On 11 May, 2016, at the 3rd China Pesticide Industry Analysis and Ranking Lists Release Conference, the China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA) unveiled the 2015 Chinese Best-selling Biopesticide List for the first time, including 12 best sellers. Notably, ten of the 12 were biofungicides, 83% of the total. This indicates that in 2015 biofungicides were more popular among Chinese farmers than bioinsecticides in domestic market.

                                                                                     Source: Baidu

Specifically, only two bioinsecticides were on this best-seller list, ranking No. 7 and No. 9 respectively. The other ten were all biofungicides.

Notably, Langfang Pesticide Medium-sized Refinery Factory, IPP, CAAS's "Atailing" (6% oligosaccharins + plant activator protein WP) topped this list. This product was the only biofungicide listed on the 2015 Most Promising Pesticide Brand List (by sales), at second place, showing its great popularity among Chinese farmers.

Besides, a number of international agrochemical enterprises have been attracted by this outstanding product. On 22 Feb., 2016, Arysta LifeScience Co., Ltd. obtained the exclusive global access to this fungicide.

"We expect 'Atailing' to become a representational Chinese biopesticide in both domestic and the overseas markets," said an official in the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

                                                   Best-selling biopesticides in China's crop protection market, 2015

Source: China Crop Protection Industry Association

As for the large proportion of biofungicides on the 2015 Chinese Best-selling Biopesticide List, "It is not surprising," an industry insider commented to CCM, "It manifests the good sales and popularity of some Chinese biofungicides such as 'Atailing'. However, this doesn't mean bioinsecticides are not well recognized."

"So far, biopesticides have become the focus and new growth point in the global agrochemical industry," this insider analyzed, "Safe and environmentally-friendly, the biopesticide market is promising, given heavier ecological stress caused by environment pollution, national adjustment in pesticide structure, elimination of highly toxic pesticides from the market, restraints on exported pesticide residue, construction of food safety regulation system and pests' stronger resistance to chemical pesticides.

In fact, domestic pesticide industry has paid more attention to biopesticides and more producers have devoted to the R&D and promotion of biopesticides."

"Biopesticides, especially bioinsecticides, has lower efficiency than chemical pesticides. This is the main drawback hindering its development. However, in crop protection, the requirement on efficiency for biofungicides is much lower than that for bioinsecticides. Thus, it is acceptable that the former is more popular in the market. Many biopesticide producers even put biofungicides first and bioinsecticides second in their R&D," concluded the insider.

This article comes from Fungicides China News 1605, CCM

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