Exceptional growth for agrochemical majors in 2008
More than three-quarters of the world’s 20 leading agrochemical companies recorded sales increases of more than 15% in dollar terms in 2008. It was an exceptional year for the agrochemical industry and it could have been even better if growth had not slowed in the fourth quarter as the global economic downturn impacted results. All of the top six multinationals recorded higher rates of growth than in the previous year ( Agrow No 563, p 3).