This is the second edition report on the Sino-US trade war finished by CCM in December 2018. The Sino-US trade war, or the disputes/frictions between the two large economies-the United States and the People's Republic of China, poses the major challenge to the economic relation between the two countries. It attaches great importance to the following parts:
- The development of the Sino-US trade war. Since the beginning of 2018, such trade frictions have kept rising.
- Effects of the trade war on pesticides exported from China. Four key pesticides, glufosinate-ammonium, imidacloprid, azoxystrobin and metolachlor, will be adversely affected.
- Influences on crops and China's pesticide industry. Take soybean as an example to expound the possible influences on the related markets such as pesticides used in the US.
- Challenges rising from the Sino-US trade war and measures to be taken by the Chinese government and pesticide enterprises.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Methodology
1 Overview of Sino-US trade war in 2018
2 Effects of the trade war on pesticides exported from China
- 2.1 Pesticide products included in the US Tariff List
- 2.2 Pesticide products exempted from US tariffs as of Sept. 2018
- 2.2 Major pesticide products affected
- 2.2.1 Glufosinate-ammonium
- 2.2.2 Imidacloprid
- 2.2.3 Azoxystrobin
- 2.2.4 Metolachlor
3 Influences of the trade war on crops and demand for pesticides
- 3.1 Influences on crops and China's pesticide industry
- 3.2 Influences on demand for unlisted pesiticides
- 3.2.1 Dicamba
- 3.2.2 Clethodim
4 Challenges rising from the Sino-US trade war
5 Measures to be taken
LIST OF TABLES
- Table 2.1-1 Pesticides included in the Tariff List released by the US
- Table 2.2-1 Pesticides exempted from the Tariffs imposed by the US
- Table 2.2.1-1 Glufosinate-ammonium (converted to 100% AI) export volume in China, 2013-Jan.-Sept. 2018, tonne
- Table 2.2.1-2 Top 10 export destinations of China's glufosinate-ammonium, 2017
- Table 2.2.2-1 Imidacloprid (converted to 100% AI) export volume in China, 2013-Jan.-Aug. 2018, tonne
- Table 2.2.2-2 Top 10 export destinations of China's imidacloprid, 2017
- Table 2.2.3-1 Azoxystrobin (converted to 100% AI) export volume in China, 2013-Jan.-Sept. 2018, tonne
- Table 2.2.3-2 Top 10 export destinations of China's azoxystrobin, 2017
- Table 2.2.4-1 Metolachlor (converted to 100% AI) export volume in China, 2013-Jan.-Sept. 2018, tonne
- Table 2.2.4-2 Top 10 export destinations of China's metolachlor, 2017
- Table 3.2.1-1 Dicamba (converted to 100% AI) export volume in China, 2013-Jan.-Sept. 2018, tonne
- Table 3.2.1-2 Top four export destinations of China's dicamba, 2017
- Table 3.2.2-1 Clethodim (converted to 100% AI) export volume in China, 2016-Jan.-Sept. 2018, tonne
- Table 3.2.2-2 Top 10 export destinations of China's clethodim, 2017