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Brazil: 10 Companies Responsible for 60% of Lawsuits to Expedite Pesticide Approval

03 June 2025, Brazil: The pesticide registration process in Brazil involves three ministries: Anvisa – responsible for health, Ibama – responsible for the environment, and the Ministry of Agriculture – responsible for agronomic recommendations, and finally, for issuing the registration.

Flavio Hirata

For a product to be sold, its technical product must be approved, which takes an average of 4 to 5 years. However, in some cases it can take 10 or even 18 years. Only after the technical product registration is approved, the formulated product process becomes eligible for evaluation, which takes an average of 4 to 6 years to be approved.

Considering the growth of agriculture in Brazil, whether in terms of expanding the cultivated area and/or increasing yields; the high demand for inputs in the farms; the possibility of three harvests in the same area per year; the investment for registration – currently around US$ 50 thousand for performing technical and formulated products’ GLP laboratory tests; companies have increasingly opted to anticipate registration approvals through lawsuits. In these cases, when the courts rule in favor of the lawsuit, the ministries have a period of time defined by the judge, usually around 30 to 90 days, to conclude the registration evaluations. This allows companies to make their products available on the market ahead of their competitors, who will continue to wait in the queue for analysis.

Between 2019 and 2024, the companies that benefited most from lawsuits were RAINBOW, CROPCHEM, TECNOMYL, OURO FINO, ADAMA, SYNCROM, IHARABRAS, CHDS, PERTERRA and SYNGENTA, totaling 213 evaluation approvals (by Anvisa and/or Ibama), or 59.17% of a total of 360 cases.

Companies with the most lawsuits to speed up pesticide evaluations (2019 – 2024)

#CompanyEvaluation Approvals%
1RAINBOW4813.33%
2CROPCHEM4311.94%
3TECNOMYL205.56%
4OURO FINO195.28%
5ADAMA154.17%
6SYNCROM154.17%
7IHARABRAS143.89%
8CHDS133.61%
9PERTERRA133.61%
10SYNGENTA133.61%
 Other companies14740.83%
 TOTAL360100
Source: Anvisa; Ibama; adapted by AllierBrasil

In the last 6 years, there were 360 ​​evaluations approved by Anvisa and/or Ibama in compliance with court decisions. Of these, 153 were Anvisa + Ibama; 68 were Ibama only, and 139 were Anvisa only.

The number of lawsuits has been increasing over the last 6 years. Between 2019 and 2024, there was a 283% increase in approvals through lawsuits by Anvisa, and 1,933% by Ibama.

Only after approval by Anvisa and Ibama the registration is approved by the Ministry of Agriculture. In the last three years, 29% to 35% of the registrations of generic pesticides were approved through lawsuits. Data from the first three months of 2025 confirm this trend, according to a survey carried out by AllierBrasil.

The complete list of registrations approved by the Ministry of Agriculture through lawsuits is part of the report “Lawsuits and Registration Process in Brazil, 2025”, unpublished, elaborated by AllierBrasil.

Considering the importance of the subject for pesticide registration, this topic will be the subject of a lecture at the 16th Brasil AgrochemShow, to be held on August 12th and 13th, at Expo Center Norte, in São Paulo, Brazil.

List of evaluation approvals after lawsuits by company/brand name/year of approval in alphabetical order by company

