|
|
Services
Since 2004, we have been slowly establishing our own brands and range of agricultural pesticides along with developing a strong team of Technical Sales Officers to provide quality field services to the farmers of Pakistan.
Crop Protection
The Pakistan crop protection industry is estimated at Rs. 22-24 billion. Over the past few years there have been a few hundred companies that have registered themselves as suppliers of pesticides making it a very competitive industry. The market leader with around 22% market share is Syngenta followed by Ali Akbar with a market share of 19%. The top multinationals in order of ranking after Syngenta are, Bayer Crop Sciences, FMC and Arysta Life Sciences. Due to immense competition and introduction of generic pesticides by local companies, recently two multinationals, Dow Agro Sciences and DuPont, have had to wind up their operations in Pakistan and hand their products over to other distributors.
COTTON MEALY BUG A REAL THREAT
Pesticide sales have always had a major share of UDL’s business. The business was initiated with the marketing, sales and distribution of Dow Agro Sciences (DAS) however we established ourselves as a major player in the agrochemical industry when we joined hands with FMC. We managed to become the second largest agrochemical behind Ceba (now Syngenta). However due to the immense growth in FMC’s business it was decided by management to hand over the sales and marketing activities to FMC, while UDL would handle distribution logistics and warehousing. We currently have a joint venture with FMC through a 40% shareholding in their local operations.
Along with FMC and DAS we have also had the privilege to team with Nichiman (now marketed by Arysta) and our latest partnership is with DuPont. DuPont is one of the leading R&D companies in the world. They have a strong portfolio of products with the most innovative molecules in crop protection today.
NEXT PAGE ...
|
|
|
Crop Protection
