Indoxacarb Formulations for Importers: SC, WG and Mixture Comparison

Indoxacarb formulations should be compared as complete registered products, not as percentages alone. International buyers need to reconcile SC and WG concentration bases, confirm whether an offer is straight indoxacarb or a co-formulation, and compare the batch specification, packaging and destination registration before discussing price. This guide gives importers a repeatable shortlist process for the Averstar range.

Buyer summary: establish the exact formulation and concentration basis first; then compare active-content delivery, physical-quality tests, registration scope, packaging and batch evidence on the same worksheet.

Indoxacarb formulations in the current product range

Averstar lists straight indoxacarb as Indoxacarb 150g/L SC, Indoxacarb 15% SC, a multi-loading Indoxacarb 15% / 30% / 35% SC page and Indoxacarb 30% WG. It also lists Indoxacarb + Emamectin Benzoate 8% / 2% SC. The co-formulation is a different commercial and regulatory product: buyers should not compare its combined percentage with a straight indoxacarb offer.

SC versus WG is a handling and quality decision

An SC is a liquid suspension of fine solid particles. A WG is a dry granule designed to disintegrate and disperse in water. The two formats change freight weight, pack selection, dust exposure, cold-storage behaviour and the physical tests that matter. For an SC, request limits and methods for suspensibility, particle-size behaviour, pourability and storage stability. For a WG, request limits and methods for wettability, disintegration, suspensibility, attrition or dust and moisture-related stability.

Do not assume that 150g/L and 15% are identical commercial specifications. A grams-per-litre declaration is expressed against volume; a percentage may be expressed by mass or another basis defined by the label and specification. Ask the supplier to state the basis and, where a conversion is needed, provide product density from the same specification rather than applying a generic density.

Mode-of-action information belongs in the registration review

The Insecticide Resistance Action Committee classifies indoxacarb in Group 22A, the oxadiazine subgroup of voltage-dependent sodium-channel blockers. IRAC also recommends rotating treatment windows with effective products from different mode-of-action groups and avoiding exposure of consecutive pest generations to the same group. Buyers should use that classification to check label language and product positioning with local advisers, not to invent use directions.

The indoxacarb and emamectin benzoate mixture contains two active ingredients, so the destination review must cover both actives, the mixture, the intended crop and pest claims, residue requirements and resistance-management wording. A registration for a straight active does not automatically cover the mixture or a different loading.

Quality questions for an indoxacarb quotation

A comparable quotation needs a comparable document set. Ask every shortlisted supplier for the proposed specification, a recent certificate of analysis, the safety data sheet, the destination or reference label, packaging details, manufacturing-site identity and the version date of each document. The FAO/WHO pesticide specifications framework explains why a specification can serve as a quality reference in trade, but a published FAO/WHO specification is not a substitute for the specification and registration of the product being purchased.

• Product specification with test methods, limits and revision date.
• Recent batch certificate of analysis tied to the same formulation and manufacturing site.
• Safety data sheet and proposed label for the destination market.
• Primary pack, closure, induction seal, carton configuration and pallet plan.
• Registration-support documents and a written list of items that are available, pending or excluded.

Add formulation-specific questions to the shared document list. For SC offers, ask how the supplier controls settling after heat and cold storage and how easily the sediment re-disperses. For WG offers, ask about granule strength, dust generation, wetting and disintegration. Request test results from a recent commercial batch rather than a generic marketing sheet.

Keep those results tied to a named specification revision, batch number and manufacturing site. If the commercial sample, registration sample and shipped product come from different specifications or sites, require a documented equivalence review before approval.

Packaging, samples and landed-cost comparison

Liquid SC products normally use sealed bottles, co-packs or drums; WG products use moisture-resistant inner packaging within export cartons or drums. Confirm pack material, closure system, induction seal, net content, units per carton and pallet pattern before artwork approval. Compare landed cost per unit of declared active content only after confirming concentration basis, density where relevant and destination pack-size rules.

When a sample is requested, record the batch number, formulation version and specification revision that the sample represents. A laboratory or pilot sample does not prove that later commercial shipments will match it. Put the agreed specification in the contract, require a batch-specific certificate of analysis and define the procedure for retained samples and discrepancy handling before the first shipment.

RFQ checklist for indoxacarb formulations

• Exact active ingredient or mixture, concentration, declaration basis and formulation code.
• Destination country, intended registration route and required label languages.
• Required pack sizes, closure, carton count, pallet requirements and private-label scope.
• Specification, recent COA, SDS, reference label and available registration-support documents.
• Required quantity, Incoterm, destination port, sample purpose and target delivery window.

Compare indoxacarb offers on evidence, not the headline percentage

A defensible indoxacarb shortlist starts with the correct product identity, then compares quality limits, batch evidence, registration fit, packaging and logistics. Use the linked product pages to request the exact SC, WG or co-formulation configuration and state the destination and document needs in the quotation form. For wider category context, review the insecticide formulation guide and the mode-of-action sourcing guide.

This article is a sourcing and document-review guide. It does not recommend crops, pests, application rates, tank mixes, pre-harvest intervals or worker-protection instructions. Those directions must come from the current registered label and competent advisers in the destination market.