Aventis CropScience to Strengthen its Position in the Chinese Crop Protection Market: Full Registration Received for REGENT® In
REGENT® (common name fipronil) is one of the company's global key growth drivers. Active at very low dose rates, REGENT® provides an outstanding level of control in a wide variety of rice pests, as well a number of other significant agricultural and household pests.
The registration will allow production and distribution to be directly managed by Aventis CropScience HangZhou, a joint venture between Aventis CropScience and HangZhou General Pesticide Plant. Local production will start shortly at the HangZhou site.
"REGENT® is expected to become a key tool for the protection of China’s rice crop and will support Aventis CropScience's expansion in the Chinese crop protection market." said Jean Broué, Country Manager for Aventis CropScience in China. "Today REGENT® is already the leading imported product in the area of rice insecticides, the biggest market in this country. With a total market size estimated at $ 1.5 billion in 2000, China ranks fifth in the global crop protection market" he added.
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