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. 2021 Jan 25;28(21):26628–26642. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-12283-w

Table 2.

Sales of pesticides in EU in 2018

Specification Fungicides and bacteriocides Herbicides, haulm destructors and moss killers Insecticides and acaricides Molluscicides Plant growth regulators Other plant protection products
(tonnes)
Belgium 2458 2648 476 16 269 769
Bulgaria 1798 2607 593 (c) 18 25
Czechia 1755 2572 292 8 265 287
Denmark 484 1905 44 15 202 1
Germany 11,682 14,533 16,237 154 2138 181
Estonia 107 428 29 (c) 73 (c)
Ireland 602 1833 29 10 161 17
Greece 1729 1833 1009 2 119 169
Spain 38,067 16,593 6488 (c) 195 (c)
France 39,087 34,392 5728 385 3567 1811
Croatia 767 718 127 2 80 4
Italy 31,539 6880 1653 36 475 13,455
Cyprus 823 161 151 2 0 47
Latvia 213 965 36 5 355 13
Lithuania 677 1054 57 (c) 262 (c)
Luxembourg (c) 54 (c) 0 8 (c)
Hungary 3535 3824 787 1 169 219
Malta 83 3 3 1 0 (c)
Netherlands 4288 2978 243 11 386 1476
Austria 2269 1277 1569 6 84 75
Poland 7992 11,371 1770 (c) 1609 415
Portugal 4335 1939 675 11 3 1095
Romania 4542 5188 1012 5 313 48
Slovenia 849 257 55 2 5 4
Slovakia 676 1329 151 1 268 65
Finland 3814 982 21 1 68 14
Sweden 223 1483 94 (c) 50 22