Glyphosate 10%SL is a specific formulation, which is produced and consumed in China only.
There are three production methods of 10%SL, and in China over 95% of the 10%SL is produced from mother liquor of glyphosate, which is hazardous to the environment.
Due to the pollution of 10%SL, many experts and key glyphosate players such as Zhejiang Wynca have repeatedly suggested forbidding the use of 10%SL in China on some conferences and agrochemical exhibitions.
But the ban of 10%SL will greatly impact China's consumption structure of glyphosate formulations, the domestic glyphosate production and then the global glyphosate supply.
First, the ban of 10%SL will largely increase the production cost of glyphosate since currently most domestic glyphosate producers don't treat their mother liquor of glyphosate at all.
Second, if 10%SL is banned, the substitute will be 41%IPA or other specifications at higher prices, which are difficult to be promoted and inconvenient when spraying.
This report discusses the possibility of the ban of glyphosate 10%SL in China from aspects of glyphosate production, government policy, comment from formulation producers and glyphosate producers, R & D of waste treatment technology, etc, and provides an in-depth analysis of this industry.
Table of Contents
Methodology and source
Overview of glyphosate in China
Glyphosate technical
Production technology
Production
Foreign trade and domestic consumption
Glyphosate formulations
Situation of glyphosate 10%SL in China
Overview of China's 10%SL
Production technology
Production pathway of 10%SL
Introduction to mother liquor of glyphosate by different pathways
Theoretical model for 10%SL
Production situation
Trade of 10%SL in China
Package
Transport
Pricing
Consumption of 10%SL
-Control effect
-Use pattern
-Advantags over the other glyphosate formulations
-Peasants' view
The future of glyphosate 10%SL in China
Environmental safety of glyphosate 10%SL
Possibility of China's ban of glyphosate 10%SL
-Comment from administrative department and glyphosate manufacturers
-When will glyphosate 10%SL be banned?
-Influence of the ban on China's glyphosate industry
LIST OF TABLES
Table I-1.2.1 Number of active glyphosate technical producer in China in 2006-2008
Table I-1.2.2 Overview of glyphosate technical manufacturers in China-1
Table I-1.2.3 Overview of glyphosate technical manufacturers in China-2
Table I-1.2.4 China's production capacity of glyphosate technical in 2001~2009
Table I-1.2.5 China's glyphosate technical output in 2003~2008
Table I-2.1 Output of major glyphosate formulations in China in 2007, tonne
Table I-2.2 Consumption structure of glyphosate formulations in China in 2008
Table II-2.2.1 Effluent standards of pollutants for organic phosphates pesticides industry
Table II-2.2.2 Components existed in mother liquor via AEA pathway
Table II-2.2.3 Main components solved in mother liquor in PMIDA production
Table II-2.2.4 Components existed in mother liquor in IDA pathway (glyphosate production only)
Table II-2.3.1 Cost of concentrating mother liquor from AEA route
Table II-2.3.2 Cost of concentrating mother liquor from IDA pathway
Table II-2.3.3 Raw materials consumption of 10%SL in January 2009 (mother liquor from AEA route)
Table II-2.3.4 Raw materials consumption of 10%SL in January 2009 (mother liquor from IDA pathway)
Table II-2.3.5 Theoretical model for 10%SL in January 2009
Table II.3.1.1 Number of annual new registrations of 10%SL in China
Table II-3.1.2 Number of glyphosate 10%SL producers in China
Table II-3.1.3 Production situation of 10%SL in China in 2008
Table II-4.2 Comparison among different transportation methods of glyphosate 10%SL
Table II-4.3.1 Average price of glyphosate technical and 10%SL in China
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure I-1.1.1 Flow of glyphosate technical production (AEA pathway)
FigureI-1.1.2 Flow of glyphosate technical production (IDA pathway)
Figure I-3.1 China's export volume of glyphosate technical in 1992-2008
Figure I-3.2 Consumption pattern of glyphosate technical in China
Figure I-2.1 Import volume of 41%IPA in China in 2002-2008
Figure I-2.2 Export volume of glyphosate formulations in China in 2003~2008
Figure II-2.1.1 Flowchart of glyphosate 10%SL in the 1980s
Figure II-2.1.2 Flowchart of glyphosate 10%SL (mother liquor + technical method)
Figure II-2.1.2 Flowchart of glyphosate 10%SL via glyphosate technical method
Figure II-2.1.3 Flowchart of PMIDA oxidation method
Figure II-4.2.1 Distribution flow of glyphosate 10%SL in China
Figure II-4.3.1 Monthly price of glyphosate technical and glyphosate 10%SL, 2006-2008
Figure II-5.1 Consumption structure of glyphosate formulations in China in 2007
Figure III-2 Approach to treat mother liquor
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