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Advertiser Index
P80

Beijing Kingbo Biotech

P4

Beijing Multigrass Formulation
Fuhua Tongda Agro-chemical Technology

Inside Front Cover
P3

Hailir Pesticides and Chemicals Group Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Pulan Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

P18

Hangzhou Ruijiang Crop Science

P86
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Iprochem Company Limited
Jiangsu Agrochem Laboratory

P84

Jiangsu Sword Agrochemicals

P83
P2

Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical
Jiangyin Milagro Chemical Co., Ltd

P19

Jingbo Agrochemicals Technology

P42

Jingma Chemicals

P85

King Tech Corporation

P40

Lier Chemical Co., Ltd.

P83

Limin Chemical Co., Ltd.

P16

Ningxia Taiyicin Biotech Co., Ltd.

P8

Qilu Pharmaceutical (Inner Mongolia) Co., Ltd.

P7

Shandong Binnong Technology Co., Ltd.

P89

Shandong Kangqiao Bio-technology Co., Ltd.

P18
P1

Shandong Weifang Rainbow Chemical
Shanghai IPRO-DVA Inspection Technology Co., LTD

P25

Shanghai Mingdou Chemical

P60
P5

Shenzhen King Quenson Industry Co., Ltd
Sichuan Lomon Bio Technology Co., Ltd.

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Sino Agro-chemical Industry

P80

TIDE GROUP

P40

Yifan Biotechnology Group

P37

Zhejiang Longyou East Anasac Crop Science Co Ltd.

P22

Zhejiang Runhe Chemical New Material Co.ltd

P12-13

Zhejiang Zhongshan Chemical Industry Group

P6

Cover Story
10

Runhe, Helps Farmers with Organosilicone

Market Overview
14

Chinese Pesticides under Safety and Environment
Pressure: Production Shrinks, Industry Monopoly Emerges

20

China Product Watch 2019: Further Raised Registration
Thresholds, Domestically-Created Products Frequently
Emerging in Terminal Market

28

Analysis of China’s Pesticide Export to Eastern European
Countries in 2019

32

The Challenges And Opportunities of Purchasing from China
in 2019

Dialogue
34

Northwest China: New Destination for China’s Pesticide
Industry Shift

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Product Index
Company Index
Company Directory

Disclaimer: If some advertisements and product profiles in this issue contain references to active ingredients still under patent protection in certain countries, such content
are deemed inapplicable to those countries.


Cover Story

Runhe,

helps farmers with organosilicone
In the face of the growing population, declining

the pesticide is lost to the soil and the environment,

land, rising food demand and increasingly severe

which not only increases the pesticide residue,

environmental requirements, people need to develop

but also pollutes the environment and leads to the

more efficient and safe pesticides. However, new

wastage of water. As a result, scientists are trying

pesticides have a long development cycle, need huge

to find a more efficient adjuvant that can keep more

investments, have high risks, and low success rates,

of the spray solution on the leaves and also spread

especially for modern and super efficient pesticide

rapidly. Then, only a small amount of the spray can

varieties. With the rapid development of pesticide

be used to make the pesticide more quickly and

synergists, many new dosage forms have emerged,

effectively make contact with the invading enemies.

as required by the times. In traditional pesticide

After unremitting efforts and experiments, in the

spraying, only 20-30% of the chemical solution can

1980s, scientists finally developed the agricultural

be stored on the leaves of crops, and 70-80% of

silicone surfactant.

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Cover Story

What exactly is organosilicone for
agriculture?
The agricultural silicone surfactant is also called

Industry leader
Runhe, a professional manufacturer of silicone

synergist, pesticide adjuvant, organosilicon etc. It is

products, was established in 2000 and has a 20-year-

ethoxylated polytrisiloxane, and it is a light yellow

long history. It is one of the leading silicone listed

transparent liquid. It can be widely used in spraying

enterprises in China. It is focused on scientific

agricultural chemicals such as pesticides, fungicides,

and technological innovation, committed to the

herbicides, foliar fertilizers, plant growth regulators

development and production of agricultural silicone

and biological pesticides etc, to achieve efficiency,

surfactant and its core raw materials. Runhe helps

savings in water usage, labor and pesticides, and

farmers around the world increase crop production

reduce pesticide losses and pesticide residue.

and reduce production costs.

