Por CCM
In 2015, China’s export volume of paraquat TK soared while prices fell sharply, according to analysts CCM.
China’s overall pesticide market was stagnant in 2015 amid declining prices. Export volume of paraquat, as the leading product in China’s herbicide industry, totaled 114,796 tonnes in 2015, with a year-over-year rise of 43.89%, according to China Customs and CCM’s export analysis.
Exportaciones chinas de Paraquat TK en 2015
Fuente: Aduanas de China y CCM
El volumen de exportación de 42% paraquat TK alcanzó las 80.215 toneladas, un aumento interanual de 33.81%, lo que representa 69.88% del total. El volumen de exportación de paraquat TK 45% fue de 34.581 toneladas, un aumento interanual de 74.39%, una proporción de 30.12%.
En comparación con la segunda mitad de 2015, el aumento interanual del volumen de exportación de paraquat TK fue mayor, especialmente de marzo a junio, la tradicional temporada de máxima demanda.
Sin embargo, los precios siguieron cayendo, con una caída anual promedio de 29.28%. Como resultado, los fabricantes de TK de paraquat enfrentaron menores ganancias a pesar de los mayores volúmenes de exportación.
The export price of paraquat TK was $2.78/kg, down 29.28% year on year. The average export price was $2.60/kg for 42% paraquat TK, down 38.01% year on year. The price of 45% paraquat TK was $2.95/kg, down 19.27% year on year, according to China Customs and CCM’s export analysis.
Los bajos precios del paraquat TK aumentan el volumen de exportación
“In fact, the falling export price of paraquat TK boosted the export volume to some extent,” commented Chen Zaoqun, Editor of Herbicidas China News. “Low prices made it easy to attract purchasers to stock up goods,” Chen added.
“In 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China’s attitude towards the future development of paraquat is not clear. Therefore, some overseas purchasers are worrying about the supply of paraquat in China and thus they stock up inventories when the price is low.”
“In the meantime, the progress in developing new paraquat formulation types is very slow, and TK companies have to promote their products to overseas markets. It will be hard for the paraquat export price to rebound under such fierce market competition,” Chen added.
Breaking down paraquat TK export destinations, Thailand ranked first by import volume of China’s paraquat TK in 2015, whose import volume reached 19,218 tonnes, up 81.02% year on year. The U.S. imported 11,109 tonnes, up 243.17% year on year. As a whole, the export destinations were concentrated. China exported pararquat TK to 42 countries/regions in 2015, of which the import volume of top 10 destinations amounted to 97,382 tonnes, accounting for 84.83% of the total.
Los volúmenes de exportación de formulaciones caen
Aunque el volumen de exportación de paraquat TK aumentó considerablemente, el volumen de exportación de paraquat AS tuvo una fuerte caída.
Paraquat AS produced by domestic manufacturers in 2015 could no longer be sold in China’s market, and so companies cut back on output. Currently, paraquat AS sold was produced before 1 July, 2014.
After losing market share in China, the export market became manufacturers’ sole route to sell product.
Tanto el volumen de exportación como el precio del paraquat AS registraron fuertes caídas interanuales en 2015.
Exportaciones de formulaciones de paraquat en 2015
Fuente: Aduanas de China y CCM
China exported just 89,840 tonnes of paraquat AS in 2015, down 60.61%. What’s worse, the export volume of 20% paraquat AS (the major exported formulation) was only 83,374 tonnes, down 62.61% year on year, accounting for 92.80% of the total export volume.
“With the falling price of TK, the foreign manufacturers tend to purchase the TK and produce formulation themselves,” Chen said. “As for exports of paraquat in 2016, there may be not many changes in the exports volumes in both TK and formulation,” Chen added.
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