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AGROCHEMICALS CONTENTS 1. METHODOLOGY 1 Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1 Disclaimers 2 Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3 2. GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW 4 Current Scenario 4 Growth Factors 6 Global Fertilizers Market 6 Major Fertilizer Producing Countries 7 Global Pesticides Market 7 Market Trends 8 Impact of Gas and Oil Prices 8 Mergers - The New Mantra to Counter Depressing Conditions 8 Demand for Potash to Surge in Developing Markets 8 GM Technology to Restrain Growth of Global Pesticide Industry 9 Share of Generics On the Rise 9 E-commerce - Treading a New Path 9 Chirality - Developing New Avenues 10 Chiral Insecticides 10 Chiral Herbicides 10 Chiral Fungicides 10 Non-Agricultural Pesticides Market - A New Promise 10 Competitive Scenario 11 Challenges Ahead 11 3. OUTLOOK 12 Long-Term Fertilizer Demand 12 Europe - In for Difficult Times 12 Emerging Markets Worldwide 12 China - Gearing Up for a Bright Future 12 India - Offering a Lucrative Option for Agrochemical Companies 13 Nitrogenous Fertilizers - Continuing Dominance 13 4. PRODUCT FACTS 14 Fertilizers 14 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 14 Phosphate Fertilizers 14 Potash Fertilizers 14 Pesticides 14 Insecticides 14 Herbicides 15 Fungicides 15 Others 15 5. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 15 Market Cyclicality 15 Bio-Rational Pest Control 16 Fertilizers in the Food Chain 16 Impact of Genetic Engineering on Fertilizer Use 16 Environmental Considerations 17 Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control - A Step Towards Protecting the Environment 18 Increasing Fertilizer Trade 18 6. REGULATORY ISSUES 19 New Legislation Reduces the Number of Pesticides in Western European Markets 19 Rectification Principles for Pesticide Production (USA) 20 EPAs Insecticide Restrictions Fuels Farmers Production Costs 20 Chinese Regulations 20 7. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 21 Nufarm Acquires Etigra 21 Syngenta and DuPont to Team-up to Develop Crop Protection Technology 21 ShengdaTech to Purchase Jinan Fertilizer 21 Yara Purchases 25% Stake in Agrico Canada 21 Uralchem Acquires Controlling Stake in Voskresensk 21 Agrium Signs Deal to Purchase Controlling Stake in CMF 22 Industrial Equity Acquires Arysta LifeScience 22 Nufarm Acquires AH Marks 22 Abraaj Capital to Merge Fertilizer Operations with Orascom 22 Yara Inks Joint Venture with National Oil Corporation and Libyan Investment Authority 22 Monsanto Partners with Bayer CropScience on New Seed Treatment Technology 23 Koch Nitrogen Enters Inks Agreement with Dyno Nobel 23 CF Industries Resumes Operations at Ammonia Plant 24 Agrium to Acquire UAP Holding 24 DuPont’s Acelepryn Receives Approval from USEPA 24 Yara International Divests Stake in China BlueChemical 25 Sinochem to Acquire Monsanto’s Subsidiaries 25 BASF Plans to Enhance Stake in BASF India 25 Deepak Fertilizers Plans Joint Venture with Yara 25 EuroChem Acquires Agrocenter 25 Portugal CUF to Sell Fertilizer Unit ADP 26 FMC Launches New Herbicide -Spartan® Advance 26 FMC Introduces New Insecticide Hero® 26 FMC Introduces New Authority® Assist Herbicide 27 DuPont Sells Terbacil Herbicide Product Line 27 Yara Acquires Kemira GrowHow 27 United Phosphorus Purchases Two Dupont Pesticides 27 Nufarm Inks Agreement to Purchase Remaining Stake in Agripec 27 CK Life Sciences Signs Deal to Purchase Accensi 28 American Vanguard Acquires BASF’s Plant 28 DuPont Receives EPA Approval for New Soybean Herbicides 28 FMC Receives EPA Approval for Mustang Max® Insecticide 29 FMC Receives EPA Approval for Additional Use Capture® LFR™ Insecticide 29 FMC Receives EPA Approval for Additional Use of Mustang Max® 29 FMC’s Brigade® Insecticide Gains EPA and DPR Approvals 30 Discovery Technologies Buys Green Agriculture 31 AMVAC Inks Agreement with Dupont Crop Protection 31 DuPont Signs Supply Deal with Mitsui 31 Monsanto and BASF Sign Agreement to Co-promote Headline® Fungicide 32 Agrium to Close Down Kenai Nitrogen Facility 32 Bayer Receives First Regulatory Approval for Pyrasulfotole 32 Fertilizantes Fosfatados to Acquire Bunge Fertilizantes 33 Permira to Purchase Arysta Life Science 33 FMC Acquires Exclusive Rights to Sankyo Agro Fungicide 33 Agrium Joint Venture to Construct World Class Nitrogen Facility in Egypt 33 Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Acquires Industries Chimiques du Senegal 34 Bayer Cropscience to Reorganize Agrochemicals Business 34 Dow Acquires Agromen Tecnologia 34 Arysta LifeScience to Purchase Grupo Bioquimico Mexicano 34 Oswal to Build Fertilizer Facility in Peru 35 Dow’s Spinetoram Achieves Registration in New Zealand 35 Sumitomo Acquires Stake in Sales Division of Sipcam 35 Hanfeng and Linquan Form Joint Venture 35 ChemChina, Blackstone and Fox Paine to Acquire Nufarm 36 Hanfeng Inks Joint Venture with PetroChina 36 Agrium Acquires Stake in Hanfeng 36 Sinofert to Acquire Shareholding in Salt Lake Potash 37 Yara to Establish Joint Venture with Kribhco 37 National Fertilizers to Revive Two Closed Units 37 Bayer CropScience Receives Regulatory Approval for Flubendiamide 38 Sumitomo Acquires Interfarm 38 Kemira Grow How Oyj Forms Joint Venture with Terra Industries 38 Koch Fertilizer to Acquire Assets of Francefert 38 FMC to Introduce Ranman® Fungicide 39 Agrium Forms Strategic Business Unit 39 CF Industries Acquires Stake in Keytrade 39 Sumitomo Opens Sales Unit