High-toxicity pesticides stop production countdown biological pesticides usher in a new space

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a notice to ban and eliminate 10 highly toxic pesticides before the end of 2011. People in the industry believe that historical experience shows that every time the prohibition of pesticides is an opportunity for further development of the pesticide industry, it also brings good market opportunities and market space for many pesticide species.

According to the request, starting from October 31, 2011, registration certificates and production licenses (production approval documents) for 10 kinds of pesticides such as benzene-phosphorus were revoked (withdrawn) and production was stopped. Since October 31, 2013, sales were stopped. and use. After being informed of the above notification, the reporter contacted the old state-owned enterprises, such as Red Sun and Sanonda, which may produce highly toxic pesticides. However, relevant parties stated to reporters that “high-toxic pesticide products have been discontinued for a long time and the existing products are highly efficient and low-toxic. ".

From the Ministry of Agriculture's “introducing the relevant situation of disabling the elimination of highly toxic pesticides”, we can see that there are 22 kinds of highly toxic pesticides produced in China (including the 10 kinds of banned pesticides). Most of these 22 highly toxic pesticides are Insecticides involve about 400 companies and more than 900 products. According to estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture, the current production capacity of these 22 highly toxic pesticides is approximately 104,000 tons, and the annual output is approximately 50,000 tons.

Guotai Junan [99.280.00%] researcher Ren Jing told reporters that in the current A-share listed companies, apart from individual old state-owned enterprises, there are very few pesticide companies producing highly toxic pesticide products. After the national mandatory requirement for the five highly toxic pesticides such as methamidophos to withdraw from the market in 2007, the market has realized that the elimination of highly toxic pesticides has become a major trend. Since then, related listed companies have also begun to vigorously develop low toxicity and high efficiency. alternatives. Therefore, this policy is beneficial to the listing of pesticide companies because it frees up market space for existing pesticide manufacturers.

According to the data, in 2007, the state forced the withdrawal of five highly toxic pesticides such as methamidophos and phosphorus amines, which created a market space of several billion yuan for the development of low-toxic pesticides. Among them, the demand for alternative pesticides such as acephate was rapidly increasing. expand. Taking Sanonda for example, the company produced low-toxic pesticides such as acephate, and its net profit in 2008 increased by nearly 300% compared to the same period of last year. The withdrawal of highly toxic pesticides made Sharon a big winner at the time.

Nowadays, with increasing attention to food safety, there has been a strong call for the development and promotion of safe, low-toxic pesticides and biological pesticides. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture's "Plan for the Elimination and Suppression of Highly Toxic Pesticides" has once again led the market to think of biological pesticides.

At the end of last year, Zhang Yanqiu, Director of the Ministry of Agriculture's Institute of Pesticide Testing, publicly stated that the Ministry of Agriculture is embarking on a policy of encouraging the registration of biological pesticides, and piloting the subsidy of biological pesticides in some counties and cities in 8 provinces such as Shanghai and Shandong to explore different subsidies. Ways and operating mechanisms to accumulate experience for larger-scale subsidy funding.

In the “Introducing the Disposal of Relevant Phase-out of High-toxicity Pesticides”, Zhou Puguo, deputy director of the Crop Management Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, also pointed out that the prohibition of the elimination of highly toxic pesticides is adaptable to the development trend of international pesticide management, and can be highly efficient and low-toxic pesticides, particularly It is a broader market space for the promotion and use of biological pesticides to ensure the sustainable development of the pesticide industry.