According to CCM research, China's price of methomyl TC in March 2016 still remains at a low
level. Even though the busy season of 2016 to use insecticides is coming day by
day, there haven't been any favorable factors seen to revitalize the depressed
market. It is estimated that the methomyl market is not going well in later
period.
According
to analyst CCM, China's price of methomyl technical in March 2016 is still
stuck at a low level. Experienced industry insiders disclosed that the high
stocking and the weak demand are now the two major blocks keeping the price of
methomyl down. Although the busy season of 2016 to use insecticides is
approaching, none of favorable factors have showed yet to boost the gloomy
market. Facing the technical market with high inventory and the stagnant sales
at home and abroad, there is possibility and space for China's methomyl TC
price to go down. Therefore, the methomyl market in later period is not
promising.
Traditionally, the insecticide market would usher into its busy season in
March. The depressed market throughout winter would gradually recover in
spring and the prices of pesticide products, lingering at a low level, would
meet different degrees of increases. However, in the recent two
years, the price of methomyl TC has developed abnormally and even declined
steadily instead of rising significantly in the busy season. It is the high
stocking and the weak demand that keep the price from growing. And it is the
overcapacity and the limited and slow consumption in the downstream sector that
should be responsible for the problem of high inventory.
Ex-works price of 98% methomyl TC in China,
Jan. 2014-March 2016
Source: CCM
It
is learned from the data released by China Crop Protection Industry Association
(CCPIA) that now the production capacity of major domestic methomyl producers'
devices totals around 20,000 t/a. Some enterprises are equipped with big
production capacity. They are Hunan Haili Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Hunan
Haili - 5,000 t/a), Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. (Hubei Sanonda - 4,000 t/a),
Shandong Huayang Technology Co., Ltd. (Shandong Huayang - 3,000 t/a), Jiangsu
Changlong Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Changlong - 2,000 t/a) and Nanlong
(Lianyungang) Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Nanlong Chemicals - 2,000 t/a). Actually,
the annual outputs of these enterprises have greatly exceeded the actual
downstream demand.
According to market surveys, now Hunan Haili, Nanlong Chemicals, Shandong
Huayang, Jiangsu Changlong are generally bearing the inventory pressure.
Shandong Huayang said that it stopped and overhauled the devices of producing
methomyl TC, consumed the stocks, and could take new orders as usual.
Shandong Libang Chemical Co., Ltd. also said it suspended production of
methomyl TC for overhaul, consumed the stocks, and could take new orders as
usual.
Jiangsu Jialong Chemical Co., Ltd. said it suspended production of methomyl TC
for overhaul. As the company has no inventory now, it will not quote for the
moment.
Hunan Haili said that its devices run smoothly, and the company has inventory
and can take new orders.
Nanlong Chemicals also said that its devices run regularly, and the company has
inventory and can take orders as usual.
Kaifeng Luyu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. said that it suspended production of
methomyl TC for overhaul. As the company has no inventory for the moment and it
cannot quote.
Production capacities
of some major producers for methomyl TC in China, 2015
Source:
CCPIA
In
regard to the downstream consumption market, methomyl, a kind of broad-spectrum
carbamate insecticide, is of great volatility and high inhalation toxicity. In
fact, the Chinese government has banned methomyl from applying on tea trees,
fruit trees and vegetables since June 2011. Now domestic methomyl products are
mainly used for controlling the pests in cotton and other commercial crops and
in forest trees. Besides, affected by the gloomy economic environment all over
the world and developed countries' restriction to methomyl, the export volume
of methomyl in recent years also recorded a significant decline. According to
China Customs and CCM, China's export volume of methomyl was 8,592.01 tonnes in
2015, substantially down by 27.10% from 2014.
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