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Brazil imports 668,386 tons of agrochemicals in 2020, down 5.8%
2021-03-25
A total of 668,386 tons of agrochemicals were imported into Brazil last year, according to a survey by the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association (Abiquim).?The result represents a drop of 5.8% in comparison with Brazilian purchases of crop protection products abroad in 2019, wh...
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31 chlorantraniliprole product registrations exist in China, a number of enterprises anticipated mar...
2021-03-25
Chlorantraniliprole is the largest insecticide variety in the global market with more than 80 registrations worldwide for crop applications for control of over 50 targeted objects.?In 2016, with a leading sale value of US$1.365 billion, the product further enhanced its leading po...
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Pesticide labs await administrative approval in Kashmir
2021-03-25
The establishment of two state-of-the-art pesticide testing labs in North and South Kashmir that were announced last year to curb the menace of spurious chemicals is awaiting administrative approval.The absence of the labs is causing an undue delay in reports as authorities depen...
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Qatar University researchers develop alternative to harmful chemical pesticides
2021-03-25
Chemical pesticides have long been used as pest control agents for human and plant protection. But growing concern over the effects of these harmful substances, particularly their toxicity and unspecific mode of action, pushed scientists to explore much safer alternatives.?Qatar ...
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India Punjab, Bihar consume more fertiliser; Maharashtra, UP use more pesticides
2021-03-25
Punjab and Bihar lead in the per hectare consumption of fertilisers, while Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the major consumers of chemical pesticides. In fact, Maharashtra, along with West Bengal, also leads in the consumption of bio-pesticides.In a written reply in the Rajya S...
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US EPA addresses ecological risks posed by four pyridines and pyrimidines herbicides
2021-03-19
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a proposed interim decision for picloram and interim decisions for clopyralid, dithiopyr and triclopyr to address ecological risks.The interim decision (ID) for dithiopyr finalizes enforceable mitigation measures to addre...
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Brazilian agrochemical market falls by 10.4% in 2020
2021-03-19
The agrochemical market in Brazil had a 10.4% reduction in dollar value in 2020, with revenues of US$12.1 billion as against $13.5 billion in 2019.?The data refers to applied products and is released by the National Union of Plant Protection Products Industry (Sindiveg)."From Jan...
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Sugarcane agrochemicals market drops 3% in Brazil
2021-03-19
The Business Intelligence Panel (BIP) survey conducted by the consultancy company, Spark Smarter Decisions, highlighted a 3% drop, in US dollars, in the trade in pesticides for sugarcane in Brazil. According to the study, exclusively revealed to AgroPages, in 2020, the sugar-ener...
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National Biointrants Program (PNB): Another opportunity to chase Brazil’s promising biological marke...
2021-03-19
Being part of the biointrants sector, biopesticides have already proven their importance to this market. According to CropLife, in 2020, Brazil reached the milestone of having 20 million ha treated with biological products, representing a 23% growth compared to 2019 and R$1 billi...
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Prices of China’s chemical raw materials, chemical products rose 4% year-on-year in February
2021-03-19
The latest information from China’s State Bureau of Statistics showed that, due to the continuous increase in the price of international crude oil, prices in domestic oil-related industries have also continued to rise, with oil and natural gas extraction prices rising by 7.5%, wh...
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