不得不承认，中国在全球农药市场上的声誉因农药非法贸易而受损。近年来随着国际贸易的增多，非法贸易也时有发生，其中不乏涉及中国农药的。
这引起了其他国家当局的审查和调查。媒体也经常关注中国杀虫剂的风险而忽视其好处。
Much of this scrutiny and negative publicity is unfair. No one can deny China’s positive contributions to global agriculture. Chinese pesticides afford farmers more options for pest control products at competitive prices. This translates into better farm incomes and more sustainable farming operations.
中国农药出口中只有一小部分是非法或假冒的。值得注意的是，大部分非法贸易并非由中国出口商单独进行，而是由为中国产品重新贴标签的进口商进行的。
中国必须承认，中国农药产品的严重同质化迫使试图保持竞争力的出口商展开价格战。几年前，尤其是2009年之前，一些企业获得了可观的利润，但除了扩大产能外，并没有准备将资金再投资回公司，最终导致今天一些活性物质供过于求。
尽管供过于求的活性物质价格较低，但仍有一些非法农药制造商无照经营。这些非法生产商有的没有 ICAMA 注册证书，有的有 ICAMA 但没有生产批准。
解决假冒农药问题，不能靠孤立中国农药来解决，而是要加强对合作伙伴的筛选。作为代表480家农药企业利益的协会， 中国贸促会 收到了许多担心与非法制造商竞争的成员的投诉，我们一直在内部监管这个问题。
Since its standing committee meeting held in Xi’ning in 2009, CCPIA has adopted a series of policies to combat counterfeit products. The committee united with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Custom Department to verify and crackdown on illegal manufacturing activities, aiming to eliminate the root causes of counterfeit pesticides. The committee has also assisted the government to improve the supervision system of the pesticide industry and clearly stipulated that the enterprises that manufacture pesticides for export must obtain production approval and meet the environmental requirements. Since the beginning of 2011, CCPIA has also actively promoted its legal manufacture list to related authorities in other countries, expecting to cooperate with them to close the door for illegal international trade.
在政府层面，中国以前所未有的热情鼓励创新，主张将能力驱动的经济发展模式转变为创新驱动的模式。近期出台的农药产业政策、“十二五”规划、《农药生产管理条例》等政策都体现了这一点。中央政府希望通过这些政策来提高农药行业的认知度。
除了创新，整合也是政府的另一个优先事项。中央认为，做大做强的企业一定会承担更多的社会责任，一定会珍惜自己的声誉。