China has created a new record in paraquat technical capacity in 2009, hitting 105,000 tonnes per year
China's 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 105,000 t/a. China's 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 China's 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 for the sake of seizing business opportunities.
This report will provide in-depth analysis on China's 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 primary intelligence.
Penetrating into China's 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 China's 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 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.
What's 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.
Executive summary
I Herbicide industry in China
I-1 Overview of herbicide industry
I-2 Position of paraquat in herbicide industry
II Paraquat upstream industry
II-1 Brief introduction to raw materials involved in paraquat production
II-2 Introduction to major raw materials of paraquat
II-2-1 Pyridine
II-2-2 Methyl chloride
II-2-3 Impact of raw material supply on paraquat industry
III Paraquat industry
III-1 Paraquat development history in China
III-2 Paraquat registration situation in China
III-3 Production technology of paraquat in China
III-3-1 Brief Introduction to different methods
III-3-1.1 Cyanide method
III-3-1.2 Other paraquat production methods
III-3-2 Comparison of different paraquat production methods
III-3-3 Production cost
III-3-4 Current technology level
III-3-5 Current research status
III-4 Paraquat supply in China
III-4-1 Overall situation of paraquat technical
III-4-2 Overall situation of paraquat formulation
III-5 Trade of paraquat in China
III-5-1 Paraquat price and its influencing factors
III-5-2 Import and export of paraquat technical and formulation
III-6 Demand for paraquat in China
III-6-1 Consumption pattern of paraquat technical
III-6-2 Application of paraquat formulations
IV Future forecast on paraquat in the next 5 years
IV-1 Drivers and barriers for paraquat development in China
IV-2 Future forecast on paraquat to 2013
V Conclusion and commercial opportunities
VI Appendix: Profile of major paraquat producers in China
LIST OF TABLES
Table I USD/RMB exchange rates, 2005-Sep. 2009
Table I-2.1 Supply and consumption of paraquat and related shares in herbicides, 2004~2008 (Calculated by AI, tonne)
Table II-2.1-1 Pyridine producer in China as of Aug. 2009
Table II-2.2-1 Major methyl chloride manufacturers in China, 2005 to 2009 (‘000 tonnes)
Table III-2-1 Registration situation of paraquat technical in China as of Jul. 2009
Table III-3-1.1-1 Comparison of pollutant discharge between AC process and MC process
Table III-3-1.2-1 Different reaction temperatures of sodium metal method
Table III-3-3-1 Unit consumption of pyridine
Table III-3-3-2 Production cost of paraquat 42% technical by AC process in Sep. 2009
Table III-4-1-1 Basic information of paraquat technical producers, 2009
Table III-4-1-2 Paraquat technical output breakdown by producers, 2006 to H1 2009
Table III-4-1-3 Producers who have stopped paraquat production as of Aug. 2009
Table III-4-2-1 Major paraquat formulation producers in China, 2008
Table III-5-2-1 Change of paraquat HS code in China
Table III-5-2-1 Export volume of top four producers(tonne)
Table III-5-2-2 Main exporters of paraquat, 2006(Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-3 Main exporters of paraquat, 2007(Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-4 Main exporters of paraquat, 2008(Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-5 Main exporters of paraquat, H1 2009(Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-6 Export destinations of paraquat, 2006 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-7 Export destinations of paraquat, 2007 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-8 Export destinations of paraquat, 2008 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-9 Export destinations of paraquat, H1 2009 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-10 Export volume of paraquat producers, 2006 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-11 Export volume of paraquat producers, 2007 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-12 Export volume of paraquat manufacturers, 2008 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
Table III-5-2-13 Export volume of paraquat manufacturers, 1H 2009 (Quantity: tonne; Price: USD/kg)
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure I-2.1 Consumption structure of major herbicides, by variety, 2008
Figure II-2.1-1 Consumption pattern of pyridine in China in 2008, by end use
Figure II-2.1-2 Supply and demand of pyridine in China, 2003-2008
Figure II-2.2-2 Production situation of methyl chloride in China, 2003-2008
Figure III-2 Paraquat registration volume in China, 1988 to Jul. 2009
Figurer III-3-1.1-1 Chemical principle of methanol-cyanide (MC) process and water-cyanide (WC)
Figurer III-3-1.1-2 Flowchart of AC process
Figurer III-3-1.2-1 Chemical principle of sodium metal method
Figurer III-3-1.2-2 Chemical principle of Acetic anhydride-Zinc Method
Figurer III-3-1.2-3 Chemical principle of Acetic anhydride-Zinc Method
Figurer III-3-1.2-4 Chemical reaction principle of DTB Method
Figurer III-3-1.2-5 Chemical reaction equation of ZnSO4 Method
Figurer III-3-1.2-6 Chemical reaction equation of 4-Formolpyridine Method
Figurer III-3-1.2-7 Chemical principle of NaCN catalytical method
Figure III-4-1-1 Output of paraquat technical in China, 2004-2008
Figure III-4-1-2 Geographical distribution of Chinese paraquat technical producers
Figure III-4-1-3 Output distribution of paraquat technical in 2008, by province (tonne)
Figure III-4-2-1 Output of paraquat formulation in China, 2003 to 2008
Figure III-4-2-2 Distribution of paraquat formulation producers in China, 2008
Figure III-5-1-1 Price of pyridine and paraquat in China, 2004 to 2008
Figure III-5-1-2 Mainstream quoted price of paraquat in China, 2004 to Jun. 2009
Figure III-5-2-1 Export volume and price of paraquat, 2004-2008
Figure III-5-2-2 Export volume and price of paraquat, 2006
Figure III-5-2-3 Export volume and price of paraquat, 2007
Figure III-5-2-4 Export volume and price of paraquat, 2008
Figure III-5-2-5 Export volume and price of paraquat, H1 2009
Figure III-6-1-1 Consumption pattern of paraquat technical in China, 2004-2009
Figure III-6-2-1 Consumption structure of paraquat AS 20% in China, 2008
Figure III-6-2-2 Consumption structure of paraquat AS 20%, 2006-2008
Figure III-6-2-3 Consumption structure of paraquat AS 20% in orchards in China, 2008
Figure III-6.2-4 Geographical distribution of main orchards in China, 2008
Figure III-6-2-6 Corn planting area in China, 1997 to 2008
Figure III-6.2-7 Geographical distribution of main corn planting areas in China, 2008
Figure III-6.2-8 Geographical distribution of rubber planting area in China, 2008
Figure III-6.2-9 Geographical distribution of bean planting area in China, 2008
Figure III-6-2-10 Planting area of cotton in China, 1997 to 2008
Figure III-6.2-11 Geographical distribution of major cotton planting area in China, 2008
Figure III-6.2-12 Geographical distribution of cane planting area in China, 2008
Figure III-6.2-13 Geographical distribution of tea planting area in China, 2008
Figure IV-2-1 Forecast of China's paraquat technical and formulation output to 2014
Figure IV-2-2 Forecast of China's paraquat AS 20% consumption volume to 2014