Comparison between Dimethalin and Competitors
Dimethylpentyl is a dinitroaniline herbicide. It is mainly absorbed by the sprouting weed buds and combined with the microtubule protein in plants to inhibit the mitosis of plant cells, resulting in the death of weeds. It is mainly used in many kinds of dry fields, including cotton and corn, and in dry rice seedling fields. Compared with the competing products acetochlor and trifluralin, dimethalin has higher safety, which is in line with the general development direction of pesticide safety, environmental protection and low toxicity. It is expected to continue to replace acetochlor and trifluralin in the future.
Dimethalin has the characteristics of high activity, broad spectrum of killing grass, low toxicity and residue, high safety to humans and animals, and strong soil adsorption, not easy to leach, and environmentally friendly; It can be used before and after sprouting and before transplanting, and its duration is up to 45~60 days. One application can solve the weed damage during the whole growth period of crops.
Analysis on the development status of the global dimethalin industry
1. Global herbicide share
At present, the most widely used herbicide is glyphosate, accounting for about 18% of the global herbicide market share. The second herbicide is glyphosate, which accounts for only 3% of the global market. The other pesticides account for a relatively small proportion. Because glyphosate and other pesticides mainly act on transgenic crops. Most of the herbicides required for the production of other non GM crops account for less than 1%, so the concentration of herbicide market is low. At present, the global market demand for dimethalin is more than 40,000 tons, the average price is estimated to be 55,000 yuan/ton, and the market sales volume is about 400 million dollars, accounting for 1%~2% of the global herbicide market scale. Since it can be used to replace other harmful herbicides in the future, the market scale is expected to double due to its large growth space.
2. Sales of dimethalin
In 2019, the global sales of dimethalin was 397 million US dollars, making it the 12th largest herbicide monomer in the world. In terms of regions, Europe is one of the most important consumer markets of dimethalin, accounting for 28.47% of the global share; Asia accounts for 27.32%, and the main sales countries are India, China and Japan; The Americas is mainly concentrated in the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and other places; Middle East and Africa have small sales.
Summary
Although dimethalin has good effect and is environmentally friendly, it is mainly used for cash crops such as cotton and vegetables due to its high price in the same type of herbicides and late market start. With the gradual change of the domestic market concept, the demand for the application of dimethalin has increased rapidly. The amount of raw drug used in the domestic market has rapidly increased from about 2000 tons in 2012 to more than 5000 tons at present, and has been promoted and applied to dry sown rice, corn and other crops. A variety of efficient compound mixtures are also developing rapidly.
Dimethalin is in line with the international market trend of gradually replacing high toxic and high residual pesticides with environment-friendly pesticides. It will have a higher degree of matching with the development of modern agriculture in the future, and there will be greater development space.
Post time: Dec-13-2022
