-Above 70% of global Clethodim supplied from China-Cost of procurement of the raw material Ethyl mercaptan nearly 4 times higher than in India-What is the bottleneck on the supply of Ethyl mercaptan to China-Chinese chemical companies appealing to immediate solutions to supply of Ethyl mercaptan, as period of yearly shipment of clethodim draws near, which is mostly in September - October and April - May of the next year China’s period of shipment of clethodim  It is presently the high time of pr...

The bacterial leaf blight disease (BLB) is among the three most devastating pathogens limiting rice production in China. Recent years has witnessed a resurgence of BLB in Zhejiang and other major rice areas in China due to climate change and the changes in the cultivation system. Moreover, there has emerged a new epidemic pattern. These have posed great challenges to the control of BLB. As one of the ten emerging chemical technologies that will change the world in the future, nano-enabled agroch...

European Union binding targets announced in June to reduce chemical pesticides usage by 50% by 2030 should help to boost interest and market activity, as conventional Active Ingredients (Ais) disappear from the marketplace over the next decade or so.However, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has severely disrupted EU food and farming supply chains, particularly in the Central and Eastern European countries bordering the former Soviet Union.Ten countries - Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia...

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has published the proposed regulatory decision (PRD) for the reconsideration of procymidone, a fungicide used for the control of fungal diseases in various broadacre, horticultural crops and ornamental plants.The PRD for procymidone will:1. retain procymidone as a safe and effective fungicide for use by Australian broadacre horticulture and ornamental plant industries2. affirm the active constituent approval3. vary and affirm t...

On April 22 of 2022, Indonesia released the export ban of cooking oil and it raw marterials. The ban has taken effect on April 28, 2022 and the end time is unknown.Palm oil is the main cooking oil raw material in Indonesia, and China and India are main purchasers of palm oil. This ban will give huge impact to these markets.In China, the prices of all acid products have been increased, affected by this ban. It will lead to the downstream industries as following, like N,N-DIMETHYLDECANAMIDE and N,...

Due to Russia &Ukraine's war ,caused the sunflower seed oil stopping supply from black sea region.The black sea region is the world's largest exporter of sunflower oil,accounting for 60% of the world's production and 76% of exports.Ukraine's seaport will keep closing until war is over.Buyer have to find other oil to replace ,Plam oil became the most expensive of one.The war has impacted part of downstream solvent and adjuvant.Besides, according to news in worldwide, the R-U war has impacted the ...

In January 2022, BASF officially introduced its non-selective herbicide JING•BAOSHIDA (L-Glufosinate 10% SL) to customers in China.Compared to glufosinate, L-glufosinate excludes substances without herbicidal activity but contains only substances with herbicidal activity. Therefore, it can achieve the same herbicidal effect at 60% the amount of a conventional product, while being more environmentally safe.  BASF’s JING•BAOSHIDA has three major characteristics: 1) Broad herbicidal spectrum: It ca...

−− The permission will allow companies to destock harmful pesticides, the Wheat Association has notedThe Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Turkey has extended the permission for the use of five pesticides for the second time while banning the use of two other pesticides.With a decision dated November 19, the ministry banned the use of pesticides that contain the active ingredients of chlorpropham and oxadiazon.The use of chloridazon, dimethoate, desmedipham, ethoprophos and linuron will be...