CompanyBrand NameApproval YearEvaluation approvals
AnvisaIbama
ADAMAFANTASTIC SUPRA2023 15 (4.17%)
ARQUERO2021 
ARMERO OD 2024
DT-CE-MPP-460-23T 2024
ALLURE BR20242024
BALTIC20242024
CRONNOS ULTRA OD20242024
ADM.03504.I.1.A20242024
CROPPER BR20222022
KLINNER BR20222022
LANCET20222022
CROPPER20212021
FORASTEIRO20212021
JUMBO BR20212021
ARREMATE20202020
AGROALLIANZCARPIDORA2024 1
ALAMOSGLIFOSATO K 660 SL ALAMOS 20243
GLUFOSINATO 200 SL ALAMOS20242023
DIQUATE 200 SL ALAMOS20232022
ALBAUGHMARLOX TRI2023 12 (3.33%)
TRINEXAPAQUE-ETÍLICO EC ALBAUGH 012022 
BALUARTE 2024
ISOXAFLUTOL 750 WG ALBAUGH 2021
CYBORG20242024
ACETAMIPRIDO+BIFENTRINA SC ALBAUGH 0120232023
GALOPEIRO20232023
AZOXISTROBINA+CIPROCONAZOL+OXICLORETO DE COBRE SC ALBAUGH 0120222022
GHALOR20222022
LANFOR PRO20222022
MARLOX FS20212021
SHADOW K20202020
ALLIERBRASILCLORPIRIFÓS SM 480 EC2024 9 (2.50%)
OLASOJA WG2024 
SUNPHOSATE 757 WG2024 
DIQUATE 200 SL DEZHOU I 2023
TRACKING 720 WG 2022
OLASOJA 500 SC20232023
PROTERRA 200 SL20222022
MAXAPAC 250 EC20202020
SENHA WG20202020
ALTAAUDACE202320222
FLUMIOXAZINA ALTA 500 SC20222022
ANASACBUDBREAK 52 SL 20231
AVGUSTAUG 134 20223
TANREK 500 SC 2022
ZAPRET SC 2021
BIORISKARAPOTY2024 4 (1.11%)
MAXIPIR2024 
MAXUTOL 750 WG2024 
OLAZONA 360 CS2024 
BRAAVENCA 100 EC2020 9 (2.50%)
KANTOR 1000 EC2020 
LIMPA2020 
PERAK 100 EC2020 
TORA2020 
GLIALL2019 
GRAVO2019 
LISTAR2019 
TRYTOR20212021
BRILLIANCECLETODIM 360 EC BRILLIANCE 20242
CLETODIM 240 EC BRILLIANCE20242024
CAC2,4-D + PICLORAM CAC2024 3
BRAULTRA 720 SC20222022
GUARDANIL 720 SC20212021
CCABLAMBDA CIALOTRIN CCAB 250 CS2022 1
CHDSALPES 970 SG2024 13 (3.61%)
FARAÓ2024 
LAKE2024 
FORCEPS2023 
FLASHER 2024
OCA 2024
ECLIPSE20242024
ALVOFIX20232023
GLIFOSATO CHDS 720 WG20232023
PRIMORDIM20232023
QUATY20232023
TUCANO20232023
MACROQUAT 200 SL20212021
CROPCHEMCLODINAFOPE 240 EC CROPCHEM II2024 43 (11.94%)
DHARMA 100 SL2024 
HATHOR 400 EC2024 
TACUAR 240 EC2024 
EMERITUX MAX 720 SC2023 
HARBIN 500 WG2023 
SAPEK 200 SL2023 
TESLA 750 WG2023 
PERSEUS 240 SC2022 
PROEZA DUO2022 
ABAMECTINA 72 EC CROPCHEM2021 
CLORFENAPIR 240 SC2021 
SAPEK MAX2021 
WIKING 600 WG2021 
MARAGATO 500 EC2021 
MOSAICO EC2020 
PRILAN 250 SC2020 
VERDUM WG2020 
ZUTRON 250 WP2020 
CLOMAZONA 500 EC CROPCHEM2019 
IRADO 800 WG2019 
KANER 800 WG2019 
KASAN 800 WP2019 
SEVARE DUO 2024
EMERITUS MAX 720 SC 2021
LACANO 200 SL 2021
PROPICONAZOL 500 EC CROPCHEM 2021
CHARRUA MAX SC20242024
PERCY DUO EC20242024
FLUMIOXAZINA 500 WP CROPCHEM20232024
PEÃO 200 EC20232024
PERSEUS DUO20222024
TIMBER 500 SC20232023
PROEZA 480 EC20222023
MINOS CAPS 360 CS20212023
PANZER DUO WG20232022
BOKSIA 300 WG20222022
CROPCARE SC20222022
GINETE 212 SL20232021
ASLAN SL20212021
OSBAR DUO20212021
PANZER MAX 750 WG20212021
LIVENKO 500 SC20202020
CRYSTAL AGROSERVAL 970 SG 20211
DE SANGOSSEIRONMAX PRO 20241
DINAGROGLUFORCE 20211
DORAIDORAI202120211
FUHUAGLIFUMAX 72% HL 20233
GLIFOX MAX K20232023
GLIFUMAX20232023
GENBRACAPEX2024 2
GENBRASEQUEST2020 
GENOMAGARANHÃO EC2024 1
GLOBACHEMALON202220221
GREENUPFICO2022 1
HELMPREDADOR2019 2
HELMHDB 27620222022
HELVAHDB 239202320231
IHARABRASIHF 02192022 14 (3.89%)
XEQUE MATE HT2021 
MAGNETO SC2019 
ALVOFIX II 2024
SHODAN 2022
DORAI MAX 2021
STRIKE 2020
FEAT20232023
BURNER20222022
KANPAI20222022
PRIMACY20222022
SONDA HT20222022
TARGA MAX HT20222022
SONDA20202020
INDOFILINDOZEB 750 WG2019 2
PREVENTIS20232023
ISKNISSHIN 40 SC 20211
LANDRINLANDRIN202220221
LEMMASPIRODICLOFEN 240 G/L SC2024 2
TRICLOPYR-BUTOTYL 667 g/L EC2024 
MEGHMANIMOL BIFENTHRIN 100 EC202420241
NORTOXAMICARBAZONE NORTOX2022 11 (3.06%)
DIQUATE NORTOX2022 
THUMB-TACK NORTOX2021 
PROTECTION NORTOX2020 
TRICLOPIR NORTOX2020 
CARFENTRAZONE NORTOX 2021
   
