According to ICAMA,China pesticides market improved because of the starting of plant in Spring.

In wholesale terms, the total pesticides sales rose 27.1% YoY. The herbicide sales soared sharply, up 70.8%, while insecticide sales dropped by 23.7%, fungicide sales slightly rose 6.1%.The wholesale price kept flat, the price of insecticide and herbicide slightly rose, while fungicide price slightly dropped by less 0.1%. In terms of products, the price of pymetrozine, mancozeb, glyphosate and paraquat declined, while price of abamectin, triazophos, chlorothalonil and quizalofop-p-ethyl rose.   

In retail terms, the total agrochemicals sales up 12.1% YoY, of which insecticide rose 25.4%, fungicide and herbicide respectively rose by 4.9% and 6.1%. While inescticide price drop 0.46% YoY, the price of fungicide and herbicide slightly increased 0.1% and 0.08% respectively. In terms of products, the price of abamectin, imidacloprid and bifenthrin decrease, difenoconazole, chlorothalonil and clethodim rose.