RUNHE’S AGRICULTURAL SILICONE PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SILICONE SURFACTANT
SILICONE DEFOAMER
LOW FOAM WETTING AGENT
AERIAL PESTICIDE SPRAY ADJUVANT

High efficient wetting, green organosilicone
Characteristics of agricultural silicone surfactant
1. Super spreading, penetrating and sticking ability.
2. It has a strong vertical penetration and a horizontal spreading property, which can penetrate the plant leaves rapidly.
3. Reduces the surface tension quickly and rainfastness
4. Improves the pesticide-applying efficiency, reduces the amount of pesticides, spray amount, pesticide residues, and
saves water.
5. Nonionic and is compatible with most pesticides

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Market Overview

Chinese Pesticides under Safety and
Environment Pressure: Production
Shrinks, Industry Monopoly Emerges

By Mickey Shan
Editor of AgroPages


In the context of China's macro policy, the pesticide

AgroPages , since March, the safety inspection of the chemical parks

industry, as a traditional high-pollution and high-risk industry,

nationwide has involved such provinces as Jiangsu, Hebei, Hubei,

has been under great pressure from environmental protection

Henan, Sichuan, Shandong, Zhejiang and Shaanxi, basically covering

for several years. In March 2019, a major explosion in

all key provinces in China’s pesticide production. And the industry

Xiangshui Chemical Industry Park caused nearly a hundred

has never seen more intensified inspections or stricter requirements

casualties. This chemical industry park in Jiangsu, the province

before. After the explosion, all chemical companies in coastal cities

with the most production of pesticide chemicals in China, was

of Yancheng and Lianyungang in Northern Jiangsu were shut down.

instantly ruined. The government had to carry out in-depth

Since then, many chemical parks in many provinces across the

policy interventions and a large-scale shutdown of production

country have been inspected, and all enterprises in the parks have

throughout the country. The pesticide industry has experienced

ceased production. The direct consequence of this series of hurricane-

greater downward pressure, and there has been a trend of

like policies is that China's output of chemical pesticides has greatly

negative growth in its domestic production.

fallen in 2019.

This explosion in Xiangshui has made a far greater impact

According to the data of National Bureau of Statistics, in the past

than it appears on this industry. Since March 2019, there has

10 years, China’s pesticide output has shown a downward trend

been a negative atmosphere over the entire chemical industry

for three consecutive years since it reached a peak of 3.741 million

in China. Correspondingly, many agrochemical companies

tons (converted to 100% concentration, the same below) in 2015. In

have successively exited from the market. AgroPages '

2018, the output was only 2.083 million tons. During the first three

incomplete tracking of Chinese companies' mergers and

quarters of 2019, the national output of pesticide technical was 1.511

acquisitions as well as overseas and domestic investment

million tons, representing a year-on-year decrease of 20%. Compared

events in 2019 found that China's leading companies' domestic

with the same period in 2018, the output of pesticide technical from

and overseas acquisition/investment efforts are intensifying,

January to September 2019 declined at different degrees. As the

and the access barriers to China’s technical production

province with the largest production volume of pesticide technical in

industry have increased, and the industry concentration has

China, Jiangsu Province had a cumulative output of 468,100 tons in

further deepened.

the first three quarters, accounting for 30.98% of the national output,
but a 25% decrease compared to the first three quarters of last year.

Pesticide output shrinks with nationwide
"production suspension"
The production of China's pesticide industry in 2019 was
still under pressure from environmental protection inspections,
and the Xiangshui explosion in March aggravated this situation.
The North Jiangsu Chemical Industry Park launched a largescale rectification effort, and the large and small chemical
companies in Xiangshui, Binhai and Dafeng also suspended
pesticide production overnight. Other major provinces in
chemical production also issued a series of related regulations
and policies. The rectification effort in chemical industry parks
across the country was in full swing. In such a situation, people
in the pesticide industry always suffer from such words as
"production suspended for inspection", "closed", and "indefinite
suspended production".
According to the incomplete information tracked by

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At the end of 2019, the tense domestic production situation
recovered slightly. In October, after several months of production
4

3.74

3.5

3.21

3
2.51

2.5

2.08

2

1.51

1.5
1
0.5
0

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019（Q1-Q3）

China's pesticide production capacity for the latest five years (million tons)
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China


Market Overview
suspension, Fengshan Group's technical synthesis workshop

officially started to resume production on October 25, 2019.

Major environmental and safety related policies issued by 

Fengshan Group also became the first chemical company in

Chinese provinces in 2019

Yancheng that received approval for resumption of production.
The Northern Jiangsu chemical enterprises whose production
has been suspended this time may not resume production
by itself, and they will be subject to the “one policy for one
enterprise”. The government's approval progress not only
determines the fate of the chemical companies involved, but
also affects the next development of their counterparts in China.
As of press time, the resumption of production of Jiangsu
Huifeng, another listed company located in Northern Jiangsu,
is still in the publicity stage. With the resumption of production
of these enterprises, the demand for certain domestic technical
products will be somehow met. However, the long-term
existence of pressure on safety and environmental protection is
beyond doubt.

