Summary: In H1 2023, the total of pesticide production in China decreased overall, dropped by 5.75% year on year.
Presently, China has become the world's most prime production base of pesticide intermediates and off-patent pesticide technicals, accounting for nearly 70% capacity of pesticide technical in the world. Most of the pesticide technical produced in China are exported for further processing into pesticide formulations by international companies. According to the data from ICAMA, by the end of 2022, the amount of valid pesticide active ingredients registered in China was 727, 62 more than that in 2016, and total approved pesticides topped 45,000, added by almost 10,000 from that in 2016.
Since 2011, China exports 0.8–1 million tonnes of pesticide technicals to other countries annually, meanwhile steadily supplying for domestic agricultural production. From 2020 to 2022, the exports took up at least 50% of the total output of pesticides. However, from H1 2022–H1 2023, world economy experienced hard-pressed downturn, which was carried over to the pesticide industry. According to data from National Bureau of Statistics of China and China Customs, the output of chemical pesticide products came in at 1.23 million tonnes in H1 2023, down by 5.75% YoY, with the share of pesticide exports shrinking to 46.45%.
Nonetheless, against the backdrop of high prominence on food security, pesticide demand remains growth potential; part of the buzzworthy products, e.g. chlorantraniliprole technical, frequently sent out news about newly added capacity, and the overall supply of domestic pesticides will maintain steady.
Table Pesticide productions and exports in China, 2011–H1 2023
|
Year
|
Production, tonne
|
Export volume, tonne
|
Share of export
|
|
2011
|
2,648,700
|
834,400
|
31.50%
|
|
2012
|
3,549,100
|
991,500
|
27.94%
|
|
2013
|
3,190,000
|
1,019,200
|
31.95%
|
|
2014
|
3,744,000
|
1,024,400
|
27.36%
|
|
2015
|
3,741,000
|
925,100
|
24.73%
|
|
2016
|
3,778,300
|
875,500
|
23.17%
|
|
2017
|
2,940,900
|
936,700
|
31.85%
|
|
2018
|
2,082,800
|
817,600
|
39.25%
|
|
2019
|
2,253,900
|
976,000
|
43.30%
|
|
2020
|
2,148,000
|
1,127,600
|
52.50%
|
|
2021
|
2,498,500
|
1,527,200
|
61.12%
|
|
2022
|
2,497,000
|
1,450,000
|
58.07%
|
|
H1 2023
|
1,230,000
|
571,382
|
46.45%
|
Note: 1. All the volumes in the table are calculated by 100% technical. 2. Pesticide refers to chemical pesticide product.3. The export share refers to the proportion for technical exports to total output.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, China Customs and CCM
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