2003年产品和业务的收购使 A-GROW 排列的20家农药公司中前6家以后的3家公司的销售增加。住友化学和 MAI 的销售额首次突破10亿美元,它们仍然排在第6位的杜邦之后,相差10亿美元。全球农药市场的恢复和美元疲软,使去年除孟山都以外的所有主要公司的销售额都增加。到2004年3月31日止的年度,住友化学的农药业务强劲增长,主要是原武田农药业务的第一个全年的贡献。更多的增长来自卫生杀虫剂在日本和海外 The acquisition of products and operations in 2003 increased sales of the top 6 of the 20 pesticide companies ranked by A-GROW. For the first time, Sumitomo Chemical and MAI, which topped $ 1 billion in sales, remained the sixth-largest DuPont after a one-billion-dollar difference. The recovery of the global pesticide market and the weakening of the U.S. dollar have led to an increase in sales of all major companies except Monsanto last year. By the year ended March 31, 2004, Sumitomo Chemical’s strong growth in pesticide business was primarily due to the first full year contribution of Takeda’s pesticide business. More growth comes from sanitizers in Japan and overseas