Pesticide companies make adjustments

Under such huge policy pressure, the disappearance of
orders, customer loss, market loss, operating loss, and tight
capital turnover are just an external manifestation of the difficult
survival of pesticide companies. From the perspective of longterm development, the corporate reputation damage caused
by delayed delivery, the loss of core talents, and the inability to

quickly switch to new businesses with more sustainable growth
are the biggest obstacles for the development of Chinese
pesticide companies.

- Frequent major M&As, emerging industry
monopolies
During 2019, the frequency of mergers and reorganizations
of various scales in the domestic agricultural materials industry
was higher than that of the previous year. Small and scattered
pesticide companies accelerated their withdrawal. It is more
and more difficult to get the access permission for the technical
industry. Companies that invested heavily in environmental
protection and safety in the early stage have gained greater
resistance to risks, and have launched a "keep-buying"
model, using capital leverage to reshape their production
and operation patterns. The increasing investment and the
high-cost standardized operation have ended the era of lowprice technical, making strong enterprises stronger. Thus, the
monopoly of single products is formed, and the industrial chain
of enterprises continues to expand. According to information, in
2019, nearly 100 companies in the domestic pesticide industry
have made large or small mergers, and several of them have

- February 2019: Jiangsu strictly forbade building new chemical
parks and enterprises within 1 km along the Yangtze River
- February 2019: Jiangsu and Shandong launched the
emergency response system for heavy pollution, shutting down or
limiting production at many chemical plants!
- February 2019: Jiangsu launched an environmental
improvement project for chemical parks
- March 2019: Hebei: All chemical companies without safety

production conditions were banned
- April 2019: Hubei launched strict policies on chemical Industry
parks
- April 2019: Yancheng decided to completely close Xiangshui
Chemical Park
- April 2019: Jiangsu planned to significantly reduce the
number of chemical companies or chemical parks, or from 50 to 20
- May 2019: the campaign of "Solid Waste Clearance 2019"
involved 126 cities in 11 provinces along the Yangtze River
- May 2019: From June 1st, provinces in more than half of
China including Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Hubei would
conduct a large-scale safety inspection for chemical companies
- June 2019: Henan conducted a special
rectificationcampaignfor 758 companies of hazardous chemicals
- June 2019: Sichuan strictly limited the establishment of new
chemical projects along the Yangtze River
- June 2019: Hubei launched a special safety rectification
campaignin the field of hazardous chemicals, which lasted until the
end of the year
- August 2019: Industrial enterprises in 28 cities might need to
stop or suspend production for maintenance in order to welcome
the "parade blue"
- September 2019: Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei, Zhejiang
and Guangdong started the "inspection mode", and chemical
companies might face production suspension
- September 2019: Jiangsu planned to close 9 chemical parks,
close 1,431 and rectify 4022 chemical companies
- September 2019: Office of the Work Safety Committee of the
State Council conducted spot checks on chemical parks around
Beijing

- September 2019: Shandong strictly restricted the
establishment of new projects of highly toxic chemicals, and shut
down 3 types of enterprises without conditions for safe production
- October 2019: The second batch of the secondround of
central government’s ecological and environmental protection
inspections was to start within 2019
- November 2019: Hebei launched the special "Slashing Sword
Campaign for Pollution Treatment", which would last for 5.5 months
- November 2019: The Work Safety Committee of the State
Council: conducted centralized rectification of safety production in
fields such as hazardous chemicals for three months
- December 2019: Inner Mongolia would no longer plan new
chemical parks

significantly accelerated the concentration of the industry and
have laid the foundation for oligopoly.

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Market Overview
Agrochemical giant ADAMA acquired 50% equity in

Major M&As of Chinese agrochem companies in 2019:

Shanghai Dibai, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huifeng, for 370

1. Guoguang acquired 100% equity of Yier Shuangfeng
held by Chongqing Shuangfeng;
2. Jiangshan acquired 67% equity of Harbin Limin;

3. Huilong acquired 90% equity of Hemei Kechuang;
4. Zhengbang Technology transferred 100% equity of
Zhengbang Crop Protection Co., Ltd.;
5. Yangnong Chemical intended to acquire 100% equity
of Sinochem Crops and 100% equity of Shenyang Sinochem
Agrochemical R&D Company;
6. Noposion purchased 55% equity of Jinsui Group;
7. Noposion acquires 52.9412% equity of Yunnan Huayun
Jinxin;
8. ADAMA acquired 50% equity in Shanghai Dibai
9. Limin purchased 100% equity of Veyong Asset Group
held by ENN;
10. Heyi acquired 2% equity of Changlong Agrochemical;
12. ENN acquired 25% equity of Inner Mongolia New
Veyong from JOMAX Investment (already held 100%);
12. Luxi Chemical was merged into the central enterprise,
and the actual controller was changed from Liaocheng
SASAC to Sinochem Corporation.

