In 2012, the export volume of Chinese homemade propanil is sharply increasing due to rising overseas demand, especially from Africa. In the next few years, this trend is likely to continue, but the growth is predicted not to increase as much as it did in 2012. There is still a chance for the propanil industry to further change its gloomy situation before 2012 if its future export remains stable. Actually, the domestic supply of propanil in China far exceeds its demand. Chinese propanil import is so small that CCM does not conduct import analysis on it.
In the 1970s, the former Shenyang Pesticide Factory was engaged in producing propanil. Then the production was stopped for a long time for some particular reason. In the 1990s, a large number of manufacturers were engaging in propanil production. However, the production was unstable and many of them had given up their production during these years. Later, some companies took a fancy to the market potential of propanil in China and set up production lines or enlarged their production capacities. Thus after 2000, the production of propanil developed rapidly in China.
As an old variety of herbicide, propanil has been produced in China for 50 years. There were four pioneer propanil producers in China: Formerly Wushun Pesticide Factory (500t/a, 20% EC), Formerly Hegang Pesticide Factory (200t/a, 20% EC), Formerly Hengyang Pesticide Factory, Formerly Beijing Double-Bridge Pesticide Factory. However, little progress had been made in the following decades. The latter two manufacturers even closed or changed into other enterprises.
In some foreign countries, use of propanil is forbidden or restricted. In July 2003, Dow AgroSciences LLC, RiceCo LLC and Agrilliance LLC voluntarily asked to amend or cancel their product registrations to terminate the use of propanil on small grains. According to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1078/2011, the placing of the active substance propanil products on the market doesn't have approval in the EU because of health concerns.
Production and Market of Propanil in China is CCM's second edition report on the Chinese propanil industry, completed in April 2013. This intelligent report attaches importance to the following aspects:
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Production summary of propanil (its capacity, output and key manufacturers) and consumption summary by volume in China during 2010–2012.
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Detailed study of propanil's upstream industry (its supply, manufacturers, price, etc.)
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Price of propanil during 2007–2012 and the export of propanil technical and formulations during 2011–2012.
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Forecast of the Chinese propanil industry to 2017.
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Key factors influencing the development of propanil in China.
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