Thailand Agricultural Pesticide Imports Valued at 582 million USD in 3Q 2014

During the first three quarters of 2014,the total value of Thailand’s agricultural pesticide imports reached 581.9 million USD amounting to some 123,096 tons. In total 238 individual pesticide products were imported into Thailand. Almost 62% of all imports were herbicides, followed by fungicides at 18% and insecticides at 17%.

Thailand pesticide import

The value of herbicide importation was 359.9 million USD amounting to some 101,054 tons of product. Glyphosate-isopropyl ammonium was the most imported herbicide with a value of 122 million USD amounting to some 54,911 tons of product, followed by paraquat dichloride, ametryn and atrazine:

Top 10 Imported Herbicides in Thailand(Jan.-Sep. 2014)
Common Name	physical quantity(kg)	ai(kg)	Value(USD)
glyphosate-isopropylammonium	54,911,135.2	27,057,697.35	122,567,793.3
paraquat dichloride	18,399,551	7,913,592.08	74,510,443.08
ametryn	3,236,390	2,482,672.12	16,963,682.83
atrazine	3,406,962	2,903,362.9	14,942,558.4
2,4-D dimethyl ammonium	5,790,497	4,864,017.48	12,300,957.79
glyphosate ammonium salt	38,410	34,108.08	11,298,044.45
butachlor	2,212,245	1,780,166.25	10,247,025.24
oxadiazon	506,429.86	233,453.97	9,406,810.16
2,4-D sodium salt	2,426,031	2,304,729.45	8,365,011.65
diuron	1,380,764	1,104,612.05	6,922,621.734
Total	92,837,160.54	50,839,765.37	293,460,924.4

In total 7,772 tons of fungicides valued at about 108.3 million USD were imported. The top 2 most imported fungicides were difenoconazole and propiconazole, followed by azoxystrobin/difenoconazole combination, propineb, mancozeb and azoxystrobin, etc:

Top 10 Imported Fungicides in Thailand(Jan.-Sep. 2014)
Common Name	physical quantity(kg)	ai(kg)	Value(USD)
difenoconazole	326,522	304166	33,799,347.32
propiconazole	296,087	240,147.6	19,585,992.16
azoxystrobin+difenoconazole	206,938.5	67,255.01	8,049,149.102
propineb	752029	546,490.3	4,780,005.01
mancozeb	1,264,454	1,011,561.2	3,927,725.965
azoxystrobin	34,572.4	8,649.43	3,345,046.109
carbendazim	1,017,554	566,859.25	3,149,416.62
metalaxyl-M	31,680	11,088	2,772,312.59
copper hydroxide	380,375	292,867.38	2,371,826.01
metalaxyl	449163	111840.75	2,233,013.421
Total	4,759,375	3,160,924.92	84,013,834.31

A total of 10,428 tons of insecticides were imported valued at 97.92 million USD. In terms of total import value Dinotefuran was the most important insecticide. Imidacloprid and chlorpyrifos took the second and third place. Chlorantraniliprole was fourth place on the list:

Top 10 Imported Insecticides in Thailand(Jan.-Sep. 2014)
Common Name	physical quantity(kg)	ai(kg)	Value(USD)
dinotefuran	111,408	108,065.8	11,997,023
imidacloprid	294,223	172,015.5	8,413,287
chlorpyrifos	17,530,33	1,179,349	8,106,082
chlorantraniliprole	158,810	8,813.96	6,671,870
abamectin	1,791,308	34,107.69	6,370,786
fipronil	1,043,638	29,454.05	4,799,482
chlorantraniliprole+thiamethoxam	20790	8316	4,740,334
cypermethrin	539,093	449,893.8	4,714,868
carbosulfan	873,900	203,680	3,707,708
cartap hydrochloride	590,242	292,628.8	3,642,462
Total	7,176,445	2,486,324	63,163,902

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Thailand Agricultural Pesticide Importation Report(Jan-Sep 2014)

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