Chinese nine-month pesticide exports up 20%

摘要

China's pesticide exports during the first nine months of 2018 rose by 19.8% to $5,810 million compared with the same period during 2017, according to figures from the country's Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA). Export volumes, however, decreased by 6.3% to 1 million tonnes during the first three quarters of this year. The value of exports during 2017 grew by 20.4% to 6,760 million, which broke the two-year decline trend from a high of $8,760 million in 2014. There was a similar trend in export volumes, which increased by 6.9% in 2017 to almost 1.5 million tonnes. The volume rise came after two years of decline from a peak of over 1.6 million tonnes.