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The
Herbicide Market in Taiwan in 2004
By Lai-Ping FONG
www.ag168.com
2005.12.14
According to the statistic of the Council of
Agriculture, there were 375 active ingredients and 4,450 registration
certificates of the agrochemicals registered in Taiwan. Counting
by the co-formulation, there were 531 compounds and 4,927 registration
certificates in total in 2004 in Taiwan.
On herbicide aspects, there were 72 active
ingredients and 505 registration certificates of the herbicides
approved. Counting by the co-formulation, there were 99 compounds
and 549 registration certificates registered. The number of the
registration certificates of the herbicides was shared 11% of the total
issue of the Council of Agriculture.
Herbicides play the main role in the agrochemical market
in Taiwan. Based on the quantity, the sales volume was 15,733MT
that shared 42% of the total agrochemicals in 2004. Based on the
amount, the turnover was NT$1.4 billion (equal 45 mio. USD with the
exchange rate USD:NT$=32) that shared 27% of the total market in 2004.¡@
To compare with 2003, the sales volume was decreased by 3% and the sales
turnover was down by 4%.
Table 1. The segments of Taiwan agrochemical market in 2004
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¡@¡@Price level: ex-factory
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Segment
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Sales
volume
(MT)
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Market
share based on sales volume
|
Sales
amount
(mio.
NTD)
|
Sales
amount (mio. USD)
|
Market
share based on sales amount
|
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Herbicide
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15,733
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42%
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1,439
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45.0
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27%
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Insecticide
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15,952
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43%
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2,338
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73.0
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44%
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Fungicide
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4,511
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12%
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1,424
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44.5
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26%
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Others
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1,111
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3%
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134
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4.2
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3%
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Total
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37,307
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100%
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5,335
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166.7
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100%
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(1)
The
market of non-selective herbicides:
Glyphosate IPA 41%S,
Paraquat 24% and Gluflosinate-ammonium 13.5% are the main
non-selective herbicide in Taiwan. These 3 products shared the
sales volume and turnover of the total herbicide market by 60% and 72%
respectively. Glyphosate IPA was the top one, the sales volume
was 6,079 and the turnover was $545 million NT (equal to 17 mio. USD)
in 2004. Glyphosate IPA dominated the total herbicide market by
64% on sales volume and over 51% on sales amount. To compare
with 2003, the sales volume was down 2% but the sales amount was
increased by 1%. Among the NSH, the Gluflosinate-ammonium was growing
up by 30% significantly.
Table 2. The main NSH in 2004
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Rank
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Main
herbicides
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Formulation
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Sales
volume(MT)
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Sales
amount(mio. NTD)
|
Sales
amount (mio. USD)
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|
1
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Glyphosate IPA 4
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41%S
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6,079
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545
|
17.0
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2
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Paraquat
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24%S
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2,685
|
299
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9.3
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3
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Glufosinate-ammonium
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13.5%S
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692
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200
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6.3
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Others
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28
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15
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0.5
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Total turnover of NSH
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9,484
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1,059
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33.1
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(2)
The
market of herbicides used on paddy rice fields
The main formulation of
the herbicides used on the paddy rice fields is granule. In
2004, the sales volume of total herbicides used on paddy rice fields
was 5,319 MT; the total turnover was 145 million NT$ (equal to 4.5
million USD). The leading products were Butachlor and Butachlor
Bensulfuron-methyl. These 2 products dominated the total
herbicides used on paddy rice by 74% on sales volume and 50% on sales
amount. To compare with 2003, the market decreased by -4.5% and
-15% on sales volume and sales amount respectively. The stagnant
was mainly caused by the decrease of the cultivated area of the paddy
rice.
Table 3. The market of herbicides on paddy rice fields in 2004. Price
level: ex-factory
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Rank
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Main
herbicides
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Formulation
|
Sales
volume (MT)
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Sales
amount (mio.
NTD)
|
Sales
amount (mio. USD)
|
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1
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Butachlor
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5%G
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2,846
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42
|
1.3
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2
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Butachor Bensulfuron-methyl
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2.583%G
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1,092
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31
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1.0
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Others
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1,381
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72
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2.2
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Total turnover of herbicides used on paddy rice
fields
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5,319
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145
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4.5
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(3) The market of herbicides used
on dry land
Fluazifop-butyl
and pendimethralin were the main herbicides used on dry land.
The turnover of these two products was about 40 million NT$ (equal to
1.2 million USD) and 30 million NT$ (equal to 0.9 million USD)
respectively. Due to the drought in 2004, the sales amount was
decreased by 7.8% on sales volume and 10% on turnover to compare with
the sales of 2003.
Table 4. The market of herbicides on dry land in 2004
Price level:
ex-factory
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Rank
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Main
herbicides
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Formulation
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Sales
volume (MT)
|
Sales
amount (mio.
NTD)
|
Sales
amount (mio. USD)
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1
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Fluazifop-butyl
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10%WP
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73
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39
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1.2
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2
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Pendimethralin
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34%EC
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144
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29
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0.9
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Others
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Others
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713
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167
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5.2
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Total turnover of herbicides used on dry land
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930
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235
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7.3
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