Analysis of current situation and development prospect of bio-pesticide market in 2020

The Chinese website of World Agrochemical Network reported that on March 19, 2020, the Ministry of Rural Agriculture formulated the List of Effective Components of Biopesticide Registration in China (Version 2020) (draft for comments), including 101 products. By the end of May 2020, China has registered 1220 shared biopesticides, mainly biochemical pesticides.

The production and marketing of pesticides are stable, and pesticides still dominate

The production-sales ratio of products reflects the realization of sales to production, that is, the connection between production and sales. The higher the ratio is, the greater the degree of conformity of production with practical needs, and vice versa. Looking at the production and marketing rate of China's pesticide industry in 2015-2019, China implemented higher standards of environmental protection inspection and security inspection administration in 2016, which had a greater impact on the production and marketing of the industry, resulting in a greater impact on the production and marketing rate of the pesticide industry in 2016-2017. After desensitization of enterprises to policies, the production and marketing of pesticide industry tends to be stable in 2018-2019. With the overall enterprise's policies on environmental protection inspection and security inspection, the unity and stability of recognition will be strengthened, and the stability of industrial production and marketing will become the normal in the future. In 2019, the sales volume of pesticides in China reached 2.04 million tons, and the production and sales rate reached 99.1%.

At present, China implements a strict pesticide registration management system. According to the data of the Agricultural Information Network, by the end of May 2020, there were 41614 registered pesticide products in China within the validity period, including 17604 pesticides, accounting for 42.3%; The registered species of fungicides and herbicides were 10971 and 11082, accounting for 26.3% and 26.6% respectively.

Policies strongly support biopesticides

The key points for the pesticide industry in the Key Points for Planting Industry 2020 issued by the Ministry of Rural Agriculture on February 6, 2020 are to ensure that the utilization rate of pesticides is increased by more than 40%. Other key points include the establishment of standards for existing pesticide residues, the preparation of pesticide development plans, the issuance of pesticide packaging waste recovery methods, and the opening of "green channels for approval" for biological pesticides and highly toxic pesticide alternatives.

In order to promote the industrial upgrading of the pesticide industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the 13th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Pesticide Industry. The plan puts forward a series of development goals and measures. China's pesticide industry will adhere to the new road of industrialization, take innovative development as the theme, and improve quality and efficiency as the center, further adjust the industrial layout and product structure, promote technological innovation and industrial transformation and upgrading, reduce environmental pollution, meet the needs of modern agricultural production, and improve the international competitiveness of China's pesticide industry.

Biochemical pesticides are the main biological pesticides

Internationally, there is no clear standard answer to the specific definition of biological pesticides. According to the description of the relevant person in charge of the National Institute for Drug Control, there is no uniform and clear standard and definition for biological pesticides in China, but the definitions of biochemical pesticides (sex attractants, etc.), microorganisms, botanical pesticides, genetically modified organisms, natural enemy organisms, etc. are respectively defined in the Pesticide Registration Data:

On March 19, 2020, the Ministry of Rural Agriculture formulated the List of Effective Components of Biopesticide Registration in China (2020 Version) (draft for comments), including 101 products. According to the above list, 47 products of microbial pesticides have been registered and 434 products have been actually registered by the end of May 2020; There are 28 kinds of biochemical pesticide products, 513 of which are actually registered; There are 26 products of botanical pesticides, and the actual number of registered products is 273.

Among the registered products of microbial pesticides, the number of registered products of Bacillus thuringiensis was the largest, reaching 176; The second is 73 Bacillus subtilis, 24 Beauveria bassiana and 21 Helicoverpa armigera nuclear polyhedrosis virus. Among the products registered with microbial pesticides, bacteria are the main products, supplemented by viruses.

Among the registered products of biochemical pesticides, the number of registered products of gibberellic acid is the largest, reaching 142; Next were 58 naphthoic acid, 56 aminooligosaccharins and 53 brassinolide. Among the registered products of biochemical pesticides, natural plant growth regulators are mainly used, and natural plant inducers are supplemented.

Among the registered products of botanical pesticides, the number of matrine registered products is the largest, reaching 116; Next were 26 azadirachtin, 22 rotenone and 18 osthol. Among the registered products of biochemical pesticides, natural plant growth regulators are mainly used, and natural plant inducers are supplemented.

Large substitution space for biological pesticides

According to the inquiry made by the Ministry of Rural Agriculture on March 19, 2020 in the List of Effective Components of Biopesticide Registration in China (Version 2020) (Draft for Comments), as of May 2020, there were 1220 registered biopesticide products in China, while there were 41614 registered agricultural pesticide products in China within the validity period, and the registered biopesticide products accounted for only 2.9% of the total pesticide products. China's pesticides are still dominated by chemical pesticides, and the way to replace biological pesticides is long, but the development potential is huge.