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Current market situation and trends of the global agrochemical and pesticide market aid in evaluating and identifying market opportunities. An in-depth analysis of market players and future prospects makes possible benchmarking one company's performance to other major players operating in the market. Key product segments include disinfectants, fungicides, herbicides, plant-growth regulators and anti-sprouting products, insecticides.

The expansion of the global agrochemical and pesticide industry is expected to reach 8.7% p.a. in the coming years. It witnessed an average annual growth of 9.8% between 2007 and 2013. Currently, herbicides, plant-growth regulators and anti-sprouting products cover the largest part of the world market accounting for 41.5% of the demand. The remaining market share is divided between insecticides (27.1%), fungicides (21.5%), disinfectants (3.4%), other agrochemicals and pesticides (6.5%).

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