On 25 Mar 2019, China MoARA issued the Announcement 148 to ban all agricultural uses of Fipronil insecticides. The injunction aims at fulfilling the requirements contained in the “Food Safety Law”, “Regulation on the Administration of Pesticides” and the “Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants”.

On 6 Mar 2019, China MoARA released the Announcement 143 to designate 18 labs for pesticide registration experimentation. China implemented new pesticide regulations since 2017 and the Ministry has re-designated 2 batches of labs approved for pesticide registration. Up to now, a total of 54 labs have been approved to generate data supporting pesticide registration.

On 21 Feb 2019, China MoARA released the “Crop Production Work Focus for 2019”. The main grain product capacity would be stable in 2019. Furthermore, the ministry schedules the legislative process on agricultural input and crop protection regulations and the new developing of fertilizer regulation was officially planned.

On 25 Feb 2019, China MoARA released 3 draft lists to support the registration of minor crop use pesticides and will solicit opinion until 3 Mar 2019.

On 25 Dec 2018, MoARA released the Announcement 118 on testing facilities for pesticide registration. Compare to the lab list announced on Oct 25, 10 labs were newly added, most of which were approved to generate pesticide efficacy and product chemistry data.

On 24 Dec 2018, China ICAMA released the full version of GB2763-2018.1(Maximum Residue Limits for 43 Pesticides in Foods) and other 8 testing methods, which were earlier announced by NHC, MoARA and SAMR on 22 Jun 2018. As a supplement to the national MRL regulation, GB2763-2018.1 will be concurrently enforced with the GB2763-2016.

China promulgated a new pesticide regulation last year which significantly increased the regulatory compliance obligations of stakeholders in regards to generation of efficacy and safety data. New requirements include the issuance of a positive list of labs accredited to generate required data, elevated technical criteria and the introduction of risk assessment.

In this article REACH24H’s Agrochemical department will offer a distillate of years of experience helping our clients register pesticides in China and share and troubleshoot the most frequently asked questions and problems encountered complying with China’s new pesticide regulatory system.

On 29 Oct 2018, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs invited a 30-day consultation on 203 MRLs for 65 pesticide active ingredients.

Rice contributes to 60% of the world’s grain supply and rice growing/consumption regions tend have the largest populations and largest economies in the world. Given the likelihood of increased global demand for rice, we can expect a concomitant increase in the paddy herbicide market, which already accounts for 40% of the plant protection products used. The paddy herbicide market is characterized by diverse combinations of active ingredients and is influenced by multiple factors such as climate, agricultural practices, and agricultural development level, national food security policies and international trade. To help readers better comprehend this niche and variable market, this analysis summarizes the scale and characteristics of rice plantation, herbicide use and market conditions in the major rice growing regions globally. The global rice growing area was 160.1 million hectares in 2016, up 0.8% year-on-year. The overall plantation area has been stable in recent years. Rice is universally planted in temperate and tropical regions and the top rice-growing country is India, followed by China, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Thailand. India was second behind China in rice output due to its moderate productivity of 2.6 ton per hectare. China is the largest and the most efficient rice producer with an annual output of 144.9 million tons and boasts a per unit output of 4.8 ton per hectare. large Plantation Area, Output adn Annual Changes in Major Rice Growing Countries in 2016 Rice price, inventory, weather condition and currency exchange rate are the major factors affecting rice plantation and paddy herbicide market. In 2016, the United States, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines have increased rice area while the plantation decreased in India, Japan, Pakistan and Brazil. Although rice price was low, the weather condition was conducive to high overall production volume in Asia. Self-sufficiency policies in Indonesia and Malaysia also he