The rodenticides approved, banned and stopped to use in china are summrized in this artice, in addition the foreign manufacturer of rodenticides in the status of active or  inactive are both listed in a table.

On 4 Jun 2014, MoA issued two circulars to consult on 214 maximum residue limits for 35 pesticide active ingredients, of which 24 have already been banned or restricted in China.

Over the past five years, the number of biopesticides registered in China has enjoyed a 16% increase while growth of chemical products was just 3%. Currently, the global biopesticide industry is worth 3.2 billion USD annually. Over 60% of the market is dominated by the United State and European enterprises. As the largest chemical pesticide producer and exporter in the world, China wants a bigger piece of this emerging sector. China’s ambition is not limited to securing a market niche in the global biopesticide sector. The Chinese government is also eager to find safer alternatives to the chemicals currently used domestically. Food safety is a massive concern in China and  the government has tried to drive substitution of hazardous chemicals domestically by subsidizing biopesticide users and offering favorable registration policies

On May 26 2014, ICAMA released a notice on its website that the MoA is inviting representatives for a hearing on pesticide marketing approval, which will take place late next month. The hearing will pave the way for China’s new pesticide regulation.

According to the MEP, the last Chinese Dicofol producer Jiangsu Yangnong shut down their  production facility on May 17. The cessation of production is another step in China’s implementation of the Stockholm Convention. The agrochemical industry has greeted the news with apprehension. Industry fears that additional highly-toxic (HPT) will be phased-out in the future and is surely not reassured by the pending Jul 1st deadline on paraquat production.

On May 12 2014, MoA issued the fifth batch of fertilizer registration certificates in 2014.

This article has summarized the banned or restricted for use pesticide in china which are  published by MOA announcements and those pesticides which are suggested to be banned or restricted for use by the pesticide registration review committee. Also it describe  the followed control  measures and suggestion  for administration of  highly hazardous pesticide in china .

According to ICAMA statistics, China’s pesticide export volume dropped by 3.16 %( year on year) to some 428, 5000 tones in the first three month of 2014. In the same period the value of exports increased by 0.18% to 2.19 billion USD.