Swiss agribusiness group Syngenta said on Friday its third-quarter sales declined 12% year on year to $2bn (€1.34bn). Revenue from its crop protection business declined 14% to $1.61bn as sales to Europe, Africa and the Middle East slumped 29% while those from north American also slipped 20% during the period. In the first nine months of the year, sales totalled $8.7bn, unchanged from the same period last year. 瑞士农业综合企业Syngenta星期五表示第三季度的销售额比去年同比下降了12%。第三季度的销售额为$20亿，前三季度的总销售额为$87亿