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Management Discussion
and Analysis
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Segment and Performance & Other Chemicals Segment.
Segment: Life Science Chemicals
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The performance and other details of the Businesses are given below:
Crop Protection
Products
Fungicides, Herbicides, Insecticides, Others
Crop Protection Business mainly comprises Fungicides,
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customers belonging to Agriculture industry for the protection
of crops. The Business comprises about 14 products and 44
formulations. It is not into Seeds which is now becoming an
important input for Agriculture industry.
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244 cr and formed 63% of the total. Growth on account of
volume was 17%. Sales from new products and formulations
were
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chemicals is estimated at US$ 1 bn and is growing at about 5%.
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sales of more than US$ 100 mn.
The main user industry, namely, Agriculture, is growing
well because of increasing population on the one hand and
improving standard of living on the other. The Company
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its presence in other countries, particularly in Africa and
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formulations.
Floods or famines will adversely affect the demand. Registration
costs are high in certain countries. Fluctuations in foreign
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in their manufacture and use.