my country’s clethodim market is mainly exported, but there are uncertainties in future export prospects

Clethodim is a cyclohexanedione (CHD) herbicide, which has the characteristics of high herbicidal activity, safety, low toxicity, and environmental friendliness. As a systemic conductive stem and leaf treatment agent, clethodim has special effects on most grass weeds such as foxtail grass, cowgrass, wild oats, crabgrass, etc., and can be used for weeding of broad-leaf crops such as soybeans, rape, cotton, and peanuts. Clethodim is one of the main varieties of dryland herbicides. In recent years, with the continuous release of market demand, the market size of clethodim has gradually expanded.

Clethodim was first developed by the American Chevron Chemical Company in 1987. At this stage, clethodim has become one of the best-selling herbicides in the world. According to the “2022-2026 China Clethodim Market Analysis and Development Prospects Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center, in 2020 , the global clethodim market sales reached US$320 million. With the release of downstream market demand, the clethodim market will further grow in the future.

In the international market, clethodim suppliers include Arysta, Victorinox Chemical and other companies. my country is a major producer and exporter of pesticides, and clethodim is one of the most important varieties of pesticides exported by my country. my country’s clethodim market is mainly exported, with the United States, Argentina and Brazil being its main export regions. However, due to tense international relations, the future export prospects of clethodim are facing greater instability and uncertainty.

In the synthesis process, the raw materials and intermediates used include crotonaldehyde, propionyl trione, ethyl mercaptan, chlorinated amine, etc. From 2020 to 2021, affected by factors such as rising raw material costs and low corporate operating rates, the market price of clethodim has shown a fluctuating upward trend. As a chemical product, clethodim is prone to produce wastewater, waste residue, waste gas, etc. during the production process, thereby causing environmental damage. In recent years, as environmental protection supervision has become increasingly strict, backward production capacity of clethodim has been gradually eliminated by the market, and the market for clethodim has been concentrated. The degree has improved.

At this stage, my country’s annual clethodim production capacity is more than 12,000 tons. Related production companies mainly include Shandong Xianda Co., Ltd., Hebei Lansheng, Zhejiang Yifan, Jiangsu Henglong Crops, Wuqiao Pesticide, Shandong Qiaoshang, Shenyang Kechuang, etc. There are more than 20 clethodim technical companies within the validity period of domestic registration, with contents including 90%, 93%, 94% and 95%. In terms of formulations, clethodim includes single dose, binary compound and ternary compound; in terms of downstream applications, soybean is the main application crop of clethodim, and it is also the crop with the most registered clethodim.

Industry analysts said that clethodim is a systemic conductive stem and leaf treatment agent. In recent years, the global market sales of clethodim The amount is constantly growing. With the advantages of low toxicity, high efficiency, low residue, and safety, clethodim has gradually become one of the main varieties of dryland herbicides. my country’s clethodim market is mainly export-oriented, but under the increasingly complex international situation, there is great uncertainty in the clethodim export market.