Production of China’s three major agchem categories down in July

According to National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), the pesticides production in July 2015 was 306,511 tons, up 2.92% compared to the same period of 2014. From January to July, the country produced total 2,138,258 tons of pesticide, up 3.28% comparing to the period of 2014.

In July, production of all three major categories of pesticide went down. Herbicide production recorded 138,680 tons and decreased 8.7% y-o-y, accounting for 45% of total production. Production of insecticide was 41,614 and was down regulated 3.73% y-o-y, making up 14% of total production. Fungicide accounted for 5% of total production with a decrease of 0.53% to 15,847 tons.

From January to July, herbicide production increased 0.02% to 1,022,709 tons. Insecticide production was down 1.85% to 312,402 tons. Fungicide decreased 7.24% to 109,348 tons.