Production and Market of Paraquat in China

Publication Date	September 2009
Publisher	CCM International
Product Type	Report
Pages	87
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	CMI00029

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Summary

Chinas paraquat industry has developed rapidly in recent years, with technical output growing with CAGR of 21% in 2003~2008. As the largest paraquat technical supplier in the world, China has created a new record in paraquat technical capacity in 2009, hitting 105,000t/a. Chinas paraquat capacity has already exceeded the demand, but some large producers are still expanding the capacity. Why do they choose to do so and how do they survive the intense competition?

Besides, with current global financial crisis, export of most herbicides, including glyphosate, has suffered obvious decline in 2009. However, paraquat export continues to see promising prospect, with export volume of technical reaching 53,000 tonnes in H1 2009, up 33% year on year. Why paraquat is so special and what kind of characteristics have contributed to its great success in herbicide market.

How is the development trend in the future?

Given Chinas paraquat changing trend in 2008-2009, both domestic and overseas enterprises should pay close attention to existing and potential competitors in China, especially their technology improvement, production cost and market activities, etc., for the sake of seizing business opportunities.

This report, based on CCMs paraquat report finished in 2007 and its continuous monitoring on this industry in the past two years, will provide in-depth analysis on Chinas current paraquat industry and future trends, in terms of technology innovation, waste treatment, export situation, raw material supply, pricing, etc. With wider perspective, this second edition of paraquat report will provide you with CCMs primary intelligence.

Penetrating into Chinas paraquat market, this report not only updates all the data needed to Sep. 2009, but also strengthens the following aspects:

Technology development situation and future trends;
Changing raw material supply and its impact on paraquat production and price;
Paraquat registration situation in the past few years;
Governmental policies on paraquat production and improvement on waste treatment;
Price changes in recent years and future trend;
Analysis on paraquat export and future development;
Consumption investigation.

What can you benefit from this report?

As Chinas paraquat has been playing a crucial role in global market and its eye-catching performance under current global financial crisis will continue in the future, investment opportunities do exist in Chinese market. With CCMs insight on this industry, the updated report will provides much useful information to the senior executives and decision makers who are seeking for investment opportunities within the industry.

Whats more, this report, covering the whole industrial chain of paraquat, will also provide useful information to the upstream producers, as it has analyzed the raw material production and supply situation in detail, thus bringing unexpected benefits to those players.