China and even the world, and strengthening the backward

million yuan, greatly promoting its business development in
integration and competitive advantages of key technical.
Limin reorganized Veyong, and would synergize its main
business of EBCDs (fungicide) with a variety of insecticide
products, such as emamectin benzoate and abamectin, in the
Veyong pesticide sector, so as to complement their structural
and technical advantages of the two companies in pesticide
products.
After the equity transfer, Luxi Chemical's actual controller

would be changed to Sinochem Group. In the future, Sinochem
Group would provide Luxi Chemicals with diversified support
in terms of technology, capital, new materials, etc., and would
accelerate Luxi Group’s development through various ways
like expanding investment and industrial chain coordination, so
as to build a world-class chemical new material industry park.
At the beginning of 2020, a great change took place in
the Chinese agrochemical industry. On January 5, after the
equity transfer of Sinochem Group, Zhejiang Chemical and
Sinochem (Shanghai) Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. (will
be renamed to Syngenta Group), which are stakeholders of
Yangnong Group, the Syngenta Group Co., Ltd., which merged
the agricultural assets of Sinochem Group and ChemChina,
will soon be officially established. ChemChina plans to transfer
100% of its shares in Syngenta AG and 74.02% of its shares
in ADAMA to Syngenta Group. In addition, Syngenta Group
intends to accept the transfer of Sinochem Group's main
assets in the agricultural sector. So far, Syngenta Group,
with a national team background, has formally established
a full industrial chain layout covering the four major fields of
fertilizers, pesticides, seeds and digital agriculture. Based on
this, Sinochem will build a strategic platform for agricultural
MAP（Modern Agriculture Platform）, combining modern
agricultural products and service resources extensively to form
a symbiotic and harmonious modern agricultural ecological
service circle, so as to build a modern agricultural production
and management system.
Multinational companies have also begun to participate in
this wave of domestic restructuring. UPL, a representative of
Indian companies which have a rapid rate of global expansion,

has acquired 100% equity in Yoloo Laoting Biotechnology from
Beijing Yoloo Bio-Technology Corporation through its Hong
Kong branch, and issued 25% equity of the Hong Kong branch
to Beijing Yoloo. Previously, UPL announced in February 2019
that it had formally completed its acquisition of Arysta with
a transaction value of US$ 4.2 billion, making it one of the
world's top five agricultural solutions providers. Through this
acquisition of Laoting Yongle, UPL will obtain Yoloo Laoting 's
extensive distribution channels, product registration certificates
and opportunities to enter the Chinese market, which will lay a
solid foundation for its growth in China.


Market Overview
- Consolidation and re-optimization of resource
In addition to mergers and acquisitions, Chinese pesticide

Domestic investment events of Chinese pesticide
companies in 2019:

companies continued to deepen their capital advantages in 2019,
frequently increased capital and expanded production of their
business subsidiaries, and accelerated the construction of various
projects. At the same time, the overseas expansion strategy was
implemented methodically. Many listed pesticide companies were
involved.
Red Sun Group, a leading company in the field of biochemical
pesticides, increased capital to its subsidiaries Chongqing Huage
Biochemical and Anhui Redpont around 2019. In addition, it
established Chongqing Global Village Biochemical through

Chongqing Huage’s investment. Chongqing Global Village
Biochemical will mainly undertake the two major circular economy
industrial chain projects of Red Sun’s biochemical glufosinate
and biochemical L-glufosinate. With the gradual launch of the
two major projects, the layout of the Red Sun’s industry chain
has been improved. In addition, Red Sun also invested in the
establishment of Sino-Agri Red Sun (Nanjing) Biotechnology Co.,
Ltd. with Sino-Agri Leading Biosciences, the only domestic listed
company of pesticides distribution, to combine the advantages
of international product resources, sales networks, and the
country's main distribution channels, and grasp the new business
opportunities brought by accelerated integration of large global
agrochemical companies.
Suli Co., Ltd. increased its investment to its holding subsidiary
Bailly Chemical’s project construction, followed by a capital
increase of 90 million yuan in Suli Ningxia, which is a newly
established subsidiary of Suli Co., Ltd. at the end of 2018.
Because Suli is located in Jiangsu, its original production was
under great policy pressure. The company stated that it would use
the resources of the central and western regions to cultivate new
profit growth points for the company.
In addition, Jiangshan, Changqing, ABA, Xingfa, Limin and
other listed companies have also expanded their development
paths through capital investment for consolidation or reoptimization. Xingfa Group invested over 700 million yuan to
construct a mining project in Xingshan County, Hubei Province,
which will eventually form a mining capacity of 2 million tons per
year. As one of the largest fine phosphorus chemical companies
in China, this move will further enhance Xingfa's phosphate rock
resources and consolidate its upstream and downstream industrial
chains. Jiangshan Co., Ltd. and Sinotrans Changjiang Co., Ltd.

