Pesticides Use - Classification
Pesticides refer to insecticides, mineral oils, herbicides, fungicides and bactericides, fungicides, plant growth regulators, rodenticides and a
for preventing, destroying or controlling any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals caus
production, processing, storage, transport or marketing of food, agricultural commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or s
the control of insects, arachnids or other pests in or on their bodies. The term includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regula
preventing the premature fall of fruit, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deteriorat
FAOSTAT
Item
Item Code
1357 Pesticides (total)
Pesticide type refers to the type of activity/target organism for which the pesticide is used.
1309 Insecticides (incl. acaricides, molluscicides and nematicides)
1316 Mineral Oils
1320 Herbicides (including defoliants and desiccants)
1331 Fungicides and Bactericides
1352 Fungicides - Seed treatments
1353 Insecticides - Seed Treatments
1341 Plant Growth Regulators
1345 Rodenticides
1355 Other Pesticides, nes
Chemical group refers to the chemical group that share a common nature and biochemical mode of action. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use
1310 Insecticides - Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
1311 Insecticides - Organo-phosphates
1312 Insecticides - Carbamates
1313 Insecticides - Pyrethroids
1314 Insecticides - Botanical products and biologicals
1315 Insecticides - Other
1321 Herbicides - Phenoxy hormone products
1322 Herbicides - Triazines
1323 Herbicides - Amides
1324 Herbicides - Carbamates
1325 Herbicides - Dinitroanilines
1326 Herbicides - Urea derivates
1328 Herbicides - Sulfonyl ureas
1329 Herbicides - Bipiridils
1330 Herbicides - Uracil
1327 Herbicides - Other
1332 Fung & Bact - Inorganics
1333 Fung & Bact - Dithiocarbamates
1334 Fung & Bact - Benzimidazoles
1335 Fung & Bact - Triazoles, diazoles
1336 Fung & Bact - Diazines, morpholines
1337 Fung & Bact - Other
1317 Seed Treat Fung - Dithiocarbamates
1318 Seed Treat Fung - Benzimidazoles
1319 Seed Treat Fung - Triazoles, diazoles
1338 Seed Treat Fung - Botanical products and biologicals
1339 Seed Treat Fung - Other
1340 Seed Treat Insect - Organo-phosphates
1342 Seed Treat Insect - Carbamates
1343 Seed Treat Insect - Pyrethroids
1344 Seed Treat Insect - Other
1346 Rodenticides - Anti-coagulants
1348 Rodenticides - Cyanide Generators
1349 Rodenticides - Hypercalcaemics
1350 Rodenticides - Narcotics
1347 Rodenticides - Other
1351 Disinfectants
actericides, fungicides, plant growth regulators, rodenticides and any other substance or mixture of substances intended
man or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals causing harm during or otherwise interfering with the
al commodities, wood and wood products or animal feedstuffs, or substances which may be administered to animals for
erm includes substances intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant or agent for thinning fruit or
her before or after harvest to protect the commodity from deterioration during storage and transport.
Description
Total pesticides, covering insecticides, fungicides and bactericides (including seed treatments),
herbicides, plant growth regulators, rodenticides, mineral oils, disinfectants and others.
pesticide is used.
Substances used to kill or repel insects. It includes acaricides, molloscicides and nematicides, used to kill
mites, snails and slugs, and nematodes, respectively.
Petroleum-derived oils that are used to manage pests and diseases of plants. Petroleum oils may be
referred to by many names, including horticultural oil, spray oil, dormant oil, summer oil, supreme oil,
superior oil, Volck oil or white mineral oil.
Herbicides are substances used to destroy or inhibit the growth of plants, such as weeds. It includes
defoliants, used to remove plant foliage, and desiccants, used to remove water from living plant tissue.
Fungicides are substances that destroy or inhibit the growth of fungi and Bactericides are substances that
kill bacteria.
Fungicidal elements of seed treatments - Seed treatment refers to the application of fungicide, insecticide,
or a combination of both, to seeds so as to disinfect and disinfest them from seed-borne or soil-borne
pathogenic organisms and storage insects.
