technicals in 2013: an overview

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Noposion to plan an asset reorganization in July 2013

According to Herbicides China News 1307 issued by CCM, On July 8, 2013, Shenzhen Noposion Agrochemicals Co. Ltd. (Noposion) announced that its stocks (stock No. 002215) would be suspended from trading from that date onwards due to a significant asset reorganization planned by the company. According to the announcement, Noposion is committed to lay out the proposal of the asset reorganization before August 6, 2013. After the proposal is approved by the company's board of directors and announced to the public, its stock will resume trading.

After the announcement came out, many market participants suspect that the significant asset reorganization refers to the acquisition of Jiangsu Changlong Chemicals Co, Ltd. (Jiangsu Changlong), which is a pesticide technical supplier for Noposion. Jiangsu Changlong is one of the large-scale manufacturers of pesticide technical, ranking in the top ten of technical manufacturers in China. Market participants speculate that the sudden suspension of Noposion's stocks is probably due to Noposion's acquisition of Jiangsu Changlong.

Insiders from Noposion's Securities Department said that the company has been negotiating with Jiangsu Changlong about a possible acquisition. However, they were not at liberty to disclose the real reason for the suspension.

On March 26, 2013, Noposion announced that the company intended to acquire Jiangsu Changlong's shares. At that time, the company stated that the acquisition was still in the early stages, and that it had not yet signed any letter of intent. However, the company has not released any announcement regarding the details of the acquisition.

Some experts believe that Noposion will ensure stability in the source of raw materials especially for pesticides technical, diversify its product categories and enhance its marketing ability if it is successful in acquiring Jiangsu Changlong. It is no doubt that at present, Noposion's pesticide formulation varieties and marketing channels are far more advanced than its competitors. However, Noposion's competitive disadvantage is that it has no production bases for pesticide technical, which is the main upstream source. Acquiring Jiangsu Changlong could address this disadvantage.

Noposion, a listed company of producing pesticide formulation in China, engages in production, R&D and marketing of pesticide formulation. Its headquarters is located in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province and its manufacturing base is in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. Its products are mainly sold in the domestic market, especially East China, South China and Central China.

Currently, Noposion is one of the biggest agrochemical enterprises in China, with a pesticide formulation capacity of over 100,000t/a. In Q1 2013, Noposion's revenue was USD80.27 million (RMB505.71 million) with a net profit of USD7.61 million (RMB47.93 million). Its revenue and net profit increased by 11.43% and 13.26% year-on-year respectively. The company's net profit was predicted to increase by 10%-40% in H1 2013, reaching USD20.34 million-USD25.89 million (RMB128.15 million-RMB163.10 million).

Table of Contents of Herbicides China News 1307:

Editor's notes

Company Dynamics

Good Harvest-Weien continues to strengthen its sugarbeet herbicide business

Noposion to plan an asset reorganization in July 2013

Supply and demand

Jiangsu Institute of Ecomones obtains six herbicide registrations in H1 2013

Market Analysis

Overview of amide herbicides' market situation in China in May 2013

Diuron market remains weak in the first half of 2013

Corn herbicides to enjoy a bright prospect in the near future

Ex-works price of tribenuron-methyl 95% TC soared in early July 2013

Output and sales volume of paraquat TK declined in May 2013

Policy

MOA to strengthen risk monitoring of 2,4-D butylate

Hunan Province issued eight prohibitions on pesticide production in June 2013

Registration

Overview of China’s herbicide registration in H1 2013

Price Monitoring

Price Review in July 2013

News in Brief

Paraquat remains short supply in late June 2013

CCPIA set up Pesticide Additives Commission formally in June

Organic phosphorus herbicides maintain high sales ratio in May 2013

Hubei Sanonda’s net profit to increase by 420%-470% YoY in H1 2013

China to prohibit three long residual herbicides

China exports 32,264 tonnes of herbicides for retail in May 2013

Lier Chemical's net profit soared with YOY growth of 54.82% in H1 2013

Lanfeng Bio-chemical to set up a subsidiary

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Enterprises Appeal for Policy Support for Pesticide Formulation Export

On 7 June, 2012, the 18th Conference of the 5th Council of China Crop Protection Industry Association was successfully held in Nanchang City of Jiangxi Province, participated by nearly 200 experts from pesticide R&D, production and management departments. A large number of domestic enterprises appealed for policy support for pesticide formulation export at the meeting, according to CCM International’s July issue of Fungicides China News.

It is well known that China is one of the big countries of pesticide production with over 260 technical and 3,000 formulations. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) show that the total output of pesticides has reached about 2.65 million tonnes in China in 2011.

 

Besides, China is also one of the biggest pesticide export countries all over the world. For instance, China exported pesticides to over 180 foreign countries and regions, reaching the highest level in history in 2011; the total export volume witnessed a sound growth last year, hitting around 1.41 million tonnes, up 15.65% compared with that in 2010. 

Before 2011, Chinese export volume of pesticide technical has been larger than that of pesticide formulations. As hoped, this situation eventually changed in the previous year. In detail, China's export volume of pesticide formulations in 2011 was about 0.75 million tonnes, up 26.66% year on year, while that of pesticide technical was about 0.66 million tonnes, only up 5.10% year on year.

 

As formulations exceed technical by export volume, Chinese pesticide industry will play an increasingly important role worldwide. However, some related policies are no good for the development of domestic pesticide formulation industry, which negatively impacts the adjustment of pesticide industrial structure to a certain extent.

 

Specifically, Chinese export tax rebate rate of pesticide technical is usually 9%, while that of pesticide formulations is only 5%. As a result, this topsy-turvy phenomenon of export tax rebate rate can hardly raise the enthusiasm of pesticide enterprises to extend their industrial chain with higher additional value products–pesticide formulations. 

Under the circumstances, most enterprises prefer to export pesticide technical in consideration of the higher export tax rebate rate. However, these domestic enterprises that produce pesticide technical still act as "outsources" in the chain of international pesticide trade. Meanwhile, the pollution caused by producing pesticide technical in significant quantities is very serious in China, which goes against environmental protection to a great extent.

 

To better promote the adjustment of China's pesticide industrial structure and thus facilitate its own brand products to enter into international terminal market, domestic enterprises hope that relevant state departments give policy support to domestic pesticide formulation export–increasing the export tax rebate of pesticide formulations and change the topsy-turvy phenomenon between pesticide technical and formulations. 

Although the export tax rebate policy is important, enterprises should not focus on policy support. On the contrary, they ought to constantly strengthen product innovation to firmly occupy international market. Only in this way can China be a more powerful country in global pesticide industry in the future. 

Source: Fungicides China News 1207

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Epoxiconazole wins approval of more and more rice growers in China 

Bismerthiazol greets a favorable return

Traditional pesticide sales system may be subverted in Hunan

Yancheng Limin's relocation projects start trial production

Weier Chemical to build 200t/a fluazinam production line

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Rice diseases and insect pests spreading rapidly

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