jointly invested and established Nantong Jiangshan Sinotrans
Port Storage Co., Ltd. to ensure the company's international
transportation and logistics activities.
Noposion, China’s largest pesticide formulation company,
continued to extend to the planting end. In 2019, through the
establishment of Hainan Shengteng and investment in Yunnan
Huayun Jinxin, it entered the tropical fruit and industrial hemp
markets, respectively, and actively explored and cultivated new

1. Noposion established its subsidiary Hainan Shengteng,
with the main business of tropical fruits.
2. Hunan Haili intended to set up a wholly-owned
subsidiary Ningxia Haili.
3. Red Sun intended to set up Chongqing World Village
Biochemical, a wholly-owned subsidiary, to accelerate the
implementation of the glufosinate industrial chain project.
4. Red Sun increased capital to its subsidiary Chongqing
Huage to promote the accelerated release of independently
innovated and transformed fruits into productivity.
5. Jiangshan established wholly-owned subsidiaries
Nantong Jiangshan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and
Nantong Jiangshan Crop Science Co., Ltd. to optimize
resource allocation, extend the industrial chain, and promote
industrial transformation.
6. Suli intended to increase capital to its holding subsidiary
Bailly Chemical to promote the subsidiary’s projects and
strengthen its capital strength.
7. East Lake Hi-Tech established a subsidiary in Shanghai
to improve the company's R&D capability and comprehensive
competitiveness.

8. Changqing established a wholly-owned subsidiary
in Jingmen, Hubei to optimize the industrial layout, enrich
product structure, expand production capacity, and improve
profitability.
9. BSM Chemical increased capital to its holding
subsidiary, Jiangsu Yongan, for the implementation of
a series of product projects such as pendimethalin and
methoxyfenozide.
10. Limin invested in Xinjiang Xinrong to broaden the
investment platform and help the company's industrial
development.
11. ABA Chemicals invested in Yuchang Fine Chemical to
establish an important intermediate production base.
12. Noposion invested in Yunnan Huayun Jinxin to lay out
the industrial hemp market.
13. Jiangshan cooperated with Sinotrans to set up a port
storage company to improve its industrial chain.
14. Suli planned to increase capital of 90 million yuan to
Suli Ningxia, to lay out its medium and long-term development
15. Red Sun and Sino-Agri Leading Bioscience jointly
established a cross-border green pesticide supply chain
venture company
16. Fengle Agrochemical invested 18 million yuan to carry
out technical transformation projects on synthetic production
lines
17. Xingfa Group planned to invest 750 million to build a
Houping phosphorous mine, a mining project with an annual
output of 2 million tons, to consolidate the upstream and
downstream industrial chain of phosphorous chemical industry
18. Red Sun increased capital of 50 million yuan to Anhui

Redpont to strengthen its subsidiary’s capital strength

strategic core growth points, moving forward to its strategic goal

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Market Overview
of creating a new development pattern consisting of "agricultural

supply platform in the EU market has begun to take shape since

materials distribution, integrated agricultural services and

its investment in technical in the European Union in 2016. In

characteristic crop industry chain".

2019, Rainbow decided to fully increase its investment in the EU

While guaranteeing the foundation for domestic development,

market expansion. It plans to invest about 50 million euros in the

the overseas expansion of China’s agrochemical companies is

next 5 years to screen important active ingredients and register

also being carried out in an orderly manner, quickly entering the

investment in marketable preparations in the EU market, to lay a

markets through acquisitions. In addition to ADAMA's channel

solid foundation for its sustained growth during 2025-2030.

acquisitions in France, Romania and Peru, Red Sun also

In summary, strict ecological and environmental management

expanded the acquisition to Argentina, acquiring 60% equity of

policies will become normalin China, and most companies

Ruralco. Also in South America, Tide Group also acquired 100%

have recognized this situation. The reduction of the number of

equity of Brazilian distributor Prentiss Química. In addition, some

enterprises in the industry is an inevitable trend. In the National

companies chose to directly set up overseas branches, or to

Pesticide Management Working Conference held recently, the

increase investment in their existing overseas branches to quickly

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs proposed that by 2025,

increase the presence of overseas markets. In 2019, Jiangshan,

more than 70% of chemical pesticide companies will settle in

Suli, and Hailir established subsidiaries in the United States, the

industrial parks and 100 large and medium-sized enterprise

Philippines, and Brazil, respectively. In particular, Hailir established

groups will be developed. While the remaining enterprises

branches in both Brazil and the Philippines to enhance registration

are converging to the chemical park, they are also constantly

of its overseas products and expand international sales channels

improving their own production compliance levels. Dominant

and customer resources.

companies continue to consolidate the development foundation by

As a representative enterprise for the overseas expansion
of China's pesticide agrochemicals, Rainbow's agrochemical

opening up the industrial chain, and presenting more possibilities
in trying various new business growth areas.

