Mar. 24, 2015 Source:AgroPages.com Import specifics According to the data released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs, pesticide import volume in January dropped by 2.9% to 9 thousand tons, with import value up by 21.6% to $86.5 million. In terms of catorgory, the volume of fungicide import decreased by 2.2% to 2 thousand tons, with value up 26.2% to $35.1 million.Herbicide import volume was down by 7.9% to 4 thousand tons, while the value largely increased 36.8% to $26.6 million.Insecticide volume was 1 thousand tons, with value down by 18.7% to $13.1 million. Export specifics Pesticide export volume in January declined by 7.7% to 114 thousand tons, with value down by 14.7% to $371.3 million. Herbicide export volume fell by 8% to 84 thousand tons and value dropped by 17.8% to $245 million. Fungicide volume decreased by 5.8% to 7 thousand with value of $42.7 million. Insecticide volume dropped by 6.8% to 19 thousand tons with value down by 11.7% to $75.7 million.