The Future of Glyphosate Industry in China - 2010-2015

Report edition: 2007 edition(4)
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Document type: PDF
Total pages : 283
Language version: English
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  • Introduction
  • Main contents
  • List of tables
  • List of figures

Description:

Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide that is widely used to kill unwanted plants both in agriculture and in nonagricultural landscapes. Glyphosate is in a leading position of herbicides in the world; it is estimate that the global consumption of glyphosate is over 600kts at present and will increase by CAGR of over 12%. China has been the largest production base of glyphosate technical in the world with a capacity of 346.5kts/a in 2007, accounting for more than one third of the global productivity; It is estimated that the output of glyphosate in China will be over 240kts and the export volume will be up to 200kts in 2007, the supply and price of Chinese glyphosate have great impacts on the global market.



What are roles of China's glyphosate industry in the global market; what's the export situation and the influencing factors? This report will answer these questions.

China's glyphosate has been characterized for the following features at present, soaring glyphosate price, and huge profit in China's glyphosate producers, expanding capacity driven by the two former factors, changing technology landscape in China's glyphosate production etc.



Since February 2007, China's glyphosate price has been surging, and the average price was about RMB34,000/t and the highest reached RMB42,000/t as of September 2007, while in 2006, the average price was only about RMB26,000/t and the highest reaching only RMB31,000/t. The average price in 2007 was about 30% higher than that in 2006. In the beginning of this October, the price even soared to RMB48,500/t, and the price growth rate was about 50% from August to October. What has caused this price hike? How does it influence domestic glyphosate production and the export? What are the comments from Chinese producers, traders, experts and raw material suppliers on this situation and how will they react to this price hike? CCM will give a detail analysis in this report.



Driven by the huge profits and positive market prospects, many Chinese manufactures expand, newly launch or desire to launch glyphosate projects. It could be foreseen that production capacity of glyphosate in China will have a sharp rise in the next 4 years. The competition between glyphosate manufactures in China will be apparent. Moreover, with the development of oversea producers, the competitions among countries will be fierce. China is raising environmental threshold and proportion of environmental protection cost, small-scale glyphosate production will be shut down. What is the future of glyphosate production in China? What's the competitiveness and competitive strategies of China's glyphosate in the future? With the price soaring of non-renewable resources and development of other herbicide or weed-control technology, in the far future, would glyphosate production centre shift away from China, or will the life cycle of glyphosate come to an end?



In China, there are two pathways for glyphosate production including AEA pathway and IDA pathway. Compared to AEA pathway, glyphosate production by IDA have the following advantages, namely, low production cost, not high requirements about equipment, simple production process, high yield and so on. The capacity of glyphosate technical by AEA pathway was over 50kts/a more than that by IDA pathway in 2006. However, with the construction of some new glyphosate projects by IDA pathway in China, the situation will change, and glyphosate production by IDA pathway is expected to dominate China's glyphosate production in the future. Some companies are doing research to modify popular IDA pathway, using natural gas as the original raw material to synthesize iminodiacetic acid routing from iminodiacetonitrile pathway, and the diethanolamine, limited by high export price, is substituted. However, there are also some innovations in AEA pathway, such as comprehensive use of its by-products to reduce cost. In this report, CCM will give a detailed introduction and summary about glyphosate production in the past, at present and in the future to help the readers understand the actual production of China's glyphosate.



China is a large agriculture country, with cultivated land area of 120 million hm2, over 70 million hm2 of which employ herbicides for weed control. Owning to its excellent efficiency in weed control, glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in China. However, China's glyphosate consumption encounters application limitations, herbicide competition as well as peasants' preference. What are the situations of China's crop planting, glyphosate demand & market share in China, regional distribution of glyphosate use, peasants' preference on herbicide choosing and competitive herbicide? This report will also reveal all these situations of current glyphosate use and demand in China.



What are the aims of this report?



-To provide readers with comprehensive & in-depth understanding on the Chinese glyphosate industry;

-To identify the major suppliers of glyphosate in China including potential producers;

-To survey current production situation of glyphosate technical and glyphosate formulations;

-To disclose the supply situation of raw materials and intermediates;

-To discuss and analyze the price fluctuation and find out reasons for such fluctuations;

-To analyze the import & export situation of glyphosate;

-To disclose current level of production technology;

-To find out what drives and restricts the development of glyphosate industry:

-To analyze the demand of glyphosate;

-To reveal current consumption of glyphosate in China including regional distribution, market share, consumption pattern.

-To probe competition strategies of China's glyphosate;

-To predict what the future of China's glyphosate industry will be.



What can you benefit from the report?



In this market research of glyphosate, CCM will monitor China's glyphosate industry from aspects of production, price, raw materials, intermediates, import & export, market demand, market consumption, production technology, market competition as well as governmental policies, and then summarize the competitive landscape, driven forces and commercial opportunities, etc.



The reader can obtain the latest info about the production and market of glyphosate in China, and the in-depth analysis for glyphosate industry. Readers of this report can:

-Obtain the latest info of glyphosate, such as its price, technology innovations, new projects, production expansion, supply and price of raw materials, export and so on.

-Be informed of China's planting situation, herbicide use, market share of glyphosate, regional distribution of consumption, peasant's preference in herbicide choosing.

-Be clear about the role of China's glyphosate industry in the global market.

-Gain vital business intelligence of China's glyphosate industry before entering the competition

-Understand the actual production situation, technology level, pricing, consumption, trade of glyphosate in China and then to grasp commercial opportunities

-Have a clear picture of the competitive landscape of China's glyphosate industry

-Find out where Chinese glyphosate market will go next and how your business can be involved in

-Keep informed of your competitors/their activities in China

-Learn about key market drivers and factors

-Understand the future trend of Chinese glyphosate industry

-Share this information within your organization using the free global intranet license



What will CCM submit to client?



-Word-format final report, with around 200-280 pages;

-Over 50 primary tables/figures from a new market research survey ensuring that you have an unrivalled level of detail and the most up-to-date picture of the market available today;

-Excel-format active producers of glyphosate;

-Excel-format potential producers of glyphosate

-Excel-format market data of glyphosate in the past five years and in the coming 5-10 years by bottom-up research based on a new market research survey

-Tables revealing how glyphosate technology will evolve over the next five years

-Profiles of all active producers based on interviews with senior executives

-An overview of the industry structure with expert insight on the price change and development of glyphosate



Who need to subscribe?



-Glyphosate producers paying close attention to raw material supply, production and application situation, planning to invest in China or looking for Chinese partners

-Glyphosate purchasers who want to grasp the actual production situation in different producers, and understand their enterprise profiles

-Equipment suppliers targeting China with high quality production & processing machinery, lines, testing and quality control systems

-Analysts and consultants trying to gain insight into the Chinese fast-growing production and market for glyphosate




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