Annual Review: Approved TGAIs Products in China in 2024

CIRS has summarized and analyzed the situation of approved Technical Grade Active Ingredients (TGAIs) in China up until December 24, 2024.

In 2024, 167 TGAIs were registered, nearly matching the cumulative number of registrations over the past five years. There were 23 registrations for chlorantraniliprole. Herbicides remain the top category without question. Among new active ingredients, microbial pesticides have the highest proportion. Shandong Weifang Rainbow has obtained the largest number of registrations.

The Number of Approved TGAIs

The figure below shows the number of approved TGAIs over the past five years. From the figure, the number of TGAIs has increased annually, reaching 167 in 2024 (including the 13th batch of new pesticides proposed for approval in 2024), matching the total registrations from 2020 to 2023.

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Active Ingredient and Category of Approved TGAIs

According to the China Pesticide Information Network, as of December 24, 2024, there are 167 approved TGAIs (including the 13th batch of new pesticides proposed for registration in 2024, excluding 43 TGAIs exclusively for export). The table below represents the newly approved TGAIs, their categories, and their number in China in 2024.

Among these, Chlorantraniliprole has the largest number of registrations (23), followed by:

Glufosinate-P (16);
Prothioconazole (8);
Tembotrione (7); and
Topramezone (6).

Based on the approved TGAI categories, herbicides still occupy an absolute advantage, followed by insecticides, fungicides, and plant growth regulators.

In 2024, 12 new active ingredients were registered (highlighted in red). Among these, seven are microbial pesticides, accounting for about 60%, there are also three chemical pesticides, one biochemical pesticide, and one botanical pesticide.

Table 1 Type and Number of newly approved TGAIs in China in 2024

No.	Active ingredient	Number	Category	Formulation^*
1	Chlorantraniliprole	23	Insecticides	TC
2	Glufosinate-p	16	Herbicides	TC
3	Prothioconazole	8	Fungicides	TC
4	Tembotrione	7	Herbicide/Insecticides	TC
5	Topramezone	6	Herbicides	TC
6	14-hydroxylated brassinosteroid	4	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
7	24-epibrassinolide	3	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
8	Diafenthiuron	3	Insecticides	TC
9	Tebuthiuron	3	Herbicides	TC
10	Pyroxasulfone	3	Herbicides	TC
11	Pinoxaden	3	Herbicides	TC
12	Oligosaccharins	3	Plant resistance inducers	TK
13	Glufosinate-ammonium	2	Herbicides	TC
14	Metamifop	2	Herbicides	TC
15	Fluopyram	2	Fungicides	TC
16	Novaluron	2	Insecticides	TC
17	Sulfentrazone	2	Herbicides	TC
18	Kinetin	2	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
19	Etoxazole	2	Insecticides/Acaricides	TC
20	Glufosinate-ammonium	2	Herbicides	TK
21	Glufosinate-p	2	Herbicides	TK
22	22,23,24-epibrassinolide	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
23	28-homobrassinolide	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
24	D-limonene	1	Insecticides	TC
25	(+)-Abscisic acid	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
26	Prodiamine	1	Herbicides	TC
27	Oligosaccharins	1	Plant resistance inducers	TC
28	Pyraquinate	1	Herbicides	TC
29	6-benzylamino-purine	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
30	Gibberellic acid	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
31	Prohexadione calcium	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
32	Cyflumetofen	1	Acaricides	TC
33	Spinosad	1	Insecticides	TC
34	(E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-1-ol	1	Insecticides	TC
35	Dinotefuran	1	Insecticides	TC
36	Flufenoximacil	1	Herbicides	TC
37	Flonicamid	1	Fungicides	TC
38	Flusulfinam	1	Herbicides	TC
39	Fluoxastrobin	1	Fungicides	TC
40	Flufenacet	1	Herbicides	TC
41	Pydiflumetofen	1	Fungicides	TC
42	Fluxapyroxad	1	Fungicides	TC
43	Penflufen	1	Fungicides	TC
44	Guvermectin	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
45	Oxine-copper	1	Fungicides	TC
46	Spirotetramat	1	Insecticides	TC
47	Cypermethrin	1	Insecticides	TC
48	Bentazone	1	Herbicides	TC
49	Thiencarbazone-methyl	1	Herbicides	TC
50	Triacontanol	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
51	Terbuthylazine	1	Herbicides	TC
52	Terbutryn	1	Herbicides	TC
53	Trifloxystrobin	1	Fungicides	TC
54	Simetryn	1	Herbicides	TC
55	Enadenine	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
56	Cyantraniliprole	1	Insecticides	TC
57	Ethiprole	1	Insecticides	TC
58	4-indol-3-ylbutyric acid	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
59	Indol-3-ylacetic acid	1	Plant Growth Regulators	TC
60	Propineb	1	Fungicides	TK
61	Glyphosate	1	Herbicides	TK
62	Physcion	1	Fungicides	TK
63	Paenibacillus polymyxa P1	1	Fungicides	TK
64	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Xl 96-3	1	Fungicides	TK
65	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens KN-527	1	Fungicides	TK
66	ar-Turmerone	1	Fungicides	TK
67	Bacillus velezensis C17271	1	Fungicides	TK
68	Trichoderma harzianum TH7	1	Fungicides	TK
69	Bacillus subtilis HT1902	1	Fungicides	TK
70	Bacillus velezensis M173	1	Fungicides	TK

*TC: Technical material;

TK: Technical concentrate.

Manufacturers

Table 2 lists the manufacturers with the most approved TGAIs in 2024, all of which are Chinese companies. The company with the largest number of registrations is Shandong Weifang Rainbow, with seven.

Table 2 Top 8 Enterprises Ranking for the Number of Approved TGAIs in 2024

No.	Company Name	Number	Active Ingredient
1	Shandong Weifang Rainbow Chemical Co. Ltd.	7	4-indol-3-ylbutyric acid、Cyflumetofen、24-epibrassinolide、Tebuthiuron、28-homobrassinolide、Pyroxasulfone、Glufosinate-p
2	Hubei Taisen Chemical Co., Ltd.	4	Glyphosate、Glufosinate-p、Topramezone、Glufosinate-ammonium
3	Hebei Shanli Chemical Co., Ltd	4	Terbutryn、Terbuthylazine、Enadenine、Topramezone
4	Jiangsu Zhongqi Technology Co., Ltd.	4	Tebuthiuron、Diafenthiuron、Sulfentrazone、Prothioconazole
5	Synwill Nantong Chemical Co., Ltd.	3	Pinoxaden、Fluxapyroxad、Spirotetramat
6	Shandong Aokun Crop Science Co.,Ltd.	3	Diafenthiuron、Tembotrione、Glufosinate-p
7	Shaanxi Nuozheng Biotechnology Co., Ltd.	3	Chlorantraniliprole、Kinetin、Topramezone
8	Shandong Jingbo Agrochemical Technology Co., Ltd.	3	Prothioconazole、Flufenacet、Oligosaccharins

The approved TGAIs in 2024 are all slightly toxic, low-toxic, and moderately toxic products. The new active ingredients are mainly microbial pesticides, which aligns with China's current advocacy of environmentally friendly pesticide development.

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