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Qingyuan Agricultural Crown's Cyclobunofen Receives Official ISO Common Name
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Qingyuan Agricultural Crown's Cyclobunofen Receives Official ISO Common Name

On December 10th, the ISO/TC 81 Pesticide Nomenclature Technical Committee approved "cyclobunofen" (Chinese common name: 硝苯菌酰胺), a patented compound from Qingyuan Agricultural Crown Crop Science Co., Ltd., as its official ISO common name. As a new-generation fungicide/nematicide, it effectively controls various key diseases and nematodes, with high crop safety and an extended residual period.

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DJI's US Business Faces Shutdown Risk, 80% Market Share Could Be Taken by Local Companies
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DJI's US Business Faces Shutdown Risk, 80% Market Share Could Be Taken by Local Companies

DJI faces significant risks in the U.S. agricultural spraying drone market. If the U.S. government fails to complete a mandatory national security review by December 23rd, DJI could be placed on the FCC's "Covered List." This would prevent the launch of new DJI models in the U.S. and could lead to the revocation of sales authorization for existing models. DJI currently holds approximately an 80% market share. This regulatory uncertainty is already fostering new market entrants, such as American Autonomy Inc., which is working to partner with domestic manufacturers to provide alternative software and hardware solutions, aiming to capture the potential market gap left by DJI.

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Customs Seizes Pesticide Smuggling for Export via False Commodity Name Declaration
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Customs Seizes Pesticide Smuggling for Export via False Commodity Name Declaration

In May 2025, a Qingdao-based chemical company, without obtaining an export pesticide registration certificate for indolebutyric acid, falsely declared 150 kilograms of the involved goods as "99% 6-benzylaminopurine technical material" and entrusted a customs declaration company for export, which was seized by Mengding Customs. Professional testing confirmed the goods were actually indolebutyric acid with a 99% mass fraction, and the party's act constituted smuggling. In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the customs imposed an administrative penalty of confiscating all the involved goods.

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Su Yan’s Phenamacril & Xianda’s Flupropazine Secure Interim ISO Common Name Approval
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Su Yan’s Phenamacril & Xianda’s Flupropazine Secure Interim ISO Common Name Approval

On December 5th, ISO/TC 81 (Pesticide Nomenclature Technical Committee) provisionally approved two pesticide common names: amfenamacril, a fungicide co-developed by Jiangsu Pesticide Research Institute Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang University (20x more active against Fusarium graminearum than phenamacril); and triflupyroxazin, a new non-selective herbicide from Liaoning Cynda Chemical Co., Ltd. with excellent efficacy against resistant weeds, targeting a paraquat-scale market. Both include detailed specifications (chemical names, molecular formulas, etc.) and sponsor information.

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Sinofert Stake Change Paves Way for Syngenta Hong Kong IPO
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Sinofert Stake Change Paves Way for Syngenta Hong Kong IPO

Recently, Sinofert Holdings announced that its controlling stake has been transferred internally without consideration within its parent company, China National Chemical Group (ChemChina). The market widely believes that this move is primarily aimed at paving the way for its ultimate parent company—global agricultural technology giant Syngenta Group—to potentially restart an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in Hong Kong in the future. By spinning off the relatively low-margin fertilizer distribution business (Sinofert Holdings) from the proposed listing platform, Syngenta aims to optimize its listing asset structure. This would allow the potential future listing entity to focus more on high-growth core agricultural technology businesses such as seeds and crop protection, thereby improving financial performance, enhancing attractiveness to investors, and meeting regulatory requirements for listing. This marks a critical step by Syngenta in clearing obstacles along its challenging path to listing, but its ultimate success in listing in Hong Kong will still depend on subsequent market conditions and regulatory approvals.

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Update and Key Changes of China’s Fertilizer Registration, Renewal Registration, and Change Registration Guidelines
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Update and Key Changes of China’s Fertilizer Registration, Renewal Registration, and Change Registration Guidelines

In October 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs updated the three administrative guidelines for Fertilizer Registration, Renewal Registration, and Modification Registration. Key changes include: raising the requirements for field trials, specifying that the trial supervisor must be an in-service staff member with a senior professional title; standardizing application materials, clarifying that domestic and international applicants need to submit quality control documents, production and sales certificates (overseas documents require embassy or consulate authentication), and product label samples; strengthening safety commitments, requiring a compliance statement with the mandatory national standard Limit Requirements for Toxic and Harmful Substances in Fertilizers (GB 38400-2019); and advancing digitalization of procedures, with registration certificates shifting to electronic format, acceptance of electronic submissions, elimination of sample re-testing applications, and clarification of the re-application pathway. Enterprises should promptly review and adjust their application strategies to ensure compliant and efficient completion of registration, renewal, and modification processes.

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EFSA's New Draft Regulation Imminent: Unified Standards for Pesticide Emergency Authorizations, Enterprises Need to Prepare for Compliance in Advance
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EFSA's New Draft Regulation Imminent: Unified Standards for Pesticide Emergency Authorizations, Enterprises Need to Prepare for Compliance in Advance

Recently, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) officially released a draft methodology for the evaluation of emergency authorizations for insecticides and acaricides, comprehensively regulating the application process for "emergency authorizations" stipulated in Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. This policy adjustment will profoundly impact the market access and operations of pesticide enterprises in the EU, and relevant entities must pay close attention and proactively plan response strategies.

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Registration Status of Pesticides for Cotton in China in 2024 and Its Industrial Correlation Analysis
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Registration Status of Pesticides for Cotton in China in 2024 and Its Industrial Correlation Analysis

As an important economic crop in China, the development of the cotton industry plays a crucial role in the agricultural economy. Among them, the Xinjiang cotton industry occupies a core position in the country. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2024, the sown area of cotton in Xinjiang reached 2.4479 million hectares, with a yield of 5.686 million tons, accounting for 86.25% and 92.25% of the national total sown area and total yield of cotton respectively, making it a key region determining the national cotton production capacity. Pesticides, as important production materials for preventing and controlling diseases and pests and regulating growth in the cotton production process, their registration management and application directly relate to the high-quality and efficient development of the cotton industry. China implements a pesticide registration management strategy that emphasizes both safety and efficacy. Combined with the characteristics of the cotton growth period, pesticide application is concentrated from April to August, covering multiple types of products such as herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, plant growth regulators, and defoliants/ripening agents, with a high frequency of application. For example, the number of applications for controlling cotton aphids can reach 6-10 times, and in some areas with severe aphid infestations, the number exceeds 10 times, which fully reflects the core supporting role of pesticides in cotton production.

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Interpretation of EFSA's Report on Common Issues in Pesticide Evaluation: Key Guidelines for EU Market Access
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Interpretation of EFSA's Report on Common Issues in Pesticide Evaluation: Key Guidelines for EU Market Access

In September 2025, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) released the technical report "Outcomes of the Peer Review Meeting on Common Issues Related to Physicochemical Properties and Analytical Methods of Pesticides", which serves as a crucial wake-up call for enterprises seeking to enter the EU pesticide market. This report systematically collates the core discussions of the 29th Pesticide Peer Review Meeting (held on November 22-23, 2023), focusing on high-frequency issues in key areas such as active substance identification, impurity profiles, and more. As the core scientific assessment body for EU pesticide active substance approval, EFSA's conclusions directly determine whether a substance can be approved for entry into the EU market, making this report an invaluable guide for enterprises to avoid registration risks.

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