Lawsuits Expedite Pesticide Registration in Brazil

“In 2024, 103 approvals of chemical pesticide evaluations (Ibama and/or Anvisa) were based on lawsuits…”

30 April 2025, Brazil: Brazilian market is proportional to the size of its agriculture. Compared to other countries, access is less expensive, such as in the United States, Europe, India, and Japan. There is no data compensation (as in the US); the equivalence registration process, which allows registration of generic products based on a product of reference, has been in force for more than two decades, …

However, the time to obtain a product registration (technical + formulated) takes 7 to 12 years, and can even surpass 18 years.

Considering that it is possible to carry out up to three harvests per year, and taking into account 7 years for a registration approval, this period is equivalent to 21 harvests. In the meantime, resistance to the active ingredients may arise, which may lead products pending registration to become obsolete; or they may no longer have the same demand as 7 years earlier, at the time the company applied for registration.

For this reason, companies are increasingly resorting to lawsuits to speed up the registration process. This is based in the Law that establishes deadlines for evaluation conclusions. If the deadlines have not been met by the regulatory agencies, Ibama, Anvisa and the Ministry of Agriculture, they will be subject to lawsuits by the registrant company to ensure that the deadlines are met.

Comparative Table of Evaluation Approvals of Formulated Chemical Products from 2023 to 2024

Approvals	2023	2024	2023 versus 2024
Anvisa
Total evaluation approvals	337	278	-17.51%
Approvals through lawsuits	55	69	+25.45%
Total / approvals through lawsuits	16.32%	24.82%	+8.5%
Ibama
Total evaluation approvals	371	506	+36.39%
Approvals through lawsuits	47	61	+29.79%
Total / approvals through lawsuits	12.67%	12.05%	-0.62%

The total of Chemical Formulated Products with evaluations [by Ibama and/or Anvisa] approved through lawsuits in 2024 was 103, with 27 products approved through lawsuits by both agencies during the period. In 2023, there were 73 approvals through lawsuits, while  29 products were approved through lawsuits by both agencies in the same year. Approved registrations mean faster market access.

In 2024, the companies that stood out with the most evaluation approvals of Formulated Chemical Products through lawsuits were Rainbow (11), Cropchem (10), Adama (7), Proregistros (7), representing 34% of the total.

Approvals of Toxicological and/or Environmental Evaluations of Chemical Formulated Products via Court Decision in 2024 by Company

As the global pesticide market becomes more competitive, which it has in recent years, foreign companies are increasingly focusing on Brazil, as it is a market with large volumes, extensive agricultural areas, advanced technology, and up to three annual harvests. The main gateway to accessing this market is through product registration. The longer the time for registration approvals, the more lawsuits become part of the regulatory process, reaching 30-35% of approvals of generic product registrations, according to a survey carried out by AllierBrasil. This, however, is a great disincentive for companies that chose conventional procedures to register their products, as, at the very least, they lose competitiveness.

In this way, the increase in lawsuits forms a vicious circle that can only be surpassed by reducing the time for registration approvals or by changing the legislation, reviewing the definitions of deadlines for completing evaluations

Approvals of Toxicological and/or Environmental Evaluations of Chemical Formulated Products Through Lawsuits in 2024