in Russia 39 FMC Launches Authority® MTZ Herbicide 39 FMC Launches Beleaf™ Insecticide 40 FMC Launches New Rage™ D-Tech 40 Shizuoka University Develops Organic Fertilizer 40 Bayer CropScience Introduces Infinito®, Fungicide 41 Nufarm Launches Triflurxcel® 41 8. MAJOR PLAYERS 41 Agrium, Inc. (Canada) 41 AMVAC Chemical Corporation (USA) 42 Arysta LifeSciences Corporation (Japan) 42 BASF AG’s Agricultural Products Division (Germany) 42 Bayer Crop Science AG (Germany) 42 Bunge (Brazil) 42 CF Industries, Inc. (USA) 43 Charoen Pokphand (CPP) Group (Thailand) 43 Dow Agrosciences, LLC (USA) 43 DSM Agro B.V. (The Netherlands) 43 DuPont Crop Protection (USA) 44 FMC Agricultural Products Group (USA) 44 GPN S.A. (France) 44 GrowHow UK Limited (UK) 44 Hektas Ticaret T.A.S. (Turkey) 44 ICL Fertilizers (Israel) 45 Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Limited (India) 45 Isagro, S.p.A. (Italy) 45 ISOCHEM S.A. (France) 45 JSC Acron (Russia) 45 K+S AG (Germany) 46 Koch Industries, Inc. (USA) 46 Koch Nitrogen Company (USA) 46 Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd. (Israel) 46 Monsanto Company (USA) 47 Nufarm Ltd. (Australia) 47 Oswal Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (India) 47 PotashCorp (Canada) 47 PT Pusri (Indonesia) 47 Qatar Fertilizer Company (Qatar) 47 Rhodia Novecare (France) 48 Saskferco (Canada) 48 SINOPEC Hubei Chemical Fertilizer Company (China) 48 Southern Petrochemical Industries Corp., Ltd. (India) 48 Sumitomo Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Japan) 48 Syngenta AG (Switzerland) 48 Terra Industries, Inc. (USA) 49 The Mosaic Company (USA) 49 Yara France S.A.S 49 9. GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS 50 10. THE UNITED STATES 62 Agrochemicals 62 Crop Protection Market and Barriers to Entry 62 Fertilizers 62 Pesticides 62 Agribiotech Technology 63 11. CANADA 64 Fertilizers 64 Pesticides 64 12. JAPAN 66 Market Overview 66 Fertilizers 66 Major Fertilizers 67 Organic Fertilizers 67 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 67 Phosphatic Fertilizers 67 Potassic Fertilizers 67 Market Trends 67 Market Policies Affect Growth 67 Japanese Government Revises Residue Standards for Agrochemicals 67 Distribution Channels for Fertilizers 68 13. EUROPE 69 a. France 73 b. Germany 74 c. The United Kingdom 76 d. Italy 77 e. Spain 79 f. Russia 80 g. Rest of Europe 84 14. ASIA-PACIFIC 86 a. China 88 b. India 97 c. Rest of Asia-Pacific 104 15. THE MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA 107 Market Overview 107 Ghana 108 Horticultural Crops and Cereal Boosting Ghana’s Fertilizer Sector 108 16. LATIN AMERICA 110 Major Markets 110 Brazil 110 Leading Players 110 Challenges Ahead 110 Outlook 110 Chile 111 Colombia 111 EXHIBITS Table 1: Agrochemical Sales of Select Market Players: 2005 (in US$ Million) Table 2: Percentage Breakdown of Fertilizers Manufacturer Volume Sales in the World - 2006 Table 3: Percentage Breakdown of Fertilizers Manufacturer Volume Sales by Product Segment in the World - 2006 Table 4: Percentage Breakdown of Pesticides Manufacturer Volume Sales in the World - 2006 Table 5: Percentage Breakdown of Pesticides Manufacturer Volume Sales by Product Segment in the World- 2006 Table 6: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Fertilizers Manufacturer Value Sales in the World - 2006 Table 7: Global Agrochemicals Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 8: Percentage Breakdown of Global Agrochemicals Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 9: Global Fertilizers Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 10: Percentage Breakdown of Global Fertilizers Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 11: Global Fertilizers Market by Segment for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 12: Percentage Breakdown of Global Fertilizers Market by Segment for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 13: Global Nitrogenous Fertilizers Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 14: Percentage Breakdown of Global Nitrogenous Fertilizers Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 15: Global Phosphate Fertilizers Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 16: Percentage Breakdown of Global Phosphate Fertilizers Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 17: Global Potash Fertilizers Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 18: Percentage Breakdown of Global Potash Fertilizers Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 19: Global Pesticides Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 20: Percentage Breakdown of Global Pesticides Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 21: Global Pesticides Market by Segment for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 22: Percentage Breakdown of Global Pesticides Market by Segment for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 23: Global Insecticides Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 24: Percentage Breakdown of Global Insecticides Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 25: Global Herbicides Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 26: Percentage Breakdown of Global Herbicides Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 27: Global Fungicides Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 28: Percentage Breakdown of Global Fungicides Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 29: Global Other Pesticides Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 30: Percentage