Sumitomo Chemical: crop protection and biologicals
Sumitomo Chemical's Agro & Life Solutions: crop protection, biologicals, Valent businesses and animal nutrition, with JPY 519.3 billion in FY2025 revenue.
Sumitomo Chemical is a listed Japanese chemical group with substantial crop protection, biological solutions and animal nutrition activities.
Japan · Listed group profiled through its Agro & Life Solutions segment
Sumitomo Chemical's agricultural business is centred on its Agro & Life Solutions segment. This covers chemical and biological crop products, feed additives such as methionine, and non-agricultural hygiene and pest control products. Research and manufacturing in Japan, together with commercial businesses in regions including Europe, India, Brazil and North America, support international supply. Valent U.S.A. and Valent BioSciences are among the group businesses serving these markets.
The segment is broader than crop protection. Herbicides, fungicides and insecticides sit alongside microbial solutions, biostimulants and plant growth regulators, which work in different ways and are described individually. INDIFLIN is one example of a fungicide technology, while the biological portfolio is a set of separate products rather than one universal solution. Household and professional hygiene products form a further, non-agricultural part of the segment.
Size of the business
Agro & Life Solutions reported JPY 519.3 billion in revenue for FY2025, the year ended 31 March 2026. This segment figure also includes non-agricultural activities and is not the revenue of Sumitomo Chemical as a whole.
Is segment revenue entirely pesticide sales?
No. Agro & Life Solutions has a wider scope, including animal nutrition and environmental hygiene.
Is Valent an independent group?
No. Valent U.S.A. and Valent BioSciences are businesses within the Sumitomo Chemical group.
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