According to information from the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture of China (ICAMA), the seminar for eight risky pesticides including carbendazim was held in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province during 6-8 July, 2016. On the seminar, experts and enterprise representatives from the fields of environment, efficacy, toxicology and residue discussed the effects of several pesticides on human and animal health, aquatic organisms and bees. However, the publishing time of the results was not revealed.

Source: ICAMA

On 7 July, 2016, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nanjing Redsun Group Co., Ltd. (Nanjing Redsun), Yang Shouhai, hosted a board meeting in the Redsun (Anhui) Life and Material Sciences Industrial Park, on which the development plan of Nanjing Redsun in 2016 and the next five years was specially discussed.

On 25 June, 2016, the Yanhua New Materials Industrial Park (in Huaian City, Jiangsu Province) announced that Jiangsu Kaichen Chemical Co., Ltd. (Kaichen Chemical) planned to invest USD13.3 million into constructing a 4,500 t/a pesticide technological reconstruction project, targeted 5 active ingredients including methoxyfenozide, dicamba and isooctyl-2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate. Accordingly, the project will be located in Kaichen Chemical’s plant in the industrial park, aimed at the existing public facilities for reconstruction.

According to statistics by Think Real, in March 2016, China exported 85,953 tonnes of glyphosate, whose value was USD181.05 million, up by 9.0% and down by 7.6% year on year respectively.

On 11 July, 2016, China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) announced on its website that it extended the acquisition time of Syngenta to 13 Sept., which is the second time that it had postponed it.

On 23 June, 2016, the China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA) held a Special Seminar for Hot Products-Strobilurin Fungicides in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, on which a coordination group for strobilurin fungicides was established.

On 30 June, 2016, ABA Chemicals Corporation (ABACHEM) noted a plan to make a private placement, to issue <= 200 million shares for <=USD158.0 million. Accordingly, the sum is aimed at constructing new production lines, establishing R&D centre, developing new products, supplementing working capital and paying for bank loans.

根据Think Real统计，2016年3月中国草甘膦出口量和出口额分别为85,953吨和18,105万美元，比去年同期分别上涨9.02%和下滑7.60%。

Reports from the AgriGoods Herald said that the People's Court of Xiangyin County, Hunan Province had recently reached a verdict that Hunan Dafang Agrochemical Co., Ltd. (Hunan Dafang) and the company’s general manager as well as legal representative named Liu Song committed the crime of counterfeiting registered trademark Fencer^® and its figurative mark owned by the US-based Dow AgroSciences LLC by producing and selling penoxsulam-based herbicides. Xiangyin Plant Protection Co., Ltd. (Xiangyin Plant Protection) and its general manager as well as legal representative Liu Pengyu were also convicted of selling commodities under counterfeiting registered trademark because the company had been selling fake penoxsulam-based herbicides under Fencer^® made by Hunan Dafang.