Insecticidal elements of seed treatments - Seed treatment refers to the application of fungicide,
insecticide, or a combination of both, to seeds so as to disinfect and disinfest them from seed-borne or
soil-borne pathogenic organisms and storage insects.
Natural or synthetic substance used for controlling or modifying plant growth processes without reducing
nutritive value or causing severe phytotoxicity.
Rodenticides are substances that kill, repel or control rodents
Pesticides not included in any of the classes listed above.
re and biochemical mode of action. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use classification cover the following chemical groups:
The organochlorines are insecticides that contain carbon (thus organo-), hydrogen, and chlorine. They are
also known by other names: chlorinated hydrocarbons, chlorinated organics, chlorinated insecticides, and
chlorinated synthetics.
Generic term for pesticides containing phosphorus but commonly used to refer to insecticides consisting
of acetylcholinesterase inhibiting esters of phosphate or thiophosphate.
The carbamate insecticides are derivatives of carbamic acid. Carbamate compounds act similarly to
organophosphorus compounds, by inhibiting cholinesterase, affecting the passage of nerve impulses
between cells.
Pyrethroid compounds act on nerves, prolonging stimulation. They pass easily through the cuticle of
insects. They are highly bioactive and often used at high dilution.
Botanical pesticide - Chemical with pesticidal activity that is produced naturally within a plant.
Biopesticide - Biological agents with pesticidal activity (e.g., Bacillus thuringiensis).
Includes all other types of Insecticides not covered above
The phenoxy herbicides have complex mechanisms of action resembling those of auxins (growth
hormones). They affect cellular division, activate phosphate metabolism, and modify nucleic acid
metabolism.
The triazines, which are six-member rings containing three nitrogens (the prefix tri- means “three”) and
azine (a nitrogen-containing ring) make up the heterocyclic nitrogens. Triazines are strong inhibitors of
photosynthetic electron transport.
The amide herbicides have diverse biological properties. Amides are sometimes grouped with the
chloroacetamides.
The carbamates are esters of carbamic acid, and some representatives are active as herbicides, and
some as fungicides or insecticides.
Dinitroanilines are a class of chemical compounds derived from both aniline and dinitrobenzenes. There
are six isomers: 2,3-dinitroaniline, 2,4-dinitroaniline, 2,5-dinitroaniline, 2,6-dinitroaniline, 3,4-dinitroaniline,
and 3,5-dinitroaniline.
Derivatives of urea, i.e. compounds containing any of the groups, the nitrogen atoms not being part of
nitro or nitroso groups having nitrogen atoms of urea groups singly-bound to oxygen atoms
The sulfonylureas are meristematic inhibitors with both foliar and soil activity which control broadleaf
weeds better than grasses. They function by interfering with biosynthesis of the amino acids valine,
isoleucine, and leucine.
Family of chemical compounds consisting of two pyridyl rings. Pyridine is an aromatic nitrogen-containing
heterocycle that forms complexes with most transition metals. The action of these herbicides occurs
through positive ions, naturally dissociated, which are reduced by photosynthesis to form stable free
radicals. These free radicals are then oxidized to reform the original ion and hydrogen peroxide which
destroys plant tissue.
The uracils inhibit photosynthesis by blocking the Hill reaction, as do the ureas and triazines. They are
usually applied to the soil and move in the transpiration stream.
Includes all other types of Herbicides not covered above
Fungicide made from inorganic substances such as sulphur.
Functional group in organic chemistry. It is the analog of a carbamate in which both oxygen atoms are
replaced by sulfur atoms (when only 1 oxygen is replaced the result is thiocarbamate).
Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, with parent structures of thiabendazole and/or benzimidazole.
Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, with molecular formula C3H4N2 (diazoles) C2H3N3 (triazoles)
inhibiting the biosynthesis of ergosterol which is a major component of the plasma membrane of certain
fungi and needed for fungal growth.
A group of organic compounds with molecular formula C4H4N2, with three isomers: pyridazine,
pyrimidine, pyrazine. Morpholines belong to a broad group of fungicides often referred to as sterol
biosynthesis inhibitors (SBI).
Includes all other types of Fungicides and Bactericides not covered above
Dithiocarbamates Fungicides used to treat seeds.