Content

Executive summary
1 Herbicide industry in China
- 1.1 Overview of herbicide industry
- 1.2 Position of paraquat in herbicide industry
2 Paraquat upstream industry
- 2.1 Brief introduction to raw materials involved in paraquat production
- 2.2 Introduction to major raw materials of paraquat
2.2-1 Pyridine
2.2-2 Methyl chloride
2.2-3 Impact of raw material supply on paraquat industry
3 Paraquat industry
- 3.1 Paraquat development history in China
- 3.2 Paraquat registration situation in China
- 3.3 Production technology of paraquat in China
3.3-1 Brief Introduction to different methods
3.3-1.1 Cyanide method
3.3-1.2 Other paraquat production methods
3.3-2 Comparison of different paraquat production methods
3.3-3 Production cost
3.3-4 Current technology level
3.3-5 Current research status
- 3.4 Paraquat supply in China
3.4-1 Overall situation of paraquat technical
3.4-2 Overall situation of paraquat formulation
- 3.5 Trade of paraquat in China
3.5-1 Paraquat price and its influencing factors
3.5-2 Import and export of paraquat technical and formulation
- 3.6 Demand for paraquat in China
3.6-1 Consumption pattern of paraquat technical
3.6-2 Application of paraquat formulations
4 Future forecast on paraquat in the next 5 years
- 4.1 Drivers and barriers for paraquat development in China
- 4.2 Future forecast on paraquat to 2013
5 Conclusion and commercial opportunities
6 Appendix: Profile of major paraquat producers in China
LIST OF TABLES
- Table I USD/RMB exchange rates, 2005-Sep. 2009
- Table 1.2.1 Supply and consumption of paraquat and related shares in herbicides, 2004 to 2008 (Calculated by AI, tonne)
- Table 2.2.1-1 Pyridine producer in China as of Aug. 2009
- Table 2.2.2-1 Major methyl chloride manufacturers in China, 2005 to 2009 (1000 tonnes)
- Table 3-2-1 Registration situation of paraquat technical in China as of Jul. 2009
- Table 3-3-1.1-1 Comparison of pollutant discharge between AC process and MC process
- Table 3-3-1.2-1 Different reaction temperatures of sodium metal method
- Table 3-3-3-1 Unit consumption of pyridine
- Table 3-3-3-2 Production cost of paraquat 42% technical by AC process in Sep. 2009
- Table 3-4-1-1 Basic information of paraquat technical producers, 2009
- Table 3-4-1-2 Paraquat technical output breakdown by producers, 2006 to H1 2009
- Table 3-4-1-3 Producers who have stopped paraquat production as of Aug. 2009
- Table 3-4-2-1 Major paraquat formulation producers in China, 2008
- Table 3-5-2-1 Change of paraquat HS code in China
- Table 3-5-2-1 Export volume of top four producers(tonne)
- Table 3-5-2-2 Main exporters of paraquat, 2006(Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-3 Main exporters of paraquat, 2007(Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-4 Main exporters of paraquat, 2008(Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-5 Main exporters of paraquat, H1 2009(Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-6 Export destinations of paraquat, 2006 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-7 Export destinations of paraquat, 2007 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-8 Export destinations of paraquat, 2008 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-9 Export destinations of paraquat, H1 2009 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-10 Export volume of paraquat producers, 2006 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-11 Export volume of paraquat producers, 2007 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-12 Export volume of paraquat manufacturers, 2008 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
- Table 3-5-2-13 Export volume of paraquat manufacturers, 1H 2009 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
LIST OF FIGURES
- Figure 1.2.1 Consumption structure of major herbicides, by variety, 2008
- Figure 2.2.1-1 Consumption pattern of pyridine in China in 2008, by end use
- Figure 2.2.1-2 Supply and demand of pyridine in China, 2003-2008
- Figure 2.2.2-2 Production situation of methyl chloride in China, 2003-2008
- Figure 3-2 Paraquat registration volume in China, 1988 to Jul. 2009
- Figurer 3-3-1.1-1 Chemical principle of methanol-cyanide (MC) process and water-cyanide (WC)
- Figurer 3-3-1.1-2 Flowchart of AC process
- Figurer 3-3-1.2-1 Chemical principle of sodium metal method
- Figurer 3-3-1.2-2 Chemical principle of Acetic anhydride-Zinc Method
- Figurer 3-3-1.2-3 Chemical principle of Acetic anhydride-Zinc Method
- Figurer 3-3-1.2-4 Chemical reaction principle of DTB Method
- Figurer 3-3-1.2-5 Chemical reaction equation of ZnSO4 Method
- Figurer 3-3-1.2-6 Chemical reaction equation of 4-Formolpyridine Method
- Figurer 3-3-1.2-7 Chemical principle of NaCN catalytical method
- Figure 3-4-1-1 Output of paraquat technical in China, 2004-2008
- Figure 3-4-1-2 Geographical distribution of Chinese paraquat technical producers
- Figure 3-4-1-3 Output distribution of paraquat technical in 2008, by province (tonne)
- Figure 3-4-2-1 Output of paraquat formulation in China, 2003 to 2008
- Figure 3-4-2-2 Distribution of paraquat formulation producers in China, 2008
- Figure 3-5-1-1 Price of pyridine and paraquat in China, 2004 to 2008
- Figure 3-5-1-2 Mainstream quoted price of paraquat in China, 2004 to Jun. 2009
- Figure 3-5-2-1 Export volume and price of paraquat, 2004-2008
- Figure 3-5-2-2 Export volume and price of paraquat, 2006
- Figure 3-5-2-3 Export volume and price of paraquat, 2007
- Figure 3-5-2-4 Export volume and price of paraquat, 2008
- Figure 3-5-2-5 Export volume and price of paraquat, H1 2009
- Figure 3-6-1-1 Consumption pattern of paraquat technical in China, 2004-2009
- Figure 3-6-2-1 Consumption structure of paraquat AS 20% in China, 2008
- Figure 3-6-2-2 Consumption structure of paraquat AS 20%, 2006-2008
- Figure 3-6-2-3 Consumption structure of paraquat AS 20% in orchards in China, 2008
- Figure 3-6.2-4 Geographical distribution of main orchards in China, 2008
- Figure 3-6-2-6 Corn planting area in China, 1997 to 2008
- Figure 3-6.2-7 Geographical distribution of main corn planting areas in China, 2008
- Figure 3-6.2-8 Geographical distribution of rubber planting area in China, 2008
- Figure 3-6.2-9 Geographical distribution of bean planting area in China, 2008
- Figure 3-6-2-10 Planting area of cotton in China, 1997 to 2008
- Figure 3-6.2-11 Geographical distribution of major cotton planting area in China, 2008
- Figure 3-6.2-12 Geographical distribution of cane planting area in China, 2008
- Figure 3-6.2-13 Geographical distribution of tea planting area in China, 2008
- Figure 4.2-1 Forecast of Chinas paraquat technical and formulation output to 2014
- Figure 4.2-2 Forecast of Chinas paraquat AS 20% consumption volume to 2014