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Chapter 1
1.3.4.3 Economics of crop protection
[22, ECPA, 2002, 32, CEFIC, 2003], [56, Jungblut, 2004]
Not all biocides and plant health products are used for crop protection but only the following
information has been submitted.
Over the past ten years, the European crop protection market has been affected by highly
volatile economic and political conditions. Despite the pressure that the agricultural sector has
been subjected to, the market for crop protection products in the EU continues to be the second
largest in the world after North America. Figure 1.12 and Figure 1.13 give an overview of the
market composition and development in Europe.
EU
80%
Russia
5 CEECs
3% Other CEECs
4%
11%
EFTA
2%
Figure 1.11: European crop protection market in 2001 showing percentages
Others
5 %
Fungicides
37 %
Herbicides
40 %
Insecticides
18 %
Figure 1.12: Western European market (EU and EFTA) by product sector, 2001
Over the past ten years, the relatively poor performance of the global market (see Figure 1.13)
has resulted in considerable consolidation, with a number of companies leaving the market.
From a European perspective, the most significant moves have been the merger of Zeneca and
Novartis to form Syngenta, the acquisition of Cyanamid by BASF, and the purchase of Aventis
by Bayer (so bringing the former operations of Rhone-Poulenc, Hoechst, Schering, Boots and
Fisons into one company). Six companies now dominate the global market, with three of these
(Syngenta, BASF and Bayer) based in Europe. The other three US companies (Monsanto, Dow
and Dupont) all have significant subsidiaries in the EU.
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