The Brazilian National Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) and Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) are pushing forward the simplification of toxicological evaluation during registration alteration, which includes the alteration, inclusion and exclusion of manufacturer of an existing registered technical product.

At the end of 2015, the Ministry of Environment Protection (MEP) along with 14 departments of the government including the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), 

“Zero growth” of pesticide industry laid the basic development tone of pesticide industry in 2015.  In the year of 2015, the government has issued lots of policies to management the pesticide industry.

In general, pesticide production growth in 2015 has been slow down and decreased for the first time among the last 5 years. According to data of National Bureau of Statistic of China, the pesticide exportation amount from January to November is 138.15 million tones and decreased by 9.2% comparing to 2014. The exportation value also declined from 87.60 billion USD in 2014 to 66.70 billion USD in 2015 for the previous 11 months.

On 20th November, the EU approved the active substances flumetralin, mandestrobin, and flupyradifurone as candidates for substitution, in accordance with Regulation （EC） No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation （EU） No 540/2011. Additionally, the regulation reminds to concern the protection of pesticide operator and the potential risk towards environment and creatures.

The New Zealand Cabinet passed a health and safety reform legislation in August 2015 for better public health and risk management. The Health and Safety Reform Bill includes:

U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals prosecuted EPA because the EPA did not have sufficient data when it first approved sulfoxafl. In response, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) U.S. cancels registration of products containing the insecticide sulfoxaflor On November 12, 2015.

After Zero Growth of Pesticide Policies was issued, more and more Chinese pesticide manufacturers are trying to explore international market and achieved progress. In 2014, the total pesticide exportation volume from China to Latin America is 0.5 million tons valuing 35.8 billion USD. There are many countries in Latin America and Chinese manufacturers have covered 32 out of 34 Latin countries. The export value to top 10 countries accounts for more than 90% total export value. The well-performed manufacturers include Rainbow Chem., Fuhua Tongda, Youth Chem., Wynca, Red Sun, Ninhuang, and Jiangshan Argochem exporting more than 1 billion USD respectively.

The 15th National Pesticide Communication Conference was held in Shanghai recently. The 13th Five Year Plan (FYP) was discussed animatedly during the conference.

2015 is the last year of 12th Five Year Plan (FYP), lots of discussion about 13th FYP have been conducted recently. During 15th National Pesticide Communication Conference, Mr. Cao Chengyu, the vice secretary-general of the China Pesticide Industry Association shared the results of 12th FYP.