Brazil MAPA suspends a Chinese glyphosate factory source from all pesticide registrations

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• Flavio Hirata

  Mr. Flavio Hirata, MBA, agronomist, consultant from AllierBrasil. He can be reached at [email protected]. His Skype is: flavioyhirata.

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On December 11th, Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil, has suspended glyphosate factory source Jiangsu Yinyan Specialty Chemicals Co. Ltd., located in Zhoutie Town, Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, from all approved registrations. It includes technical and formulated products. Suspended registrations by MAPA:

In addition to these registration suspensions, this source was also excluded from all other glyphosate approved registrations. According to MAPA the reason for the suspension was due to the deactivation of the factory. Based on this, it might impact pesticide registrations in Brazil, which factories have already been closed.