Herbicides in the CIS: Production, Market and Forecast

Introduction

I. Technology of herbicide production and resources used

I.1. Technology of herbicide production

I.2. The main suppliers of resources and directions of the supplies

II. Herbicide production in CIS countries

II.1. Range of herbicides, manufactured in the CIS

II.2. Volume of herbicide production in the CIS

II.3. Volume of herbicide production in Russia

II.4. Current standing of the greatest producers of herbicides

II.4.1. PJSC "Shchelkovo Agrochem" (Shchelkovo, Moscow region, Russia)

II.4.2. PJSC Firm "August" (Vurnary, Chuvashia, Russia)

II.4.3. JSC "Khimprom" (Volgograd, Russia)

II.4.4. LLC "Kirovo-Chepetsk chemical company" (Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russia)

II.4.5. JSC "Grodnoraiagroservice" (Grodno, Ponemun’ settlement, Belarus)

III. Export and import of herbicides in the CIS

III.1. Volume of export-import of herbicides in Russia in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008

III.2. Tendencies and features of export-import supplies of herbicides in Russia

III.3. The main directions of export-import supplies of herbicides in Russia

III.4. The main foreign company-suppliers of herbicides to Russia

III.5. Export-import of herbicides in Ukraine

III.6. Import of herbicides in Kazakhstan

IV. Dynamics of export-import prices on herbicides

IV.1. Dynamics of export-import prices on herbicides in Russia

IV.2. Dynamics of import prices on herbicides in Kazakhstan and Ukraine

V. Consumption of herbicides in the CIS

V.1. Supply-demand balance of herbicides in Russia in 2002-2007

V.2. Supply-demand balance of herbicides in Ukraine in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008

V.3. Supply-demand balance of herbicides in Kazakhstan in 2002-2007

V.4. Norms of consumption of herbicides

VI. Forecast of production and consumption of herbicides in Russia up to 2015

Appendix: Contact information on Russian enterprise-producers of herbicides

Table 1: Herbicides – urea derivatives

Table 2: Range and characteristics of herbicides, manufactured in the CIS

Table 3: Herbicide production in the CIS in 2001-2007, kt

Table 4: Herbicide production, broken by companies, in 2001-2007, kt

Table 5: The main country-consumers of herbicides, produced by PJSC "Shchelkovo Agrochem" in 2002-2007, t

Table 6: Supplies of active substances for herbicide production to PJSC "Shchelkovo Agrochem" in 2007, t and thousand $

Table 7: The main country-consumers of herbicides, produced by PJSC Firm "August" in 2002-2008, t

Table 8: Supplies of active substances for herbicide production to PJSC Firm "August" and JSC "Vurnary plant of mixed preparations" in 2007, t and thousand $

Table 9: Supplies of active substances for herbicide production to JSC "Khimprom" (Volgograd) in 2007, t and thousand $

Table 10: Foreign trade in herbicides in Russia in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Table 11: Export of herbicides by Russian companies in 2002–2007 and the 1st half of 2008, t

Table 12: Grades of herbicides, exported by Russia in 2002-2007 and the 1st half of 2008, t

Table 13: Share of herbicides exports in total volume of their production in Russia in 2002-2007, %

Table 14: The main country-consumers of Russian herbicides in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Table 15: The main country-suppliers of herbicides to Russia in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Table 16: The main Russian customers of imported herbicides in 2006-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Table 17: The main foreign producers of herbicides, which supplied the products to Russia in 2002-2008, kt

Table 18: Foreign trade in herbicides in Ukraine in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Table 19: The main country-suppliers of herbicides to Ukraine in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Table 20: The main foreign producers of herbicides, which supplied the products to Ukraine in 2002-2008, kt

Table 21: The main Ukrainian customers of imported herbicides in 2006-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Table 22: Import of pesticides by Kazakhstan in 2004-2007, t, share of herbicides in total volume of the supplies, %

Table 23: The main country-suppliers of herbicides to Kazakhstan in 2004-2007, t

Table 24: Prices on herbicides of various grades, exported from Russia in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, $/t

Table 25: Export prices on herbicides of Russian producers in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, $/t

Table 26: Average export prices on Russian herbicides for the main country-consumers in 2002-2008, $/t

Table 27: Prices on herbicides for the main Russian customers of the imported products in 2006-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Table 28: The main firms-suppliers of herbicides to Russia in 2002-2008 and prices on the supplied products, $/t

Table 29: Volumes of herbicide consumption in Russia in 2002-2007, kt

Table 30: Volume of consumption of the main kinds of herbicides in Russia in 2007, kt

Table 29: Volumes of consumption of herbicides in Ukraine in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, kt

Table 32: Volumes of consumption of herbicides in Kazakhstan in 2001-2007, kt

Table 33: Norms of herbicide consumption

Table 34: Croplands in Russia (mln ha) and consumption of herbicides (kg/ha)

Table 35: Croplands in Ukraine (mln ha) and consumption of herbicides (kg/ha)

Figure 1: Flow sheet of obtaining 2,4-D

Figure 2: Flow sheet of obtaining 2,4-D ethers

Figure 3: Flow sheet of obtaining simazine

Figure 4: Flow sheet of obtaining atrazine

Figure 5: Herbicide production in the CIS in 2001-2007, kt

Figure 6: Dynamics of production of pesticides as a whole and herbicides in PJSC "Shchelkovo Agrochem" in 2002-2007, t

Figure 7: Dynamics of herbicide production in PJSC Firm "August" in 2001-2007, t

Figure 8: Dynamics of herbicide production in JSC "Khimprom" (Volgograd) in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Figure 9: Dynamics of herbicide production in LLC "KChKhZ" in 2002-2007, kt

Figure 10: Dynamics of export-import supplies of herbicides in Russia in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, t

Figure 11: Quarterly changing volumes of import supplies of herbicides in Russia in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, kt

Figure 12: Geographic pattern of herbicide exports by Russia in 2004-2008, %

Figure 13: Quarterly changing volumes of import supplies of herbicides in Ukraine in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, kt

Figure 14: Dynamics of imports of chemical weed and pest killers (including herbicides) in Kazakhstan in 1999-2007, t

Figure 15: Dynamics of export-import prices on herbicides in Russia in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, $/t

Figure 16: Dynamics of import prices on herbicides in Ukraine and Kazakhstan in 2002-2007 and the first half of 2008, $/t

Figure 17: Pattern of consumption of herbicides in Russia (by main active substance) in 2007, %

Figure 18: Forecast of production and consumption of herbicides in Russia up to 2015