The 34th China Plant Protection Information Exchange & Pesticide and Sprayer Facilities Fair will be held in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province from 22 November, 2018. At that time, ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. will unveil three new products including Agil® (herbicide), Geruili® (insecticide) and Baofute® (fungicide).
The Ministry of Commerce has decided to impose anti-dumping duties on imported ethanolamine originating in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Thailand from Oct. 30, 2018 for a period of five years.
On Oct. 29, 2018, the first round of whole process of unmanned operation autumn harvest and autumn sowing test, which was hosted by the Xinghua Municipal Government of Jiangsu Province, was held in Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province.
ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. (ADAMA) released its financial report, showing that in Q3 2018, the sales were up by 3.4% year on year to USD872 million. This really hit a historic high.
On 16 Oct., 2018, Beijing Grand AgroChem Co., Ltd. (Grand AgroChem) signed a strategic cooperative deal with Bulgaria Agria S.A. (Agria) to realize win-win in products and markets. After the deal is complete, Grand AgroChem will become the exclusive agent of Agria’s 80% mancozeb WP in the China area.
The 4th CAC Pakistan Summit (2018 CAC), which was organized by CCPIT Sub-Council of Chemical Industry (CCPIT Chem) and Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industries (LCCI) jointly, is going to be held in Lahore, Pakistan from 3-5 December 2018. In total, over 100 pesticide, fertilizer, agricultural machinery, and seed leading enterprises from China, Pakistan, India, and other countries will participate.
On 26 Sept., 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) approved the formal registrations of seven amicarbazone products, indicating the upcoming peaking for amicarbazone registration.
In early Oct. 2018, the National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center (NATESC) published information about the medium-scale occurrence of diseases and pests for late rice in China. The number of rice planthoppers in the east of Jiangnan Region rose fast and the volume of rice leaf rollers in certain areas was quite large.
On 15 Oct., 2018, the Top 30 Exporters of Pesticides in China in 2017 were revealed on the Eighteenth AgroChemEx. The top one is still Shandong Weifang Rainbow Chemical Co., Ltd. and the second is Nutrichem Laboratory Co., Ltd.
On 29 September 2018, Sinochem International Corporation (Sinochem International) and Sichuan Fuhua Crop Protection Technology Investment Co., Ltd. (Sichuan Fuhua) signed a Share Transfer Agreement. Sichuan Fuhua became the transferee of 29.19% of shares in Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemical Co., Ltd. (Nantong Jiangshan), with transfer price at USD3.0/share and sum at USD261.5 million. The payment was in cash.