Overseas investment events of Chinese pesticide
companies in 2019:
1. Jiangshan Co., Ltd. invested in the establishment of a
wholly-owned subsidiary in the United States to expand the US
market.
2. Suli Co., Ltd. planned to set up a subsidiary Suli
Agricultural Technology (Philippines) Co., Ltd. in the Philippines
to expand the market in Southeast Asia and strengthen the
registration of its overseas products.
3. Hailir established branches in Brazil and the Philippines
to enrich the company's overseas sales channels and customer
resources.
4. Rainbow invested in the EU agrochemical active
ingredient supply platform to accelerate its entry into the EU
market.
5. Red Sun acquired 60% equity in Argentina's Ruralco;
6. Tide Group acquired 100% equity of Brazilian distributor
Prentiss Química;
7. ADAMA accepted the transfer of 50% equity of Shanghai
Dibai, Fenghui’s subsidiary;
8. ADAMA acquired French-Swiss plant protection company
SFP;
9. ADAM acquired 10% equity of Agricover, a Romanian
agricultural materials distributor;
10. ADAMA acquired Peruvian crop protection company
AgroKlinge.

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China Product Watch 2019:

Further raised registration thresholds, domestically-created
products frequently emerging in terminal market

for applications of off-patent products. In general, innovation and creation
are becoming the driving forces behind the sustainable development of
these companies.

By Mickey Shan

Pesticide registration approval rate drops
significantly in 2019

Editor of AgroPages


Over the last decade, China's pesticide registration rate has shown a
trend of steady growth. From 2013 to 2018, the average annual growth rate
of pesticide registrations was 6.90% (Figure 1). In 2018, there were 4,608

China has always been the backbone of global

pesticide registrations approved by the Ministry of Agriculture at an approval

pesticide production. Even though China’s production

rate of 92.5% while the registration number increased by 8.6% over the

capacity has shrunk to some extent, due to the

previous year when there were 90 new pesticide registration tests approved,

increasing effects of environmental and safety policies

at a rate of 51%.

on the market in recent years, it still accounts for over

However, the increase in pesticide registrations in 2019 was significantly

half of the global capacity. In fact, China's domestic

reduced compared to previous years. The total number of pesticide

pesticide market is huge and shows a more sustainable

registrations in 2019, as of 20th December, was only 1,064, of which 130 are

development prospects with regards to the continuous

technical concentrates and 934 are formulations. The approval rate dropped

upgrading and adjustment of the pesticide industry in

sharply to 47.0% while the number of new pesticide registration tests was

recent years.

only 38, with the approval rate of 88.4%.

Therefore, in addition to analysing pesticide exports,

As of 20th December, 2019, a total of 41,204 pesticide products were

an in-depth understanding of pesticide registration

registered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, of which 4,513 are

trends and new product launchingin the Chinese market

technical concentrates and 36,691 are formulations. The number of active

also provides an important guide for understanding

ingredients of all registered pesticides is 701. The slowdown in registration

product structures and how to seize opportunities in the

growth is closely related to the rise in registration thresholds, under the new

domestic market.

pesticide registration management regulations and changes to the safety

By summarizing and analyzing data, such as the

and environmental protection standards covering the pesticide market.

number and variety of pesticides registered with the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China in 2019, as well as new product
launched in the market, this article will aim to conclude
that, with the future influence of policies and market

45,000
40,000
35,000

entities, highly-toxicity and high-risk pesticide varieties

30,000 26,218 27,273

are being rapidly eliminated, the pesticide registration

25,000

threshold is being raised, and pesticide products

20,000

are being rapidly developed in a safe, efficient, and

15,000

environmentally-friendly manner.
The structure of pesticide products launched in

the market has been gradually optimized. Although
homogeneous competition is still extensive, some
companies have begun to develop excellent proprietary
products, working with more diversified formulation types

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29,737

31,813

34,315

35,604

38,247

41,518 41,204

10,000
5,000
0

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Figure 1. Total number of registered products during the validity period


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The three major categories of products registered in 2019

Table 1. Top 10 Insecticide active ingredient registrations in 2019

are still pesticides, fungicides and herbicides, with registration
numbers being 592 (55.64%), 179 (16.82%) and 110 (10.34%),
respectively. The rest includes 66 acaricides, 33 hygienic
insecticides, 32 plant growth regulators, and 52 other products
(Figure 2).

3.01%
3.10%

No.

