10 More Highly Toxic Pesticides to be Prohibited in China

Tag: highly toxic pesticides, China, pesticide, methidathion, phorate, isofenphosmethyl, carbofuran, insecticide, biological pesticide

Summary: The July issue of Crop Protection China News has come out recently, indicating that 10 more highly toxic pesticides in China will be banned in 2011.

Guangzhou China, July 18, 2011 - The July issue of Crop Protection China News has come out recently., The headline news is China Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced on July 5 that 10 more highly toxic pesticides, including methidathion, phorate, isofenphosmethyl and carbofuran, etc., will be banned in 2011.

According to MOA, although China has been banning highly toxic pesticides in these years, there are still 22 highly toxic pesticides, mostly insecticides allowed to be produced, sold and used in China. Except the 10 highly toxic pesticides that are confirmed to be banned in 2011, the other 12 highly toxic pesticides will be gradually banned in the forthcoming years.

MOA also declared that the prohibition date of the remaining 12 highly toxic pesticides will be depended on whether there is enough amount of alternative pesticides with highly efficient and lowly toxic.

Statistics show that there are 400 pesticide enterprises and about 900 kinds of products in China involved in the production of the 22 highly toxic pesticides and the capacity of these pesticides has reached around 104,000t/a in China. The annual output of them reached 50,000t/a in 2010, accounting for 2.5% of the total output of pesticides in 2010.

Besides, the prohibition of highly toxic pesticides will definitely provide a good chance for the development of biological pesticides in China. Actually, MOA has already started to draft the policy of encouraging pesticides players to conduct the R&D of biological pesticides, such as setting pilot projects of biological pesticide subsidies in Shanghai City, Shandong Province, etc. As the new policy's crackdown on highly toxic pesticides, it is expected that good prospect of biological pesticides will be expected in the coming years.

More news about the industrial trend, company dynamics, market price, and future forecast are unveiled in the latest issue of Crop Protection China News .

The following highlights are covered in the latest issue of Crop Protection China News :

-MOA announces to ban 10 more highly toxic pesticides in 2011.-Huapont Pharm's merger with Nutrichem has been finally approved by CSRC on July 5, 2011.-Lianhe Technology sets up a new pesticide intermediate subsidiary in Yancheng City.

-Jiangsu Lanfeng receives USD1.55 million of relocation compensation from local government on July 3, 2011.-Sino-Agri enhances cooperation with foreign pesticide suppliers, aiming to provide efficient and eco-friendly products to domestic consumers.-Noposion will gain a subsidy of about USD625 thousand from the government for the R&D on resin-based solvent.-Heilongjiang Agriculture plans to develop some agricultural projects in Argentina, including the planting of soybean, corn and some other crops. -Ministry of Agriculture would make a tighter control of the source of breeding materials, preventing a further illegal circulation of GM seeds.-The price of Chinese potash fertilizer increases, which is beneficial to Sinofert.

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