FLUROXIPIR NORTOX 200 EC 2020
NOWEED NORTOX20212021
CLOROTALONIL NORTOX20202020
METOMIL 215 SL NORTOX20202020
PASTURE NORTOX20202020
OURO FINODOTTE2024 19 (5.28%)
IMMEDIATUS2024 
PODERUS2021 
ESTEIO2020 
GRANDEBR ULTRA2020 
ATLASBR 2021
IMIDACLOPRIDO 600 FS OURO FINO 2021
UNANIME BR 2019
TRATTARE20232024
INÉDITO20232023
ARBUST20222022
GARROTEBR20222022
SENSUS20222022
TERRA FORTE NF20232021
DISTINTOBR20212021
PONTUAL20212021
OFF ROAD20202020
TEBURAZ20202020
TRIX 25020202020
OXIQUÍMICANATIVO PLUS 20247 (1.94%)
OXI 0111 BF (CLONE A) 2024
PATRIOTA 2024
GIFT 2023
IPPON 2023
OXI 0104 BF 2023
OXI 0111 BF 2023
OXONSIRTAKI 360 CS2021 4 (1.11%)
CLICK PRO20242024
CORTINA GOLD20242024
CLICK20202020
PARTNER AGROSERVICEPARAPENTE2022 2
PARACHUTE20222022
PERTERRAPIRIPROXIFEN 100 EC PERTERRA2024 13 (3.61%)
2,4-D C 806 SL PERTERRA 2024
GLIFOSATO 720 WG PERTERRA 2024
SULFENTRAZONE 500 SC PERTERRA 2023
FLUAZINAM 800 WG PERTERRA 2022
CLETHODIM R 240 EC PERTERRA 2022
ATRAZINA 900 WG PERTERRA20242024
EREDITÀ20242024
LUFENURON 50 EC PERTERRA20242024
S-METOLACLOR 960 EC PERTERRA20232023
CLOROTALONIL C 720 SC PERTERRA20222022
GLUFOSINATO 200 SL PERTERRA20222022
TRICLOPIR 667 EC PERTERRA20222022
PILARQUIMPILAREG 20241
PLURIEVAPORPH3OS PHOSPHINE FUMIGANT2020 1
PROPHYTORALBUZIN 480 SC2019 1
PROREGISTROSCLEFANDIM 240 EC2024 10 (2.78%)
CLEFANDIM 360 EC2024 
DK PLUS2020 
GLUFOSINATO 200 SL LIER 2024
BESTAR 280 SL20242024
BESTAR 500 SG20242024
GLUFOS-WYN 88020242024
TRICLOPYR 480 EC LIER20242024
GLYSATE 608 PRO20232023
SUNPHOSATE PREMIER20232023
PROTECPROTECPHOS 56202120231
RAINBOWACEWAY2024 48 (13.33%)
ATESALOR XTRA2024 
COMPRAY FULL2024 
ESIFON FULL2024 
HOPROLE2024 
KROMSTAR2024 
COMPRENIL MIXX2023 
FULLGUARD2023 
PIZIN XTRA2023 
TRUSINATE XTRA2023 
CONFERIN2022 
METRARO2022 
TRICLOMAX2022 
DYNAST2021 
BASTNATE2020 
GLUFAIR2020 
PICLORAM 240 SL RAINBOW2020 
SUNPASS2020 
SUNPAX2020 
SUNWARD2020 
WIDCLEAR2020 
CAPTIVE2019 
ENTOAR2019 
GLUCARE2019 
RAINVEL XTRA2019 
WINOUT XTRA 2021
CLOPANTO 2020
KINGSTAR XTRA 2020
SURRENA 2020
RICEPAL 2019
MESTRONG20242024
TORDPIC XTRA20242024
TORBAN20232024
ETHROLE20242023
POLESTAR XTRA20242023
COMPRAY20232023
ESBRILHA MIXX20232023
