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Bayer CropScience is one of the leading partners for the production of quality food, feed and fiber to meet the global challenges of tomorrow.
Headquartered in Monheim, Germany, Bayer CropScience is a global provider of crop solutions, products and services, and is one of the leading companies in the key segments of the worldwide agrochemical markets.
The three business groups – Crop Protection, BioScience and Environmental Science – meet the needs of different markets and are highly complementary.
Bayer CropScience is a customer oriented company, committed to a partnership approach, through products and services that provide clear benefits to our customers. We are an innovation leader and are determined to build our growth on innovation.
Key figures 2009
Sales 2009 by business

Sales 2009 by region*

* split based on definition of Bayer Group reporting
Top10 products 2009
Headquartered in Monheim, Germany, Bayer CropScience is a global provider of crop solutions, products and services, and is one of the leading companies in the key segments of the worldwide agrochemical markets.
The three business groups – Crop Protection, BioScience and Environmental Science – meet the needs of different markets and are highly complementary.
Bayer CropScience is a customer oriented company, committed to a partnership approach, through products and services that provide clear benefits to our customers. We are an innovation leader and are determined to build our growth on innovation.
Key figures 2009
| Sales | EUR 6,510 million | |
| EBITDA | EUR 1,311 million | |
| EBITDA before special items | EUR 1,508 million | |
| EBITDA-margin before special items | 23,2 % | |
| EBIT | EUR 798 million | |
| EBIT before special items | EUR 1,017 million | |
| Gross cash flow | EUR 1,043 million | |
| Net cash flow | EUR 745 million | |
| Employees at year end | 18,700 | |
| R&D investment | EUR 653 million | |
Sales 2009 by business
Sales 2009 by region*
* split based on definition of Bayer Group reporting
Top10 products 2009
| Active Ingredient | Major Brands | Application | Sales in EUR million |
| Imidacloprid | Confidor®, Gaucho®, Admire®, Merit® | Insecticide, Seed Treatment, Environmental Science | 606 |
| Trifloxystrobin | Flint®, Stratego®, Sphere®, Nativo® | Fungicide | 400 |
| Glufosinate-ammonium | Basta®, Liberty®, Rely®, Ignite® | Herbicide | 323 |
| Prothioconazole | Proline®, Input®, Prosaro® | Fungicide | 267 |
| Mesosulfuron | Atlantis® | Herbicide | 231 |
| Tebuconazole | Folicur®, Raxil® | Fungicide, Seed Treatment | 210 |
| Clothianidin | Poncho® | Seed Treatment | 183 |
| Deltamethrin | Decis®, K-Othrine® | Insecticide, Environmental Science | 170 |
| Fenoxaprop-P-ethyl | Puma® | Herbicide | 167 |
| Fluoxastrobin | Fandango® | Fungicide | 146 |
| Total | 2.703 | ||
| Share in Bayer CropScience Sales | 42% | ||



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