Glyphosate – became the world’s largest pesticide by both production and sales

Herbicides are mainly divided into two groups: non-selective and selective. Among them, the killing effect of non-selective herbicides on green plants has “no difference”, and the main varieties include glyphosate. Glyphosate with chemical formula C3H8NO5P has become the world’s largest pesticide product by production and sales.

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Although glyphosate is a non-selective pesticide, it is a broad-spectrum herbicide with internal absorption and conduction. Its weeding effect is excellent, can maintain a very long period of action, the effect is very significant. Moreover, glyphosate can be rapidly degraded by microorganisms after contacting with soil. Therefore, glyphosate has the advantages of high efficiency, low toxicity and low residue, which is especially suitable for agricultural production. It is also widely used in weeding operations of rubber, mulberry, tea, orchard and other economic plants, which is an effective guarantee for increasing yield and stable harvest in planting.

Since the 1980s, on the basis of learning overseas advanced technologies, China begun to research and develop glyphosate production routes. Through continuous optimization and improvement, the technologies have become more and more mature, and the market scale has continued to expand. In 2021, there was a total production capacity of 1.13 million tons of glyphosate in the world, of which China’s production capacity reached 760,000 tons, accounting for more than 60%, and China has become the world’s largest manufacturing location . In the past two years, the domestic glyphosate production has continued to grow, and the total domestic production capacity has exceeded 800,000 tons per year in 2022.

Our company has been established for 10 years and glyphosate has always been one of our superior products. Annual output is more than 10,000 tons, exported to more than 20 countries around the world.The glyphosate synthesis technology of our company has reached the international advanced level, and the integrated unit consumption ranks in the forefront of the industry.We sincerely look forward to working with you.