This year, due to the impact of the global financial crisis, the international pesticides demand has declined markedly. According to China customs statistics, China pesticides export posted a 2.6% decline in volumes to 144,000 tons, and a 38.8% decline in ＆#118alue to $400 million in the second quarter of 2009, the average export price was $2774/ton.
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Chinese 2nd-qtr 2009 pesticides exports |
|
Category |
export volumes
(tonnes) |
% change
(compared with 2008) |
export ＆#118alue
($ million) |
% change
(compared with 2008) |
average export price ($/ton) |
|
Insecticides |
35,000 |
- 27.5 |
120 |
- 28.2 |
3245 |
|
Fungicides |
12,000 |
- 27.4 |
49.07 |
- 29.5 |
4108 |
|
Herbicides,
plant growth regulators |
94,000 |
+ 19 |
220 |
- 45.1 |
2387 |
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Chinese 2nd-qtr 2009 pesticides exports by region |
|
insecticides |
fungicides |
herbicides,
plant growth regulators |
|
Country |
volume(tonnes) |
Country |
volume(tonnes) |
Country |
volume(tonnes) |
|
Pakistan |
4645 |
Vietnam |
2076 |
America |
9395 |
|
Vietnam |
2817 |
Indonesia |
639 |
Thailand |
9174 |
|
The Republic of Togo |
2408 |
|
|
|
|
|
Thailand |
2131 |
|
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|
|
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Chinese 2nd-qtr 2009 pesticides exports by source of supply |
|
insecticides |
fungicides |
herbicides,
plant growth regulators |
|
Region |
Volume
(tonnes) |
Region |
Volume
(tonnes) |
Region |
Volume
(tonnes) |
|
Jiangsu province |
12,000 |
Jiangsu
province |
5600 |
Zhejiang province |
34,000 |
|
Zhejiang province |
4767 |
Zhejiang
province |
2704 |
Jiangsu province |
28,000 |
|
Guangdong
province |
4577 |
Shanghai
province |
1061 |
Shandong province |
16,000 | |
