摘要
According to statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, China manufactured 1.9million tons of pesticides in 2008, up 12%over 2007. Pesticide output in Jiangsu province was 538.9 thousand tons, ranking first,accounting for 28.4% of the national total,then came Zhejiang, Shandong, Anhui andHunan provinces. The total production value,on the basis of the selling prices, increased46.1%, translating to a price growth of around30% throughout 2008 given the sharp downturn in the second half.Rough data show that China now has morethan 600 pesticide technical (pesticide activeingredients) makers and over 1 800 pesticideformulations companies, in which 839 firmsachieved a total sale of RMB5 million in 2008.Through years of merge, elimination andcreation, the current leading players
