The Vietnam\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has recently issued a decision to remove plant protection products containing chlorpyrifos-ethyl and fipronil from the list of those allowed for use in Vietnam.<\/p>\n
Plant protection products containing the two active ingredients will only be produced and imported for the maximum duration of one year, and be traded and used for a maximum length of two years from February 12, 2019.<\/p>\n
All registration procedures for these products will also be stopped from this date onwards.<\/p>\n
Chlorpyrifos-ethyl and fipronil are the two active ingredients in many kinds of common pesticides.<\/p>\n
In 2018, there were 4325 tons of Chlorpyrifos (technicals and formulations valued 28.9 million USD) exported from China’s 58 companies to Vietnam, the biggest import country of Chlorpyrifos from China. <\/p>\n
As for Fipronil, there were 710 tons technicals and formulations valued at 22.5 million USD exported from China to Vietnam, ranking the thrid of Fipronil import countries. <\/p>\n
Source: vna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"