Company	Brand Name	Lawsuit (Agency)
ADAMA	ADM 03504.1.1.A	Anvisa
AGROALLIANZ	CARPIDORA	Anvisa
ALAMOS	GLUFOSINATO 200 SL ALAMOS	Anvisa
ALLIERBRASIL	OLASOJA WG	Anvisa
BIORISK	ARAPOTY	Anvisa
CAC	2,4-D + PICLORAM CAC	Anvisa
CHDS	ALPES 970 SG	Anvisa
CHDS	LAKE	Anvisa
CROPCHEM	CLODINAFOPE 240 EC CROPCHEM II	Anvisa
CROPCHEM	DHARMA 100 SL	Anvisa
CROPCHEM	HATHOR 400 EC	Anvisa
CROPCHEM	TACUAR 240 EC	Anvisa
GENBRA	CAPEX	Anvisa
OURO FINO	DOTTE	Anvisa
PROREGISTROS	CLEFANDIM 240 EC	Anvisa
PROREGISTROS	CLEFANDIM 360 EC	Anvisa
RAINBOW	ACEWAY	Anvisa
RAINBOW	ATESALOR XTRA	Anvisa
RAINBOW	COMPRAY FULL	Anvisa
RAINBOW	ESIFON FULL	Anvisa
RAINBOW	ETHROLE	Anvisa
RAINBOW	POLESTAR XTRA	Anvisa
SOLUS	ACEFATO SOLUS 970 SG	Anvisa
SOLUS	CIPROCONAZOL SOLUS 400 SC	Anvisa
SOLUS	ZETA 106 SL	Anvisa
SYNCROM	RIDGE 88 SG	Anvisa
TRADECORP	CARIMBO 360 CS	Anvisa
ZHONGSHAN	FLAIL 480 SC	Anvisa
ZHONGSHAN	MESOFORCE	Anvisa
ALLIERBRASIL	CLORPIRIFÓS SM 480 EC	Anvisa
CHDS	FARAÓ	Anvisa
GENOMA	GARANHÃO EC	Anvisa
RAINBOW	HOPROLE	Anvisa
OURO FINO	IMMEDIATUS	Anvisa
RAINBOW	KROMSTAR	Anvisa
BIORISK	MAXIPIR	Anvisa
BIORISK	MAXUTOL 750 WG	Anvisa
BIORISK	OLAZONA 360 CS	Anvisa
PERTERRA	PIRIPROXIFEN 100 EC PERTERRA	Anvisa
LEMMA	SPIRODICLOFEN 240 G/L SC	Anvisa
ALLIERBRASIL	SUNPHOSATE 757 WG	Anvisa
LEMMA	TRICLOPYR-BUTOTYL 667 g/L EC	Anvisa
ADAMA	ALLURE BR	Anvisa + Ibama
ADAMA	BALTIC	Anvisa + Ibama
ADAMA	CRONNOS ULTRA OD	Anvisa + Ibama
ALBAUGH	CYBORG	Anvisa + Ibama
BRILLIANCE	CLETODIM 240 EC BRILLIANCE	Anvisa + Ibama
CHDS	ECLIPSE	Anvisa + Ibama
CROPCHEM	CHARRUA MAX SC	Anvisa + Ibama
CROPCHEM	PERCY DUO EC	Anvisa + Ibama
OXON	CLICK PRO	Anvisa + Ibama
OXON	CORTINA GOLD	Anvisa + Ibama
PERTERRA	ATRAZINA 900 WG PERTERRA	Anvisa + Ibama
PERTERRA	EREDITÀ	Anvisa + Ibama
PERTERRA	LUFENURON 50 EC PERTERRA	Anvisa + Ibama
PROREGISTROS	BESTAR 280 SL	Anvisa + Ibama
PROREGISTROS	BESTAR 500 SG	Anvisa + Ibama
PROREGISTROS	GLUFOS-WYN 880	Anvisa + Ibama
RAINBOW	MESTRONG	Anvisa + Ibama
RAINBOW	TORDPIC XTRA	Anvisa + Ibama
SOLUS	MESOTRIONA SOLUS 480 SC	Anvisa + Ibama
SYNCROM	DOMADO 88 SG	Anvisa + Ibama
TECNOMYL	ORSA 400 EC	Anvisa + Ibama
XINGFA E WENDA	GLIFA 720 WG	Anvisa + Ibama
YONON	ETHIPROLE 200 SC YONON	Anvisa + Ibama
SYNGENTA	ELATUS ERA	Anvisa + Ibama
SYNCROM	GLIFOSATO WG NGC	Anvisa + Ibama
MEGHMANI	MOL BIFENTHRIN 100 EC	Anvisa + Ibama
PROREGISTROS	TRICLOPYR 480 EC LIER	Anvisa + Ibama
ADAMA	ADM.03504.I.1.A	Ibama
ALAMOS	GLIFOSATO K 660 SL ALAMOS	Ibama
CHDS	OCA	Ibama
CROPCHEM	PEÃO 200 EC	Ibama
CROPCHEM	PERSEUS DUO	Ibama
CROPCHEM	SEVARE DUO	Ibama
DE SANGOSSE	IRONMAX PRO	Ibama
OURO FINO	TRATTARE	Ibama
OXIQUÍMICA	NATIVO PLUS	Ibama
OXIQUÍMICA	OXI 0111 BF	Ibama
OXIQUÍMICA	PATRIOTA	Ibama
PERTERRA	2,4-D C 806 SL PERTERRA	Ibama
PILARQUIM	PILAREG	Ibama
PROREGISTROS	GLUFOSINATO 200 SL LIER	Ibama
RAINBOW	TORBAN	Ibama
SM AGROCARE	GRANULUM	Ibama
SYNGENTA	LONGGOR	Ibama
SYNGENTA	MIRAVIS OPTI	Ibama
SYNGENTA	ORONDIS OPTI	Ibama
TECNOMYL	TRIPLIX	Ibama
UPL	UPL 2112 FP	Ibama
IHARABRAS	ALVOFIX II	Ibama
ADAMA	ARMERO OD	Ibama
TECNOMYL	AVERT MAX	Ibama
ALBAUGH	BALUARTE	Ibama
SOLUS	BRADOOCK 72 WG BR	Ibama
BRILLIANCE	CLETODIM 360 EC BRILLIANCE	Ibama
ADAMA	DT-CE-MPP-460-23T	Ibama
TECNOMYL	EDGE	Ibama
TECNOMYL	FAVORITO	Ibama
CHDS	FLASHER	Ibama
CROPCHEM	FLUMIOXAZINA 500 WP CROPCHEM	Ibama
SYNGENTA	FRONDEO	Ibama
PERTERRA	GLIFOSATO 720 WG PERTERRA	Ibama

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