Registration layout and market prospects of pyroxasulfone

Pyroxasulfone is a new broad-spectrum and highly active pre germination soil treatment agent developed by a Japanese combination chemical company, belonging to the imidazole herbicide class. Can be used to control annual broad-leaved weeds and grasses in crop fields such as wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, sunflowers, potatoes, peanuts, etc.

Pyroxasulfone achieved a global compound annual growth rate of over 160% from 2011 to 2016, and was successfully promoted to a variety worth billions of dollars in 2016, making it a promising soil treatment agent in the market. The patent period for this compound expired on February 6, 2022.

Product registration status

At present, Pyroxasulfone has been registered in countries or regions such as Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and China.The registration status is as follows:

Multinational companies such as FMC, BASF, BAYER, VALENT, and Japan Combination Chemistry have registered and sold pyroxasulfone single and mixed formulations globally. On January 29, 2019, Shanghai Qunli Chemical Co., Ltd. obtained the official registration of 98% pyroxasulfone raw material and 40% pyroxasulfone suspension on wheat in China in accordance with the old requirements for pesticide registration information. To act as an agent for the sales of 40% pyroxasulfone suspension in China for a Japanese combination.

Application prospect

Pyroxasulfone is widely used in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and has become a herbicide worth billions of dollars. However, there is still a large market space for pyroxasulfone in China, and soil sealing treatment can greatly improve labor efficiency in the face of labor shortages in rural areas.

Currently, the European Union has banned herbicides such as acetochlor and promethazine, and there is a risk of prohibition due to their potential endocrine disrupting effects. At the same time, considering that acetochlor has been used in China for more than 20 years, pyroxasulfone may gradually replace widely used chloroacetamide herbicides such as acetochlor and promethazine in wheat, corn, soybeans, cotton, sunflowers, potatoes, etc. in China Peanuts and other crop fields have good application prospects.

Based on this situation, we Hainan Joyforest Bio Co.,LTD launched our own Pyroxasulfone TC, creating greater value for our customers with more competitive product prices.