TC

Single Agent

Mixture

1

Imidacloprid

Imidacloprid

Imidacloprid·Thiosultapmonosodium

2

Fenvalerate

Beta-cypermethrin

Cypermethrin·
Imidacloprid

3

Cypermethrin

Cypermethrin

Cypermethrin·Triazophos

4

Beta-cypermethrin

Triazophos

Betacyfluthrin·Imidacloprid

5

Thiosultapmonosodium

Thiosultapdisodium

Imidacloprid·Triazophos

6

Trichlorfon

Thiosultapmonosodium

Beta-cyfluthrin·Phoxim

7

Triazophos

Phorate

Phoxim·Triazophos

8

Dichlorvos

Dichlorvos

-

9

Alphacypermethrin

Aluminium
phosphide

-

10

-

Pyridaben

-

4.89%

Insecticide
Fungicide

6.20%

Herbicide
10.34%

Acaricide
55.64%

16.82%

Hygienic insecticide
Plant Growth Regulator
Others

Figure 2. Categories of registered products in 2019

Popular varieties are still welcome, overall
structure more environmentally-friendly
As China has vigorously promoted the use of non-toxic
pesticides in recent years, pesticide registration has focused
low-toxic, green and environmentally friendly varieties, with
slight-toxicity and low-toxicity products accounting for 84% of
total. Along with medium-toxicity products, they account for
99% of total while high-toxicity products only make up 1%.
In 2019, among the registered insecticides, fungicides
and herbicides, the top ten includes several traditional
popular varieties, such as imidacloprid, pyrethroid pesticides,

carbendazim, glyphosate, and glufosinate-ammonium. There
are also a few new hot products. Among the registered
pesticides, imidacloprid is still the most registered, followed by
imidacloprid mixture products. In addition, the registration of
thiosultap-monosodium, trichlorfon, and triazophos technical
concentrates is also common. Among registered fungicides,
prothioconazole has emerged, along with carbendazim and
zineb. In January 2019, prothioconazole was registered in
China for the first time and was ranked as one of the top
three technical concentrates during that year. The top three
registered herbicide products are isoproturon, clomazone and
ioxynil octanoate. The most registered compounded products
are a mixture of glyphosate and glufosinate ammonium.
Tables 1, 2, and 3 highlight the list of registered insecticides,

Table 2. Top 10 fungicide active ingredient registrations in 2019
No.

TC

Single Agent

Mixture

1

Carbendazim

Triadimefon

Carbendazim·
Triadimefon

2

Zineb

Carbendazim

Pyraclostrobin·
Epoxiconazole

3

Prothioconazole

Zineb

Tebuconazole·Prochloraz

4

Bupirimate

Hymexazol

Sulfur·Triadimefon

5

Metconazole

Allyl
isothiocyanate

MetalaxylM·Azoxystrobin

6

Valifenalate

Bupirimate

Metalaxyl-M·Fludioxonil

7

Triadimefon

Metconazole

Famoxadone·
Cyazofamid

8

Benalaxyl-M

Sulfur

-

9

Cyflufenamid

Validamycin

-

10

Fluensulfone

Melaleuca
alternifolia

-

fungicides and herbicides in 2019.

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Table 3. Top 10 herbicide active ingredient registrations in 2019
No.

TC

Single Agent

Mixture

1

Isoproturon

Isoproturon

Glufosinateammonium·Glyphosate

2

Clomazone

Glufosinateammonium

Fluoroglycofen·
Glufosinateammonium

3

Ioxynil
octanoate

Glyphosateisopropylammonium

Metamifop·Cyhalofopbutyl

4

Simetryn

Pinoxaden

Bensulfuronmethyl·Pretilachlor

5

Bispyribacsodium

Atrazine

Diflufenican·Isoproturon

6

Dicamba

Bispyribac-sodium

MCPA·Glufosinateammonium

7

Hexazinone

Metamifop

Flumioxazin·

Pendimethalin

8

Trifluralin

-

-

9

Picolinafen

-

-

10

Pyroxasulfone

-

-

Firstly-registered pesticides show vitality

The annual registration of new pesticides always receives the
attention of the market. Although the total number of pesticide

registrations declined in 2019, new pesticides registered for
the first time have showed vitality. According to incomplete
statistics from AgroPages, a total of 26 pesticide ingredients were
registered for the first time in China in 2019 (See Table 4), an
increase of 62.5% over the 16 in 2018 that are mainly fungicides.
Among the new pesticide ingredients registered for the first time,
17 are owned by Chinese companies. The number of first-time
registrations by Chinese companies is increasing.
Most active ingredients first registered by multinational
companies are patented new compounds. Relatively speaking,
these ingredients are mainly fungicides with higher market profits.
In the context of global registration and the market placement of
these compounds, registration in China is necessary.
Benzovindiflupyr 96% technical concentrate registered by
Syngenta is one of the most promising SDHI fungicides, has a
broad spectrum and is effective and long-lasting. Foliar spraying
or soil treatment using benzovindiflupyr can prevent foliar and
soil diseases in many crops, lawns, and flowers. It has become
Syngenta's best-selling fungicide, and its annual peak sales are
expected to reach $1 billion.
Japanese companies with a reputation for research and
development have registered two new fungicides, penthiopyrad


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99% technical concentrate and cyflufenamid 98%.

