由于杀虫剂和杀菌剂的需求增加,到2003年3月31日止的上半年,日本农药公司的非合并农药销售额增长27.2%,为191.36亿日元(1.61亿美元)。总的合并销售额增长21.2%,为199.49亿日元(见表1)。上半年合并的境外销售增长23.6%,为29.07亿日元。主要的增加在殴洲和亚洲,但北美销售下降60%(见表2)。到2002年9月30日止的2002年,非合并的销售额 Due to the increased demand for pesticides and bacteriocides, Japanese non-consolidated pesticide sales of Japanese pesticide companies increased by 27.2% to 19.136 billion Japanese yen (161 million U.S. dollars) in the first half of the fiscal year ended March 31, The total consolidated sales increased 21.2% to 199.49 billion yen (see Table 1). In the first half of the year, the combined overseas sales increased by 23.6% to 2.907 billion yen. Major increases were in Assault Island and Asia, but sales in North America dropped 60% (see table 2). For the year ended September 30, 2002, non-consolidated sales