Most sold pesticides
Highest selling active ingredients in Brazil in 2016
SALES
(in thousands of
metric tons)
SUBSTANCE
TYPE
GLYPHOSATE
herbicide
185.6
2.4-D
herbicide
53.4
MANCOZEBE
fungicide
33.3
ATRAZINE
herbicide
28.6
ACEPHATE
insecticide and acaricide
24.8
CARBENDAZIM
fungicide
13.3
PARAQUAT
herbicide
11.6
IMIDACLOPRID
neonicotinoid
9.1
Banned in the European Union
SOURCE IBAMA
