China¡¯s agchem production dropped 3% in June 2014

According to National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), China¡¯s agrochemical production dropped 3.0% year-on-year to 318 thousand tons in June 2014, From January to June, pesticide production increased slightly by 0.72% to 1892.4 thousand tons compared to the same period of last year.

In June, fungicide production recorded 32.9% decrease to 22.4 thousand tons, making up 7% of the total production. Production of insecticide and herbicide declined 19.7% and 1.2% to 48.4 thousand tones and 150.6 thousand tons respectively. Herbicides production accounts for 47.4% of the total agchem production volume.

Shangdong was the largest herbicide production province with an output of 71.4 thousand tons, followed by Jiangsu and Sichuan, with 30.6 thousand tones and 12.7 thousand tons respectively