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2020-07-06
China ICAMA offers Option for Amending Registration of Multi-element Pesticides
On 1 July 2020, China ICAMA issued an official letter to its provincial subsidiaries regarding the registration amendment to multi-element pesticides. China revamped its pesticide regulation system in 2017 with elevated requirements, aimed to reduce the number of pesticides registered and manufacturers. The multi-element pesticides with the same active ingredients and formulation type can be registered with a maximum of 3 compounding ratios. The new registration and renewal of pesticide with an extra compounding ratio will no longer be acceptable under the new regulation.
2020-07-01
Vietnam Bans 10 Active Substances from Use in Biocides
On June 19, 2020, The Vietnamese Ministry of Health promulgated Circular 11/2020/TT-BYT, aimed to renew the list of active ingredients prohibited or restricted from uses in household insecticides and disinfectants.  A total of 10 active ingredients were added into the prohibited list, namely Chlorpyrifos ethyl, Hexythiazox, Fipronil, Beta-cyfluthrin, Cyfluthrin, Trichlorfon, Diazinon, Acephate, Malathion and Methanol.
2020-07-01
China’s Organic Fertilizer Market Would Reach 227 Billion Yuan by 2023
Organic fertilizer is a category of fermented fertilizers obtained from animal manure and plant/animal residue and the use of organic fertilizers has a long history in China. But in recent decades, the percentage of organic fertilizer in total nutrient input has steadily reduced from 99.9% in 1949 to 20% in 2010 and bottomed at 5% to 10% today. China’s per-unit-area rate of chemical fertilizer is 443.5 kg per hectare, almost 3 times the global average level of 120 kg per hectare and twice the internationally-accepted safety limit of 225 kg per hectare. This gives China an ever-increasing agricultural output at the expense of soil fertility: 26% and 44% of the farmland has the fewest organic matter and organic carbon of less than 1%. 64%, 53% and 40% of the farmland are in serious deficiency of Calcium, Magnesium and Sulphur. Since China launched the “Action Plan for Zero-growth of Chemical Fertilizer and Pesticide Use” in 2015, as well as other agricultural development policies thereafter, this reviving sector has witnessed a double-digital increase for the past few years and the demand would reach 227 Billion Yuan by 2023. In the course of China’s agricultural revitalization of quality enhancement and green development, it is vital for agribusiness enterprises to have a better understanding of the industrial actuality, key driving force and the developing tendency of China’s organic fertilizer market. Industry Characteristics Organic fertilizers can be conceptually classified into 3 commercialized categories: refined organic fertilizer, organic-inorganic compound fertilizers and microbial organic fertilizers and their market percentage were 43.5%, 17.6% and 38.9% respectively: Refined organic fertilizer- Obtained thought the fermentation or decomposition of organic materials and typically formulated into powdery, granular, or liquid form. organic-inorganic compound fertilizer-blended or compounded products of inorganic fe
2020-06-23
China NHC to Terminate Emergent Market Entry of Disinfectants
On June 19, 2020, the General Office of the National Health Commission opened a 30-day consultation on a notice concerning the enhanced regulation of disinfection products during the Covid-19 control, aimed to resume the normal record-filing management of non-new disinfectants and ensure the safety and effectiveness of disinfection products produced in China, as well as intensify the ex-post surveillance of disinfection products already been placed on the market.
2020-06-22
China Solicits Comments on List of Class I Agricultural Pests
On 4 June, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs invited a 30-day consultation on the list of Class I agricultural pests, which was drafted as per the “Regulation for the Prevention and Control of Agricultural Pests”.
2020-06-18
Latest Tips Obtained for Fertilizer Registration in China
On October 14, 2019, China MoARA issued the announcement 222 to update the service guide for the administrative approval of 30 agricultural-related matters. The announcement streamlines the legal basis, scope, process, data requirements, timeframe and fee for the new application and renewal of fertilizer registration, amid a minor change on registration renewal. After a period of enforcement, the Ministry has formed tacit practices for the handling and review of registration applications. This article will offer a brief introduction to the procedures, and comparative analysis of the data requirements, as well as the recent lessons learned by REACH24H experts, who successfully helped many overseas enterprises to obtain fertilizer registration in China. Categorized Registration Management Based on the level of risk, fertilizers subject to registration management need to be registered with MoARA or provincial agricultural authority. Fertilizers not yet established with national or industrial standards are reviewed by the technical committee on a case-by-case basis will other fertilizers that satisfy the quality indicators in the national or industrial standards are reviewed and approved directly. The Classification and Quality Standardization Status of Fertilizer in China Category Generic Name Standard Fertilizers Registered at Ministerial Level Macronutrient Fertilizers Water-soluble fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium NY 1007-2010 Urea ammonium nitrate solution NY 2670-2015 Modified ammonium nitrate for agriculture use NY 2268-2012 Calcium ammonium nitrate for agriculture use NY 2269-2002 Magnesium-potassium for agriculture use / Magnesium-potassium chloride
2020-06-15
China’s Top 100 Agrochemical Companies Totaled a Sales of 183.6 Billion Yuan in 2019
Despite the widespread suspension after the environmental rectification and the explosion in Yancheng, the Chinese agrochemical industry maintained an output of 2.25 million tons in 2019, a slight growth from 2.22 million tons in 2018, but a 40% decline from 3.74 million tons in 2015. The total revenue of the top 100 agrochemical companies up 61.3% from 2015 to 183.6 billion Yuan and the contribution of these companies to the Chinese agrochemical industry grew from 35.4% in 2015 to 80.04% in 2019.
2020-06-11
China Finalizes Pesticide Registration Rules for Export-only Purpose
On June 8, 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs released the Announcement 269 to promulgate the scope, data requirements and enforcing details for the registration of pesticide under export-only purpose, a long-standing issue after China’s pesticide regulatory reform since 2017. The measure settled this time will help facilitate consolidation among Chinese agrochemical industry as SMEs would find it increasingly difficult to access such shortcut to overseas market.
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