Complete report available @ http://www.marketreportschina.com/survey-of-diuron-in-china-edition-2 . Diuron is a urea herbicide which was developed by American DuPont in 1951. There are only 20 major producers in the world at present. China’s diuron industry started late, compared with its foreign counterparts. Its first registration was in 1997, and the growth of its capacity mainly happened in the past five years. In 2010, overseas sales achieved breakthrough progress.