Breakdown of Global Other Pesticides Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 31: Percentage Breakdown of Nitrogen Fertilizers Consumption by Product Category in the US - 2004 Table 32: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 33: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 34: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 35: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 36: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Japan: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 37: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 38: Percentage Breakdown of Nitrogen Fertilizers Consumption by Product Category in the Western Europe - 2004 Table 39: Agrochemicals Market by Region in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 40: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 41: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 42: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 43: Percentage Breakdown of Nitrogen Fertilizers Consumption by Product Category in France - 2004 Table 44: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in France: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 45: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 46: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 47: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 48: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in the UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 49: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 50: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 51: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 52: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Spain: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 53: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Spain for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 54: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Russian Nitrogen Fertilizer Production - 2005 Table 55: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Russian Ammonia Fertilizer Market - 2005 Table 56: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Russian Carbamide Fertilizer Market - 2005 Table 57: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Russian Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer Market - 2005 Table 58: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the Russian Ammophos Fertilizer Market - 2005 Table 59: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Russia: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 60: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Russia for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 61: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Rest of Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 62: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 63: Agrochemicals Market by Region in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 64: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Region in Asia- Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 65: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 66: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Asia- Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 67: Percentage Breakdown of Nitrogen Fertilizers Consumption by Product Category in China - 2004 Table 68: Installed Production Capacity and Output of Potassium Nitrate in China - 2006 (‘000 Tons) Table 69: Leading Players in the Chinese Potassium Nitrate Market by Production Capacity - 2007 Table 70: Pesticides Production by Product Segment in China - 2004 (‘000 Tons) Table 71: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in China: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 72: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in China for the Years 2008 & 2012) Table 73: Percentage Breakdown of Fertilizers Consumption by Crop Type in India - 2004 Table 74: Percentage Breakdown of Nitrogen Fertilizers Consumption by Crop Type in India - 2004 Table 75: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in India: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 76: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in India for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 77: Percentage Breakdown of Urea Fertilizers Volume Sales by End-Use Sector in Indonesia - 2005 Table 78: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Rest of Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 79: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Rest of Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 80: Production Capacity of Fertilizers by Country in the Middle East - 2011 (in Million Tons) Table 81: Production of Fertilizers by Product Segment in the Middle East - 2010 (in Million Tons) Table 82: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in The Middle East/Africa: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 83: Percentage Breakdown of Agrochemicals Market by Segment in The Middle East/Africa for the Years 2008 & 2012 Table 84: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Fertilizer Producer Value Sales in Brazil-2007 Table 85: Percentage Breakdown of Nitrogen Fertilizers Consumption by Product Category in Brazil - 2004 Table 86: Agrochemicals Market by Segment in Latin America: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Tons) Table 87: Percentage Breakdown ofAgrochemicals Market by Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 & 2012 COMPANIES PROFILED