SUNGAIN PLUS20232023
TORBAN PLUS20232023
GLINT FULL20222022
GRASIDIM FULL20222022
METOMY20222022
SUNGAIN XTRA20222022
BASTNATE XTRA20212021
CLECT20212021
GRASIDIM20212021
TEMICAB XTRA20212021
MESOZINE XTRA20202020
RED SURCOSDEDALO ELITE202320231
ROTAMBITMEX 250 SL2023 6 (1.67%)
BRAVER2023 
EQUINOX2022 
FRENO 240 EC2019 
ROTAONE 500 SC20232023
BAZUKA DUO20212021
SABEROEMZEB PLATINA2020 1
SINONPOTENZA SINON PLUS 36 EC2022 2
KITTER2021 
SM AGROCAREGRANULUM 20241
SOLUSACEFATO SOLUS 970 SG2024 10 (2.78%)
CIPROCONAZOL SOLUS 400 SC2024 
ZETA 106 SL2024 
FLUMIOXAZIM 480 SC SOLUS2023 
DIQUAT CROP 200 SL2021 
BRADOOCK 72 WG BR 2024
MESOTRIONA SOLUS 480 SC20242024
ACETA CROP 200 SP20232023
S-METOLACLOR 960 EC SOLUS20232023
ROYAL 900 WG20202020
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL LONGAR 480 EC2022 1
SYNCROMRIDGE 88 SG2024 15 (4.17%)
BATUCO2023 
DIQUAT VANON 200 SL2022 
HIGHPHOS2022 
WEEDFIRE2022 
WEEDCLEAN 2023
WEEDFORCE 2022
DOMADO 88 SG20242024
GLIFOSATO WG NGC20242024
DICAVEL20222023
PUPENDO20222023
AGROSBAN20222022
CROPSHIELD20222022
DOMADO 200 SL20222022
GEMPOX20222022
SYNGENTAEDDUS EC2022 13 (3.61%)
MINECTO PRD2020 
BRAVO TOP2019 
FRONDEO 2024
LONGGOR 2024
MIRAVIS OPTI 2024
ORONDIS OPTI 2024
EDDUS 2021
ELATUS ERA20242024
ELATUS ERA EC20212021
FLEXSTAR GT20212021
NEW ELATUS 120212021
PROCLAIM FIT 45 WG20202020
TECNOMYLALLEVY2023 20 (5.56%)
ACARIGEN2022 
ADVER 240 SC2021 
JUDOKA SUPER 250 CS2021 
KOLYNA2021 
SANDAL 200 SP2021 
TECNUP PREMIUM 6202021 
LUXER2021 
AVERT MAX 2024
EDGE 2024
FAVORITO 2024
TRIPLIX 2024
GLIFOSATO 720 WG TECNOMYL 2021
ORSA 400 EC20242024
ARCEUS20232023
RESPECTOR20232023
TECNUP SUPER 60820232023
CLOROTALONIL 720 SC TECNOMYL20222023
TRIPLEC20222022
VALLEX20222022
TRADECORPCARIMBO 360 CS2024 8 (2.22%)
ALMADA PRO2023 
ETYLIT WG2021 
HEXITIAZOXI SAPEC 500 WP2020 
MESTRE 2021
ZAMBRA 2020
BORDALO PRO20222022
DIAFENTIUROM SAPEC 500 SC20192019
UPLUPL 1014 FP2022 2
UPL 2112 FP 2024
XINGFA E WENDAGLIFA 720 WG202420241
YONONETHIPROLE 200 SC YONON202420241
ZHONGSHANFLAIL 480 SC2024 3
MESOFORCE2024 
TELUX20222022
Source: Anvisa; Ibama; adapted by AllierBrasil

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