The total sales of the top 100 were 106.33 billion CNY, an increase of 9% on the previous year of 97.92 billion CYN. The qualifying criteria for the top 100 ranking list required a minimum of 350 million CYN per annum turnover, reflecting growth of 17% compared with 2013. 36 of thenm have reached sales of more than 1 billion CNY.

On 11 May 2015, China ICAMA released a correspondence opening a 20 days public consultation on the optimum ratio of gyphosate to glufosinate in these product formulations. The institute is collecting scientific suggestion with a view to opening registration on mixed formulations in the future.

On the 14th of April 2015, China MEP released a draft of “ Interim Measures for the Package Waste Recycling and Disposal of Pesticide” and is currently soliciting opinions from other ministerial authorities. Under the new regulation both pesticide importers and producers will be required to collect and dispose of waste pesticide packaging and other packaging waste.

The amide, sulfonylurea, triketone and tirqazine herbicides have been widely utilized in China for many years. Over reliance on these substances has however caused widespread weed resistance and other pesticide residue issues. In addition, China’s vast land mass has a diverse range of tillage methods and weather conditions. As such these widely used herbicides are no longer fit for purpose in a large number of maize plantations. With new formulations and new combination of active ingredients emerging in the market, the number of applications for field trail continues to increase. This article summarizes the maize herbicide field trial applicants, active ingredient, and field trail targets over the course of the last three years.

China National Agricultural Technology Extension and Service Center (NATESC) recently analyzed the crop protection market performance in 2014 and also made projections for the crop protection market in 2015. The total demand for pesticides in 2015 expected to be 1.009 million tons (325,800 tons on active ingredient basis) almost the same as that seen in 2014.

According to statistics from the China National Agricultural Technology Extension and Service Center (NATESC), weed growth in China has increased significantly rising from 74 million hectares in 2000 to 97.34 million hectares in 2013. The increase in weed growth is compounded by an increase in herbicide resistance. The termination of paraquat AS*(aqueous solution) has left a considerable gap in the market and it appears that Glufosinate offers the most economically viable alternative to paraquat. The number of glufosinate registration has significantly increased in recent years. As a green alternative to paraquat, glufosinate has also proven itself to be a more efficient herbicide than glyphosate.

On 15 Dec 2014, China ICAMA organized a conference to evaluate three guidelines for pesticide assessment namely:

On 16 Dec 2014, the 16th session of the 8th National Expert Committee for Pesticide Registration was held in Beijing. The session reviewed the full registration of novel active ingredients of 15 products, which were submitted by 8 applicants.