Table 4. Pesticide ingredients registered for the first time in China in 2019

Penthiopyrad was successfully developed by Mitsui

Chemicals and was jointly developed with multinational

Formulation
Type

Concentration

companies, such as Corteva and Syngenta.

Fungicide

Penthiopyrad is a SDHI fungicide, has broad spectrum
and is effective. At present, penthiopyrad has become

Manufacturer

Terpinen-4-ol 40.2%

TK

STK

Prothioconazole 97%

TC

Anhui Jiuyi

Fluensulfone 95%

TC

ADAMA

Benzovindiflupyr 96%

TC

Syngenta

Dodine 98%

TC

Nantong Huasheng

Bupirimate 95%

TC

Jiangxi Heyi

Brevibacillus laterosporus
A60 5 billion CFU/ml

TK

Shaanxi MeiBang Group

Allyl isothiocyanate 80%

TK

Beijing Yagenong

Prothioconazole 95%

TC

Hailir

pressing agriculture problems, including Shandong

Metconazole 95%

TC

Huifeng

Hailir’s prothioconazole 95% and Anhui Jiuyi’s

Benalaxyl-M 95%

TC

Isagro

Penthiopyrad 99%

TC

Mitsui Chemicals Agro

Valifenalate 98%

TC

Belgium Bierqing

Cyflufenamid 98%

TC

Nippon Soda

Isobavachalcone 1.5%

TK

China Tongxiang Bio-Pesticide

one of Corteva’s key fungicides, with an annual peak
sale up to $100 million to $500 million.
Fluensulfone 95% technical concentrate, Adama’s
new registered product, is a new broad-spectrum,
non-fumigant nematicide with a novel structure. It
can prevent and control a variety of plant parasitic
nematodes and displays non-target low biological
toxicity. It is a green alternative to many carbamates and
organophosphorus nematicides. After its first registration

in China, the influence and market development
potential of fluensulfone are promising.
Among the first-registered products of domestic
companies in 2019, some are reserved off-patent
technical concentrates, especially solutions for the most

prothioconazole 97%, which control pests that threaten
current agricultural production.
Prothioconazole’s patent in China expired in 2015.
It is one of the top ten fungicides in the world, but has
not been registered since 2015 by domestic companies.
In recent years, wheat scab, rust, powdery mildew
and other diseases broke out in China. Resistance to

Herbicide

available formulations and other reasons resulted in
huge losses. Prothioconazole can efficiently control the
above diseases and is environmentally-friendly, low
toxic and has little residue. The domestic registration of
prothioconazole will, therefore, help broaden its global
market.
Mites are recognized as hard-to-control pests, and

Pyroxasulfone 98%

TC

Shanghai Qunli

2,4-DB 95%

TC

Liaoning Cynda

Picolinafen 96%

TC

Liaoning Cynda

Ioxynil octanoate 95%

TC

Huifeng

the continuous development of new effective acaricides

Insecticide

with unique mechanisms of action is an urgent matter for
Afidopyropen 92.5%

TC

BASF

Pentanoic phenol acid 25.1%、

Tridecan phenol acid 5.9%

TK

Xuzhou Jindi

respiratory chain complex II after hydrolysis. It also has

Spirobudiclofen 95%

TC

Udragon

no cross-resistance with existing acaricides and is safe

Tolfenpyrad 98%

TC

Qingdao Kaiyuanxiang

agricultural production. Nissan Chemical’s cyenopyrafen
95% was registered in China for the first time. This
compound has a novel structure, and its t-butyl ester has
displayed considerable inhibitory effects on mitochondrial

on non-target organisms, making it an ideal acaricide. In

Plant Growth Regulator

2016, sales of cyenopyrafen were close to $20 million.
The general pesticide registration situation reflects
the industry's compliance with the concept of green
and sustainable development. Pesticide registration in

Ethephon 75%

TK

Jiangsu Corechem

Iron chlorin e6 2%

TK

Nanjing Baite Bio-engineering

China is now under structural optimization and quality

Acaricide

improvement. The use of biological pesticides, such as
microbial, botanical, and biochemical pesticides, has

Cyenopyrafen 95%

TC

Nissan

been steadily growing.

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