Fungicides China Monthly Report(Fungicides China Monthly Report 202212)

 In early Dec., China saw an MoM decrease in the ex-works prices of most fungicide TCs and its upstream raw materials including bromine and triazole. Therefore, the upstream materials' prices were weak in driving the price of triazoles and the overall triazoles market remained sluggish as the downstream buyers were stocking up only by orders. 

In terms of company dynamics,  Inner Mongolia Kechi planned to construct pesticide intermediate production lines, including for 1,000 t/a methyl 2-((1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1h-pyrazol-3-yloxy)methyl)phenyl(hydroxy)carbamate and 3,000 t/a 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-hydroxy-1-h-pyrazole. Liaoning Youchuang  plans to build nine workshops and 11 production lines, including 100 t/a pyrisoxazole TC and 2,500 t/a pydiflumetofen TC lines. Anhui Jiuyi announced that shortly after the persistent debugging and upgrade, the company's existing 1,000 t/a prothioconazole TC production lines has engineered the high output rate of over 95%. Shandong Hailir, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Qingdao Hailir, planned to put the 3,000 t/a prothioconazole TC project into trial production.

In terms of policy, in late Nov., the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Jiangxi Province, in collaboration with other eight departments, released the Implementation Plan of the Construction Standard, Identification and Management of Chemical Park in Jiangxi (Trail) (the Plan), aiming to take action against unreasonable industrial layout, insufficient supporting facilities and poor monitoring capability. The Plan is  to take effect on 22 Dec.

In terms of registration, in late Nov., ICAMA publicised the list of pesticides to be approved. A total of 206 products were listed, of which 40 were fungicide products, with SC accounting for the most.

In terms of pests & diseases, China's National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center reported that wheat stripe rust in 2022 was overall lighter than in normal years. In addition, local governments should take measures against the occurrence of rape sclertiniose, rape club root, downy mildew and virus disease in the Yangtze River basin in winter and spring. On 5 Dec., the Agro-Tech Extension and Service Centre of Shandong Province reported on the moderate to mild occurrence of crop pests and diseases in 2022 at a better level than that of 2021 and the historical average, and predicts the pests and diseases occurrence in wheat production area to be moderate in 2023.