The
Chinese market for Cyproconazole is slight, yet. However, the recognition and
demand for this fungicide, that by the way belongs to the five leading global
triazole fungicides, has grown more and more the past years for Chinese
pesticide producers. According to CCM analysts, it is only a matter of time
until this fungicide will enter the Chinese market. Foreign manufactures of Cyproconazole
may face a huge opportunity in entering this market and be the first ones to
launch it.
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The
worldwide growth and purchase of Cyproconazole is enormous. Its global sales
almost hit the mark of $595 million in the year 2014 and the annual growth of
the last years described an increase of 24.4%. More and more Chinese pesticides
producer are recognizing this fungicide. The question is not if the product
will enter the Chinese market, but when.
There
are three requirements in China to fulfil, before being allowed to manufacture
Cyproconazole. These requirements must be achieved in the form of certificates:
production license, criteria certificate, and registration certificate. Not one
Chinese company has been issued all three of the certificates yet. There are a
few companies, which already got some of the certificates, like Sichuan Huaying
Chemical the production license and Jiangsu Fengdong Crop Science the
registration certificate, according to CCM’s research. So, in mid-November this
year, no enterprise in China is allowed to produce and sell Cyproconazole.
There
are three companies, that have announced to launch Cyproconazole projects in
the near future. These are Jiangsu Flag Chemical Industry, Jiangsu Sword Agrochemical
and Jiangsu Fenghua Chenacal with an annual forecasted production of 500t, 500t
and 300t respectively.
The
fungicide Cyproconazole has a large use for crop protection worldwide. It is
mostly effective against powdery mildew, loose smut, head smut, snow mold,
take-all, dwarf bunt, leaf blotch and sheath blight. The protected plants are
wheat, barley, oat, rye, corn, sorghum, beet, apples, pear, coffee bean and
turf grass.
One
of the reasons, why Cyproconazole has not yet registered to China is the high
toxicity of it. The degradation life after the application is very long and it
also inherits poisonous effect to aquatic life. The fungicide is also part of a
list with pesticides, that should be replaced because of toxic effects to
human, published by the European Commission. In this list Cyproconazole is
marked as a pesticide with reproductive toxicity, which means that it is
assumed to do harm on the human reproduction ability, both to men and women.
What’s
more, Jiangsu Chengyang CropScience, a Chinese fungicide manufacturer, had
declared patent rights on Cyproconazole intermediate on 26 Oct. this year. The
patent includes the structured alkoxy propylene derivative, the preparation
method of the derivative and the method for making 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-Cyclopropylpropanon-1
using the derivative, according to CCM.
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