China Herbicide Market Assessment 2025 by Pricing, Production, Consumption and Trade Analysis
China Herbicide Price Trend (Q1 2024–Q2 2025)
- H1 2024 price decline due to huge domestic production and decreasing export demand.
- Increase Q3 2024 (~9.6%) due to an increase in environment checks in Jiangsu province, cutting down production.
- Again, a decline in Q2 2025 due to oversupply and decreasing feedstock prices, i.e., crude oil derivatives.
China Yearly Price Trend, 2021–2024, USD/Ton
China Quarterly (Q1 2024 – Q2 2025), USD/Ton/ China Weekly Price (W1–W4 August 2025), USD/Kg
China Herbicide Consumption Assessment
- China is responsible for over half of the world's herbicide use, with generalised demand for glyphosate and paraquat.
- Increased regulatory pressure against high-toxicity herbicides has driven investment in low-residue and bio-based herbicides.
- Large soybean and maize cultivation regions experienced steady herbicide usage expansion throughout 2023–24.
China Herbicide Production Assessment
- World's largest herbicide-producing country with ~38% of world production.
- Glyphosate and glufosinate dominate exports with massive capacity in Jiangsu, Anhui, and Shandong provinces.
- Manufacturing is in a squeeze due to environmental regulations, with old plants being shut down or shifted inland.
China Herbicide Trade & Market Flow Indicator
| Exporters | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
China |
12,52,709 |
14,11,049 |
15,55,783 |
16,59,470 |
21,73,123 |
- China stands as the biggest world exporter, tonnage increasing from 1,252,709 tons in 2020 to 2,173,123 tons in 2024, emerging as the top provider of glyphosate and other technical herbicide actives.
- China's export trends are steadily increasing and modestly changing in other nations, adjusting to world demand situations with productive capacity.
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