The illegal pesticide market in Brazil was worth around $540 million last year, some 9% of the national agrochemical market, business newswire Valor Economico reports. The figures have been collated from police and Ministry of the Environment protection agency, the Ibama, operations. In the first three months of 2010, official hauls of illegal pesticides rose by 71% compared with the same period last year. The national agrochemical industry trade association, the Sindag, says that almost 11 tonnes were apprehended in the period against 6.4 tonnes last year. That was similar to the first quarter of 2008, which had seen a jump from the previous year (Agrow No 541, p 17). Recent hauls have been as small as 200 g, and as much as 1,000 litres, according to the Sindag.
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机译：商业新闻通讯社Valor Economico报道，去年巴西的非法农药市场价值约5.4亿美元，约占全国农药市场的9％。这些数字是从警察和环境保护部伊巴马州机构收集的。在2010年的前三个月，非法农药的官方运输量与去年同期相比增长了71％。全国农业化学工业贸易协会Sindag表示，在此期间，逮捕了将近11吨，而去年为6.4吨。这与2008年第一季度相似，后者比上一年有所增长（Agrow No 541，第17页）。根据Sindag的数据，最近的运输量只有200克，多达1000升。
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