Table 1.
Growth in global annual turnover (US $ million) of neonicotinoid insecticides. Sales figures for 2003, 2005 & 2007 taken from http://www.agropages.com/BuyersGuide/category/ Neonicotinoid-Insecticide-Insight.html. Sales figures for 2009, and number of crop uses taken from (Jeschke et al. 2011). Products sorted by rank of sales in 2009
| Product | Crop uses | Company | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| imidacloprid | 140 | Bayer CropScience | 665 | 830 | 840 | 1091 |
| thiamethoxam | 115 | Syngenta | 215 | 359 | 455 | 627 |
| clothianidin | 40 | Sumitomo//Bayer CS | <30 | 162 | 365 | 439 |
| acetamiprid | 60 | Nippon Soda | 60 | 95 | 130 | 276 |
| thiacloprid | 50 | Bayer CropScience | <30 | 55 | 80 | 112 |
| dinotefuran | 35 | Mitsui Chemicals | <30 | 40 | 60 | 79 |
| nitenpyram | 12 | Sumitomo | 45 | <10 | <10 | 8 |