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Nov. 4, 2025 Source: Syngenta Group news release Basel, Switzerland -- Syngenta Group today announced financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2025. Sales for the third quarter 2025 were $6.4 billion, down 6% compared to the prior year and 7% lower at constant exchange rates (CER). In Q3 2025, EBITDA was up by 28% (35% at CER). For the first nine months of 2025 sales were $20.9 billion, down 2% year-on-year (-1% at CER). EBITDA for the first nine months of the year was $3.4 billion, up 25% (31% at CER) year- n-year. The sales reductions for the quarter and year-to-date are mostly the result of a managed reduction of the grain trading business in China. The Group's EBITDA margin for the first nine months of 2025 was 16.5%, up 3.6 percentage points compared to 12.9% in the same period last year. The Group's strategic emphasis on investments in R&D and innovation, combined with disciplined cost management, enhanced productivity, and operational efficiency continued to deliver profitability improvements. These efforts and the continued margin improvements underscore the Group's commitment to sustainable, long-term profitability. For the remainder of 2025, Syngenta Group projects stable sales and continued profitability improvements in a challenging global agricultural market, where farmer profitability remains under pressure across most regions. Syngenta Crop Protection Sales for Syngenta Crop Protection were 3% higher at $9.8 billion (+5% CER) in the first nine months of 2025. Overall conditions in Crop Protection continue to improve with volumes up in a market with pricing pressures. In the first nine months of 2025, crop protection sales were up by 6% in Europe and Asia, the Middle East & Africa (excluding China) respectively. China continued to perform strongly, achieving a 7% year-on-year growth in the first nine months of 2025. Despite a challenging market environment with farmers' profitability under pressure, sales in North America increased by 3% year on year, supported by strong customer support and new high-performing herbicides and fungicides. Sales in Brazil were 2% higher, partly thanks to the positive performance of the PLINAZOLIN technology. The LATAM region was negatively impacted by drought conditions in Mexico, as well as a continued overall price pressure, particularly in the commoditized segments of the crop protection portfolio, notably in Argentina, leading to a sales decline of 7%. The biologicals business continued its strong momentum, achieving double-digit sales growth with a strong volume increase over the first nine months. Syngenta Crop Protection has secured more than 1,200 product approvals to date in 2025, with some highlights in India with the launch of SEGURIS Evo in rice; and the VESTORIA Pro insecticide against the Brown Plant Hopper (BPH) in rice, launched 12 months ahead of schedule. ADEPIDYN technology continues to expand its global reach, with its 61st country registration in the Philippines. Brazil saw three new major registrations based on TYMIRIUM technology that is used for nematode and fungal disease control, enlarging local farmers' toolboxes across key crops in Brazil. Syngenta Seeds Seeds sales were $3.3 billion in the first nine months of 2025, up 1% year-on-year (2% CER). Field crops sales in the first nine months of 2025 in Brazil increased by 13%, while LATAM sales were 20% higher, driven primarily by a strong corn recovery in Argentina. Sales in China increased by 3%. Sales in Asia, Middle East & Africa were down 2%, North America sales were 5% lower, and Europe was down 6% for the first nine months of 2025. Sales of Vegetable Seeds increased by 3% and sales of Flowers were 1% lower. In the reporting period, Syngenta Seeds introduced next- eneration AI models into its Seeds Field Crops R&D pipeline, thereby increasing decision speed and probability of success. In hybrid cereals, the first two European X-TERRA wheat hybrids advanced to commercial status (pending final registration by year's end) for launch in France (2026), with UK (2027) and Germany (2029) launches on track. Hybrid rice in Asia hit strategic milestones with the first hybrid rice product launch in Indonesia, while Vietnam launched its third hybrid this year. In Argentina, corn sales are showing a great rebound after last year's corn stunt disease impact and sunflower volume is up due to acreage increase. Brazil launched four new products in the last Safrinha cycle and North America, in collaboration with M.S. Technologies, LLC, announced a new soybean trait stack providing farmers tolerance to more active ingredients than any other soybean trait stack in the industry. In China, Fortune named China Seeds in the 2025 China Top 50 Tech Companies, standing as the only agricultural company in the list. Syngenta Vegetable Seeds announced a strategic collaboration with Heritable Agriculture to harness AI technology, aiming to more accurately predict top-performing commercial varieties for specific regions. This initiative is designed to ensure growers consistently receive the most suitable product offering from Syngenta. The business unit hosted its annual innovation showcase in the Netherlands, spotlighting 400 vegetable varieties to more than 2,000 growers and industry leaders from 62 countries. It further hosted its inaugural "Future of Veg" event series across the US, showcasing hundreds of varieties for growers from more than two dozen countries. To read the entire report click here. Tweet |
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