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China’s Import Volume of Insecticide Increase Double in January 2016
Source:China Crop Protection Industry Association  author: Ellie Xu
  date: 2016-03-18  
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According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs of PRC, the total import & export volume in Jan.2016 reached USD 379 milion, drop by 17.1% year-on-year; trade surplus was USD 254 million, down 10.7% YoY. 

 

Table 1 Jan. 2016 Import & Export Statistics Data and Trade Balance ($10thousand,%)

Category

total import & export volume

Trade Balance

Jan.2016

Jan.2015

YoY

Jan.2016

Jan.2015

YoY

Pesticide

37939

45782

-17.1

25419

28474

-10.7

Of which

Insecticide

8718

8888

-1.9

5853

6260

-6.5

  Fungicide

6556

7746

-15.4

1968

732

169.0

Herbicide

20877

27137

-23.1

17655

21819

-19.1

 

Table 2  Jan.2016 Imp & Export Statistics Data (Ten thousand tons, $10thousand,% )

Category

Imp

Volume

YoY

Value

YoY

Pesticide

0.9

-4.1

6260

-27.7

Of which

Insecticide

0.2

101.8

1432

9.0

   Fungicide

0.3

21.9

2294

-34.6

   Herbicide

0.2

-37.3

1611

-39.4

 

Category

Exp

Volume

YoY

Value

YoY

Pesticide

11.2

-2.0

31679

-14.7

Of which

Insecticide

2.0

6.9

7285

-3.8

   Fungicide

0.9

18.7

4262

0.5

   Herbicide

7.9

-5.7

19266

-21.3

 
 

 

In Jan.2016, the pesticide import total volume reached 9,000 tons, a decrease of 4.1% YoY, and the import value reached 63 million US dollars, a sharp decrease of 27.7%. The insecticide import total volume reached a total of 2,000 tons, an sharp increase of 101.8% YoY, and imports amounted to 14 million US dollars, up by 9.0% YoY; the fungicide imports volume reached 3,000 tons, up 21.9% YoY, while imports value amounted to 23million US dollars, down 34.6 YoY; the herbicide imports volume reached 2,000 tons, up 37.3% YoY, while imports value amounted to 16 million US dollars, drop 39.4 YoY.

In Jan. 2016, the pesticide export total volume reached 112,000 tons, a decrease of 2.0% YoY, and the export value reached 317million US dollars, a sharp decrease of 14.7%. Whilethe fungicide export volume and value keep growth, respectively up by 18.7% and 0.5%; the insecticide export volume was 20,000 tons, up 6.9% YoY, export value was 73 million US dollars, down 3.8%; the herbicide export volume was 79,000 tons, up 5.7% YoY, export value was 193 million US dollars; drop 21.3% YoY.

 
 

 
 

 

 

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