Benzimidazoles Fungicides used to treat seeds.
Triazoles, diazoles Fungicides used to treat seeds.
Botanical products and biologicals used to treat seeds.
Includes all other types of Seed Treatment Fungicides not covered above
Organo-phosphates insecticides used to treat seeds.
Carbamates insecticides used to treat seeds.
Pyrethroids insecticides used to treat seeds.
Includes all other types of Seed Treatment Insecticides not covered above
Anticoagulants are defined as chronic rodenticides, acting by effective blocking of the vitamin K cycle,
resulting in inability to produce essential blood-clotting factors — mainly coagulation factors II
(prothrombin) and VII (proconvertin).
Any salt of hydrocyanic acid. Cyanides contain the ion CN– and are extremely poisonous
Affect the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus and cause severe metabolic disturbance.
Substances that cause drowsiness and lethargy, generally acting by slowing down the metabolism of the
rodent. Death usually results from hypothermia.
Includes all other types of Rodenticides not covered above
Pesticides Trade - Classification
FAOSTAT
Item
Item Code
1357 Pesticides (total)
1416 Insecticides
1417 Fungicides
1418 Herbicides
1419 Disinfectants, etc
1443 Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.)
1445 Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.)
1444 Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.)
1446 Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.)
1442 Hazardous pesticides
1449 DDT (clofenotane (INN))
1450 Antimalarial insecticides
1437 2,4,5-T and its salts and esters
1452 Alachlor
1441 Aldicarb, captafol & methamidophos
1426 Aldrin, Chlordane, Heptachlor
1453 Azinphos-methyl
1435 Binapacryl
1440 Chlordimeform
1436 Chlorobenzilate
1448 Compounds of mercury chemically defined, excluding amalgams
1427 DDT, Hexachlorobenzene
1433 Dieldrin
1434 Dinoseb acetate
1430 Dinoseb and its salts
1431 DNOC and its salts
1451 Endosulfan
1424 Ethylene dibromide (1,2-dibromoethane)
1423 Ethylene dichloride
1439 Fluoroacetamide, monocrotophos & phosphamidon
1425 HCH (mixed isomers) / Lindane
1422 Mercury compounds etc. excl. amalgams
1432 Oxirane (ethylene oxide)
1438 Parathion & parathion-methyl
1428 Pentachlorophenol
1429 Salts of Pentachlorophenol
1447 Tributyltin compounds
Description
Total pesticides, covering insecticides, fungicides and bactericides (including seed treatments), herbicides, plant
growth regulators, rodenticides, mineral oils, disinfectants and others.
Trade covering insecticides as described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 3808.10.
Trade covering fungicides as described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 3808.20.
Trade covering herbicides as described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 3808.30.
Trade covering disinfectants and others, as described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 3808.40,90.
Trade covering insecticides as described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 3808.91.
Trade covering herbicides as described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 3808.93.
Trade covering fungicides as described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 3808.92.
Trade covering disinfectants and others, as described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 3808.94,99.
Trade covering goods as described by Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 3808.50 (HS 07 - 12) and 3808.59
(HS 17).
Trade covering DDT (clofenotane (INN)) in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g
Trade covering Insecticides and the like for indoor residual spraying described by the Harmonized Coding System
(HS 17) codes 380861, 380862 and 380869.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 2918.91.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 2924.25.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2930.50 (HS 07 - HS 12) and
2930.80 (HS 17).
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2903.52 (HS 07) and 2903.82
(HS 12 - HS 17).
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 2933.92.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2916.36 (HS 07) and 2916.16
(HS 12 - 17).
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 2925.21.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 2918.18.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) code 2852.10.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2903.62 (HS 92 - HS 07) and
2903.92 (HS 12 - HS 17).
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2910.40.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2915.36.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2908.91.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2908.99 (HS 07 version only) and
2908.92 (HS 12 - HS 17).
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2920.30.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2903.31.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2903.15.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2924.12.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2903.51. (HS 92 - HS 07) and
2903.81 (HS 12 - HS 17).
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2852.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2910.10.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2920.11.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2908.11.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2908.19.
Trade covering goods described by the Harmonized Coding System (HS) codes 2931.20.
