Production and Market of Atrazine in China-Executive Summary
The Executive Summary of Atrazine market in China is from Kcomber’s report Production and Market of Atrazine in China 2016, which is finished in July 2016.
As a triazine herbicide, atrazine is widely used worldwide, due to its good herbicidal effect, safety to application crops and economical price. Atrazine is mainly applied to control the weeds in corn and sugarcane field.
In 2015, there's 9 companies engaged in the production of atrazine technical in China. The total capacity was 134,000 t/a and the output was about 61,600 tonnes.
With abundant supply, China imports a small quantity of atrazine. In fact, China's atrazine is export-oriented. In 2013-2015, the annual export volume was over 40,000 tonnes, accounting for about 70% of the domestic annual output. Meanwhile, the domestic ex-works price of atrazine 97% technical decreased by 21%.
For domestic consumption market, demand for atrazine will likely witness a gradual decline because the planting area of corn and sugarcane will drop in 2016-2020.
As a triazine herbicide, atrazine is widely used worldwide, due to its good herbicidal effect, safety to application crops and economical price. Atrazine is mainly applied to control the weeds in corn and sugarcane field.
In 2015, there's 9 companies engaged in the production of atrazine technical in China. The total capacity was 134,000 t/a and the output was about 61,600 tonnes.
With abundant supply, China imports a small quantity of atrazine. In fact, China's atrazine is export-oriented. In 2013-2015, the annual export volume was over 40,000 tonnes, accounting for about 70% of the domestic annual output. Meanwhile, the domestic ex-works price of atrazine 97% technical decreased by 21%.
For domestic consumption market, demand for atrazine will likely witness a gradual decline because the planting area of corn and sugarcane will drop in 2016-2020.
