Insecticides China News 1106

Though May is the traditional peak season of pesticide sales in China, pesticide dealers take a dim view of the sales due to the current slack market demand in China. Drought in South China and draggy sales of vegetables are the major factors leading to the depressed market demand, which also breaks pesticide manufacturers' previous expectation of large pesticide consumption in 2011. Market prices of most pesticides, especially insecticides, remain relatively stable in May.

In this month, a lot of domestic insecticide manufacturers are reported to be affected by the shortage of power supply in China. With the increasing production cost and relatively stable market prices of insecticides, the profit of insecticide manufacturers in China is further squeezed. Some insecticide manufacturers like Jiangsu Laike and Ganzhou Wenong are not affected greatly as they are busy with the overall relocation.

It's estimated that more insecticide manufacturers will carry out overall relocation and move into chemical industrial parks in the future, which is indicated again in the recent-released Development Plan of Pesticide Industry in the 12th Five-Year Plan Period. In the plan, cleaner production, mergers & acquisitions, chemical industrial parks and green pesticides remain the key words, which are in line with that in Pesticide Industry Policy released on 19 Sept. 2010.

Key Highlights

• Profit of insecticide manufacturers further squeezed
• Neonicotinoid insecticide: potential murderer of bees
• Rice Insecticide Application Technology and Market Promotion Seminar held in Changsha
• Overall relocation of Jiangsu Laike goes on
• Nantong Jiangshan's cleaner production transformation project passes EPAIC
• Jiangsu Changlong's 3,530t/a pesticide intermediate production lines run
• Ganzhou Wenong to relocate to Xingguo Fluorine Chemical Industry Park
• Development Plan of Pesticide Industry in the 12th Five-Year Plan Period released
• Azadirachtin sees promising market prospect
• Application of endosulfan on apple, tobacco and tea to be banned in China
• Suspension of imidacloprid on brown planthopper continues
• Pesticide demand gets slack in peak sales season
• Pesticide controlled release technology born in Henan
• Total stricken area of insect pests on early rice to hit 14 million hectares
• Price Update Table
• Market price of 95% nitenpyram technical keeps declining
• On 13 April 2011, an exclusive interview was carried out with Jorge La Roza, Asia Pacific President of DAS, aiming to figure out how DAS remains competitive among local pesticide manufacturers and multinational pesticide companies.
• The profit of insecticide manufacturers in China is further squeezed in May.
• Neonicotinoid insecticide is the potential murderer of bees as it will arise the Colony Collapse Disorder.
• Rice Insecticide Application Technology and Market Promotion Seminar was held in Changsha, Hunan Province from 20 May to 21 May 2011.
• Overall relocation of Jiangsu Laike goes on in May.
• Nantong Jiangshan's cleaner production transformation project passed EPAIC in May 2011.
• Jiangsu Changlong's 3,530t/a pesticide intermediate production lines are put into production in its new factory in May 2011.
• Ganzhou Wenong is planning to relocate to Xingguo Fluorine Chemical Industry Park.
• Development Plan of Pesticide Industry in the 12th Five-Year Plan Period was released in Beijing on 27 May 2011.
• Supported by increasing demand, azadirachtin sees promising market prospect in China.
• The application of endosulfan on apple, tobacco and tea in China is estimated to be banned in late 2011 or early 2012.
• Suspension of imidacloprid's application on brown planthopper is suggested to continue as brown planthopper has extremely high resistance against it as monitored.
• Pesticides suffer slack market demand in May.
• Pesticide controlled release technology was born in Henan Province in May 2011.
• Total stricken area of major insect pests on early rice will hit 14 million hectares in 2011.
• Market price of 95% nitenpyram technical declines to USD35,000/t in May 2011, with a 37% YoY decline.

Table Of Contents

Exclusive interview with Jorge La Roza: How DAS remains competitive

Profit of insecticide manufacturers further squeezed
Neonicotinoid insecticide: potential murderer of bees

Rice Insecticide Application Technology and Market Promotion Seminar held in Changsha
Overall relocation of Jiangsu Laike goes on
Nantong Jiangshan's cleaner production transformation project passes EPAIC
Jiangsu Changlong's 3,530t/a pesticide intermediate production lines run
Ganzhou Wenong to relocate to Xingguo Fluorine Chemical Industry Park

Development Plan of Pesticide Industry in the 12th Five-Year Plan Period released
Azadirachtin sees promising market prospect
Application of endosulfan on apple, tobacco and tea to be banned in China
Suspension of imidacloprid on brown planthopper continues
Pesticide demand gets slack in peak sales season

Pesticide controlled release technology born in Henan
Total stricken area of insect pests on early rice to hit 14 million hectares
Price Update Table
Market price of 95% nitenpyram technical keeps declining