According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs, the total pesticide export and import volume of China in 2014 was USD4.918 billion, up 10.8% year on year, and the trade surplus was USD3.377 billion, up 10.6% year on year.
Table 1: Total pesticide export and import trade volume and trade surplus (deficit) of China in 2014 (million dollar, %)
|
Category |
Total export and import trade volume |
Trade surplus (deficit) | ||||||
|
December |
2014 |
December |
2014 | |||||
|
2014 |
YoY |
2014 |
YoY |
2014 |
YoY |
2014 |
YoY | |
|
Pesticide |
401.10 |
10.1 |
4917.52 |
10.8 |
243.02 |
-1.7 |
3376.58 |
10.6 |
|
Insecticide |
98.69 |
35.3 |
1232.02 |
16.4 |
71.20 |
16.8 |
900.04 |
18.8 |
|
Bactericide |
58.76 |
5.5 |
732.19 |
9.6 |
13.24 |
62.6 |
94.52 |
17.2 |
|
Herbicide |
224.93 |
1.7 |
2743.61 |
8.0 |
161.63 |
-8.2 |
2387.70 |
8.1 |
Source: Customs
In 2014, China imported a total of 92,000 tonnes of pesticide, up 21.3% year on year (YoY), and the import amount was up to USD770 million, up 11.4% YoY. The import volume of bactericide was 30,000 tonnes, up 10.5%, and the import amount was USD319 million, up 8.6%. The import volume of herbicide was 29,000 tonnes, up 23.4%, and the import amount was USD178 million, up 6.9% YoY. The import volume of insecticide was 11,000 tonnes, a slight increase of 3.8% from the previous year, and the import amount was USD166 million, up 10.5%.
Table 2: 2014 pesticide import of China (tonne, million dollar, %)
|
Product type |
December |
YoY |
2014 |
Yoy | ||||
|
Quantity |
Amount |
Quantity |
Amount |
Quantity |
Amount |
Quantity |
Amount | |
|
Pesticide |
1.0 |
79.04 |
41.6 |
35.1 |
9.2 |
770.47 |
21.3 |
11.4 |
|
Insecticide |
0.1 |
13.75 |
65.7 |
129.8 |
1.1 |
165.99 |
3.8 |
10.5 |
|
Bactericide |
0.2 |
22.76 |
-14.1 |
-4.3 |
3.0 |
318.84 |
10.5 |
8.6 |
|
Herbicide |
0.5 |
31.65 |
61.2 |
40.3 |
2.9 |
177.96 |
23.4 |
6.9 |
Source: Customs
In 2014, China exported a total of 1.161 million tonnes of pesticide, up 6.0% YoY, and the export amount was USD4.147 billion, an increase of 10.7%, of which the export volume of herbicide was 806,000 tonnes and the export amount was USD2.566 billion, up 6.5% and 8.1% respectively; the export volume of insecticide was 239,000 tonnes and the amount was USD1.066 billion, up 6.2% and 17.4% respectively; the export volume of bactericide increased by 4.4% and the export amount by 10.5%.
Table 3: 2014 pesticide export of China (tonne, USD10,000, %)
|
Product type |
December |
YoY |
2014 |
YoY | ||||
|
Quantity |
Amount |
Quantity |
Amount |
Quantity |
Amount |
Quantity |
Amount | |
|
9.2 |
32206 |
7.6 |
5.3 |
116.1 |
414705 |
6.0 |
10.7 | |
|
Pesticide |
1.9 |
8494 |
25.1 |
26.8 |
23.9 |
106603 |
6.2 |
17.4 |
|
Insecticide |
0.6 |
3600 |
0.4 |
12.8 |
7.5 |
41336 |
4.4 |
10.5 |
|
Bactericide |
6.3 |
19328 |
5.1 |
-2.6 |
80.6 |
256565 |
6.5 |
8.1 |
Source: General Administration of Customs
