2012 CHINA INTERNATIONAL AGROCHEMICAL FORUM ON PROCUREMENT & SERVICE  C S Liew C S Liew, Managing Director of Pacific Agriscience Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, has had 33 years of international experience in the agricultural chemical industry. He has worked for American Cyanamid, Ciba-Geigy, Uniroyal and Nufarm before forming his own company 13 years ago. [...]

Since the tricyclazole and triadimefon launched, the triazole fungicides became the largest category in market due to their high activities until the strobilurin fungicide was discovered. At present, the triazole fungicide is still one of the largest categories in the market. The sales of tebuconazole, epoxiconazole, difenoconazole and propiconazole, etc. have been exceeded $ 100 millions [...]

The improvement of varieties and quality of pesticides, especially pesticides produced by more sophisticated technology, will promote the expansion of pesticide application and the growth of its demand. Due to the rise in agricultural prices and government subsidies, farmers’ income will retain a stable growth. Government subsidies reduce pesticide costs, therefore lead to a new [...]

Agrochemicals output in Q1 of 2012 increased by 20.3%, representing the consecutive quarters of double digit growth. 1.Pesticide Production According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the production of pesticide products in Q1 of 2012 is shown as follows: 2.Import and Export According to the data released by the General Administration [...]

On March 29, Liu Yue, Deputy General Manager of China National Agrochemical Corporation (CNAC), and Chen Lichtenstein, Deputy CEO of Israel Makhteshim Agan(MAI), met with government officials from Jingzhou, Hebei province, where Hubei Sanonda is located. This is the second time that MAI visited Sanonda since it was bought by CNAC in 2011. This meeting [...]

Jiangsu Changqing registered a 32% increase of its agrochemical sales to RMB 1,001 million (US$ 156 million at current rate) in 2011. Firstly, Changqing increased its direct export to multinational partners by improving the cooperation. Also, it strengthened cooperation with domestic trading companies with more export agency agreements, thus rises the sales of its major [...]

China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA) recently released the ranking list of Top 100 Chinese pesticide companies in 2010 during AgrochemEx 2011. Zhejiang Wnyca Chemical, the leading manufacturer of glyphosate in China, has topped the ranking with annual sales of RMB 1,873 million. Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical and Zhejiang Jinfanda Biochemical ranked the second and third places [...]

BEIJING – China’s endemic oversupply of glyphosate could be stemmed by new legislation. The Ministry of Environmental Protection’s proposed Effluent Standard of Water-based Pollutants from Organo-phosphorus Pesticide Industry has been redrafted in cooperation with the China Crop Protection Industry Association and the Shenyang Research Institute of the Chemical Industry to set acceptable levels of water-based [...]

Brief Introduction of the 6th IWSC The International Weed Science Society (IWSS) was formed in 1975 by individuals from Europe, North America, South America, and the Asian-Pacific area, to deal with global weed science issues. The IWSS is a worldwide scientific organization, open to all who are interested in weeds and their control. The formation [...]

China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA), founded in 1982, is the earliest authoritative association in Chinese agrochemicals industry. It now has 495 members, covering units (mainly manufactures, R&D institutions, universities, provincial associations) that related to technicals, formulations, intermediates, auxiliaries, packaging, etc. Our members’ production generates 95% nation’s total production value. And for past few decades, [...]