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Brazil commercialized almost 540,000 tons of formulated agrochemicals in 2017
Posttime: 2018-11-06    Author: Shandong CYNDA (Group) Co., Ltd.

By Leonardo Gottems, reporter from AgroPages


A total of 539,945 tons of formulated agrochemicals were sold in Brazil in 2017, according to semi-annual reports sent by companies to Ibama, the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources.  Brazil also registered the sale of 208,535 tons of so-called "technical products".
 
Of the total of formulated products marketed, according to the Ibama report, no less than 438,181 tons come from domestic production. Another 128,064 tons were imported, and Brazil sold only 8,837 tons abroad.

Formulated agrochemicals were sold in Brazil in 2017
Unit of measurement = tons of active ingredient (AI)
Category Quantity (tons, AI) Proportion (%)
Herbicide 315,573.38 58.45
Fungicide 65,114.91 12.06
Insecticide 54,544.00 10.10
Insecticide, Acaricide 34,369.41 6.37
Acaricide, Fungicide 25,437.24 4.71
Adjuvant 21,301.82 3.95
Acaricide 7,931.86 1.47
Spreading 3,799.63 0.70
Insecticide, Acaricide, Fungicide 2,778.99 0.51
Insecticide, Acaricide, Adjuvant 2,196.72 0.41
Growth regulator 2,112.01 0.39
Insecticide, Fungicide 1,300.87 0.24
Fungicide, Bactericide 1,014.43 0.19
Insecticide, Cupinicide 775.78 0.14
Adjuvant, Insecticide 579.44 0.11
Insecticide, Nematicide 546.84 0.10
Fungicide, Formicide, Herbicide, Insecticide, Nematicide 391.65 0.07
Seed protector 126.35 0.02
Formicide 25.32 0.00
Formicide, Insecticide 24.19 0.00
Molluscicide 0.11 0.00
TOTAL 539,944.95 100.00
 
 
Among the technical products, 71,669 tons were produced in Brazil, while 199,375 tons were purchased from foreign markets. Still, 8,503 tons of agrochemicals manufactured in the country were exported, according to the Institute, which is linked to the Ministry of the Environment.
 
Last year, 126 companies that registered products as "Chemicals and Biochemicals" sent semi-annual reports of agrochemicals to Ibama. A total of 6,356 reports were received, including 2,465 about technical products and 3,891 regarding formulations. There was an increase in the number of reports received in 2017, compared to 2016, because of new registrations granted. It is estimated that in 2017, 259 newly formulated products were registered, according to data extracted from the Ibama Agrochemicals System.
 
The formulated product reports cover some 329 active ingredients. Of this total, 88 will have commercial values corresponding to trademarks whose active ingredients have at least three companies that have registrations. The 88 active ingredients corresponded to a total sale of 487,500 tons in the domestic market, representing 90% of the total value of sales of active ingredients in 2017, corresponding to 539,944.95 tons.

Top 10 best-selling pesticides in Brazil - 2017
Unit of measurement = tons of active ingredient (AI)
Ranking Product Quantity (tons, AI)
1 Glyphosate and its salts 173,150.75
2 2,4-D 57,389.35
3 Mancozeb 30,815.09
4 Acephate 27,057.66
5 Mineral oil 26,777.62
6 Atrazine 24,730.90
7 Vegetable oil 13,479.17
8 Paraquat dichloride 11,756.39
9 Imidacloprid 9,364.57
10 Copper oxychloride 7,443.62
 
 

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