Chinese Companies Rush Glufosinate Market

Posted by Jackie Pucci|8 July 2015

Chinese glufosinate tech production is on track to top 50,000 tonnes by the end of 2016, as companies seek out opportunities for replacement chemistries for the banned paraquat AS, the Chinese Crop Protection Industry Association said.

Inner Mongolia Jiaruimi Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. is the latest to add production: The company has invested 250 million yuan to boost glufosinate output to 3,000 tonnes annually and to construct a new office building, CCPIA said.

The company has put a glufosinate production line into trial with an annual output of 600 tonnes, while the other four lines produce 2,400 tonnes of glufosinate each year. Construction will start in September and is expected to be completed next year.

After Zhejiang Yongnong Bioscience — which is the first company to produce glufosinate products and the first Chinese to register glufosinate products in 2007 — more than 20 companies including Bayer CropScience and Lier Chemical have received registration approvals for glufosinate TC. Zhejiang Yongnong Bioscience, Shijiazhuang Kairui Chemical and other companies have also received glufosinate production licenses. What’s more, a number of companies are planning to start glufosinate production projects.

“Based on this development rate, it is expected that the output of glufosinate TC will exceed 50,000 tonnes by the end of next year. Glufosinate will become a big herbicide variety,” CCPIA said.

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While the glufosinate market still occupies only about 3% of glyphosate’s market share, the output of glufosinate is growing rapidly, “which should cause concerns among the industry,” CCPIA said. “In fact, the European Union has already set limits on glufosinate. It has put into effect specific regulations on the application dosage and times of glufosinate: no more than 750g of active principle of glufosinate per hectare (surface treatment) should be applied in belt or on spot, and can be applied two times each year.”

“Learning from the past, companies should be cautious in selecting pesticide varieties and building up production capacity,” CCPIA said.

The following table reflects glufosinate TC registration statuses:

The following table shows glufosinate production license information:

Source: CCPIA

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