Blog - Pesticides And Other Agrochemical Products

In January 2023, the price of herbicide was $10,938 per ton (CIF, Poland) and decreased by 2.6% compared to the previous month.

In February 2023, the price of disinfectant per ton (CIF, Qatar) was $9,114, representing a 111% increase from the previous month.

In February 2023, fungicide and bactericide prices declined by -7.3% compared to the previous month and stood at $6,222 per ton (FOB, China).

In December 2022, the cost of insecticide reached $32.9 per kilogram on a CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight) basis in Canada, which was a 17% increase compared to the previous month.

In November 2022, the herbicide price stood at $15.6 per kg (FOB, France), surging by 17% against the previous month.

In September 2022, the pesticide price stood at $7,534 per ton (CIF, Turkey), waning by -13.3% against the previous month.

In July 2022, the disinfectant price stood at $4,281 per ton (FOB, United Kingdom), remaining constant against the previous month.

In August 2022, the insecticide price stood at $17.0 per kg (CIF, Brazil), which is down by -7.4% against the previous month.

In August 2022, the herbicide price per ton amounted to $11,706, almost unchanged from the previous month.

France succeeded in expanding its exports of fungicides, bactericides and other treatments for seeds in the past decade. From 2010 to 2020, exports increased from 89K tons to 162K tons in physical terms, or from $0.9B to $1.6B in value terms. Germany, Italy and the UK represent the significant importers of French fungicides, bactericides and other treatments for seeds, accounting for 36% of the export volume. Denmark emerged as the fastest-growing fungicide and bactericide importer from France. 

Global disinfectant imports skyrocketed to $6B in 2020, rising more than twofold over the last year. In physical terms imports grew from 0.9M tons to 1.9M tons. In 2020, the U.S., Canada and Japan featured the largest figures of purchases from abroad in value terms. America saw the highest growth rate of imports, increasing the volume of supplies ninefold. Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, the UK, Germany, Canada and France followed the U.S. in terms of import growth per year. Germany, the U.S. and the UK constituted 39% of global export value last year. 

Insecticide imports into Brazil increased by +25% y-o-y to 99K tons. In value terms, they reached nearly $1.5B. Brazil remains the world’s largest importer of insecticides, accounting for 9% of global import volume. Argentina, India and China supplied approximately 72% of the total insecticide volume imported into Brazil. China featured the highest increase in the volume of supplies to the country. In 2020, the average insecticide import price fell by -13.4% y-o-y to $15,161 per ton.