日本2002农药年度农药销售继续下降,按照到2002年9月30日止的农药年度计,销售额3353亿日元(26.60亿美元),比上一年下降6.4%,按销售量计,25.8万吨,下降7.8%(根据日本作物保护协会-JCPA,在日本化学周报上报道的数字)。各类产品销售都下降,水稻用药再次受到政府的减少水稻生产政策,以及改成低用量剂型的影响,自从1994年日本农药市场达到峰值(3950亿日元)以来,持续下降,现 Japan 2002 Annual sales of pesticides for pesticides continued to decline. Based on the annual pesticide prices as of September 30, 2002, sales amounted to 335.3 billion yen (2.66 billion U.S. dollars), a decrease of 6.4% over the previous year. Based on the sales volume, 258,000 Tonne, a decrease of 7.8% (according to the Japan Chemical Weekly reported by JCPA, Japan Crop Protection Association). Sales of various types of products have been declining. Once again, the use of rice medicine has been reduced by the government’s rice production policy and the effect of the switch to low-dosage formulations. Since the Japanese pesticide market peaked in 1994 (¥ 395 billion), it has been declining