去年上半年cheminova农药销售额为17.26亿丹麦克郎(2.31亿美元),比2001年同期增长19%,税前利润增长43%,为1.16亿丹麦克郎。尽管上半年的销售额大幅增长,但由于南美的经济条件预计恶化,以及在美国棉象甲根治计划中杀虫剂的销售预计降低,公司预计全年的销售额将为3.25亿美元。公司称,上半年销售额的增加主要是由于公司的新产品,包括草甘膦、毒死蜱和杀菌剂flutriafol的增加,该杀菌剂是2001年3月从先正达公司购买的。欧洲的销售是满意的,由于“正常的”春季条件,以西班牙分公司业绩好,特别是由于杀菌剂flutriafol的销售好。在美国和加拿大,上半年该公司的杀虫剂销售满意,草甘膦的销售比预计的要好,在2001年实施的北美销售组织的扩大比预期更快地取得了改进效果,可是,冷 In the first half of last year, sales of cheminova pesticides amounted to 1.726 billion Danish kroner (231 million U.S. dollars), an increase of 19% over the same period of 2001. Pre-tax profit rose 43% to DKK 116 million. Despite a substantial increase in sales in the first half of the year, the company expects full-year sales of 325 million U.S. dollars, due to the expected deterioration in the economic conditions in South America and the anticipated drop in sales of pesticides in the Cotton Meerkat. The company said the increase in first half sales was mainly due to the company’s new products, including glyphosate, chlorpyrifos and the increase in flutriafol, a fungicide purchased from Syngenta in March 2001. Sales in Europe are satisfactory due to “normal ” spring conditions to good performance of the Spanish branch, especially due to sales of fungicide flutriafol. In the United States and Canada, sales of the company’s pesticides were satisfactory in the first half of the year, sales of glyphosate were better than expected, and expansion of sales organizations in North America implemented in 2001 improved more rapidly than expected, however