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Glyphosate is the world's biggest herbicide and most of it is made in China. This is the official Chinese factory-market price for glyphosate technical (the raw active before it's made into your 450 or 540), the best early signal for where drum prices are heading.

China glyphosate technical price

28,250 RMB/t ≈ A$6,079/t (A$6.08/kg)

95% technical, late Sep 2026 · +2.8% on a year ago · 15-month range 23,679–35,000 RMB/t

Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, Market prices of important means of production in circulation (10-day survey, published 8 Oct 2026). A$ conversion at RBA rate A$1 = 4.6469 CNY (2026-10-16). This is a China wholesale price for the raw active, not an Australian farmgate price for formulated product.

What's registered in Australia

Registered agricultural products containing each active (including mixes).

Glyphosate447 products
MCPA367 products
2,4-D217 products
Paraquat116 products
Clethodim97 products
Glufosinate86 products
Trifluralin82 products
Atrazine76 products

Check crops, weeds and rates on the label before you buy: search any product in the APVMA PubCRIS register.

Sourced from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) PubCRIS dataset at data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU, data as of 2026-10-01, accessed 16 Oct 2026.