The Brazilian imports of pesticides (active ingredients and intermediates) broke records in 2012. According to data from the National Union of the Agricultural Defense Products Industry (SINDAG), the imports achieved USD5,500 million and grew 10% over 2011 value (USD5,000 million).
After the US, Brazil is the largest market (in revenue) for agrochemical’s product manufacturers. In 2012, the volume of imported pesticides was 296,810 tonnes of active ingredient and grew almost 25.7% compared to 2011. Only the import of insecticides achieved to 79,200 tonnes and increased by 47.9% compared to 2011.
Thus the imported pesticides represented 56.7% of the total Brazilian market, which reached the value of USD9,700 million in 2012. In volume, the imported active ingredients represent 85.6% of the 346,580 tonnes sold in the country.
According to SINDAG, the import’s figure matches the expansion of the sales for Brazilian market, which grew by 14.4% mainly due to the top harvest of soybeans and the increase of commodity prices.
The trend to import pesticides deepened in recent years. In 2008, the pesticide’s imports value reached USD2,800 million, with 245,600 tonnes of active ingredient, which accounted for just over 39% of revenues and 78% of the volume sold in that year.
Compared to 2011, the share of imports volume in total grew by 17%, while the share in revenue had declined 2.2 %.This contradiction is explained by the increase in purchases of generics, which are cheaper products mainly coming from India and especially China.
The generic’s product accounted for 60.7% of industry revenue in 2012, compared to only 43% in 2011. It means that the share of products protected by patents and imported mainly from the US, the UK and Switzerland – decreased from nearly 57% in 2011 to 39.2% in 2012.
In 2012, imports of Chinese active ingredients were 68,300 tonnes and grew 41% compared to 2011. So, China imports surpassed the US ones and become the largest supplier of raw material for Brazil, and its domestic market share grew from 20.4% to 23% by volume, according to SINDAG.
The 2012 import volume from India reached 18,800 tonnes, more than double from 2011. Thus, India overcame Israel and took the fifth place in the ranking, accounting for 5.65% of the active ingredient handled in Brazil, just behind Switzerland, in the fourth place with 6.2%, and England, in the third place with 7%.
Although Brazil is the second largest market for pesticides in the world, the country has a role almost irrelevant in the production, research and product development. SINDAG asserts that the country locally produces only 10% of approximately the 300 active chemicals used on crops.
Table Contents of Crop Protection South America Monthly Report 1305:
Brazil: 2012 pesticide import breaks record
Argentina: 2012 pesticide market overview
Peru: Significant investments and high technology demand for agriculture
Israel: A strategic support for development of agriculture in Peru
Argentina: DuPont is developing a strategy to perform an efficient chemical fallow
Paraguay: ADM invested USD260 million for new oilseed processing unit
Chile: MAI strengthens its presence in the market
Brazil: New biodiesel regulatory framework under discussion
Bolivia: Official Institute would be qualified to certify GMO products
BASF’s new GMO soybean approved for Argentine market
Peru: National emergency declared due to yellow rust infecting coffee crops
Brazil: Multiple resistances to herbicides from Amaranthus species
Other topics: Miscellaneous crop’s supplies and innovations
Brazil is facing grain storage constraints for the current record harvesting
Argentina: Hidden costs of crop production
South America soybean exports could hit a record in May
Arysta LifeScience Launches CENTURION® for Sugarcane in Brazil
FMC receives new authorization to commercialize Locker® in Brazil
AGRITECH: Fair to attract investments and perform commercial exchanges
Bureaucracy is delaying the operations
Crop Protection South America Monthly Report, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 31st, offers timely update and close follow-up of South America's crop protection industry’s dynamics and the crops’ evolution and trends. This monthly report also features in-depth analysis on market development through abundant facts and figures.
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