Thursday, January 31, 2013

China loosens export of phosphate fertilizer


On Dec.17th, 2012, China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council (CTCSC) promulgated the export tariff of 2013. In accordance with the new export tariff, China is to loosen the export policy on phosphate fertilizer (including ammonium phosphate (DAP & MAP) and triple superphosphate). The new export tariff will take effect on Jan.1st, 2013, according to CCM’s latest report, Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1301 issued on Jan.15, 2013.
 
Compared with the corresponding export tariff in 2012, the new export policy of DAP and MAP highlighted the following points:
lowering the export tariff, especially during peak season;
prolonging the export period for low export tariff from four months to five months;
raising the export trigger price.

The loosened export policy on phosphate fertilizer mainly resulted from an air of depression spreading across China’s phosphate fertilizer market in 2012.
 
In H1 2012, most listed phosphate fertilizer companies saw a decline in profit margin of DAP and MAP. For instance, Anhui Liuguo Chemical Industry Stock Co., Ltd. (Liuguo Chemical)’s profit margin in DAP dropped from 14.52% in H1 2011 to 5.25% in H1 2012. Like Liuguo Chemical, Hubei Yihua Chemical Industry Co., LTD. (Hubei Yihua) also saw a 37.12% year-on-year decline in profit margin of DAP in H1 2012.
 
In H2 2012, China’s poor export performance in phosphate fertilizer casted another shadow over domestic phosphate fertilizer firms.

In general, both in short run and long run, the loosened export policy is bound to benefit China’s phosphate fertilizer market.
 
In the short term, China’s export tariff adjustment for phosphate fertilizer shored up the confidence of phosphate fertilizer firms and reversed the falling price for phosphate fertilizer. According to the data from China National Agricultural Means of Production Circulation Association, China’s wholesale price index for DAP (CPPI) immediately bounced off the lows in one week after the release of the new export policy on Dec.17th.
 
In the long term, China’s phosphate fertilizer firms would be motivated to export DAP and MAP in the high-tariff period of 2013 due to the reduction in cost of export. Nonetheless, the real export situation of phosphate fertilizer still depends on international market.

Headlines of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1301
Annual Review of Phosphate Industry in 2012     
Top five phosphorus industry events in 2012    
Comparison between China’s prime phosphorus enterprises
Company Dynamics
Kailin Group completes construction of MDCP project     
Hubei Xingfa to continue phosphate projects despite Dequest quits   
Yichang City reminds local phosphorus industry to orderly develop
China’s phosphoric acid industry expected to see reshuffle    
China loosens export of phosphate fertilizer    
Anti-dumping keeps plaguing types of China’s phosphate salts    
Africa’s phosphate fertilizer industry show alluring prospect   
International trade of phosphate chemicals in Nov. 2012   
Price monitoring of some phosphate chemicals in 2012


Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report, issued by CCM on 15th, keeps providing the latest company dynamics related to China’s phosphorus industry, and market analysis on supply and demand, import and export as well as global insight.

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Domestic output of sugar alcohol witnesses uptrend in recent years


Sugar alcohol has witnessed fairly fast development in China in recent years according to CCM's newly issued report, Survey of Sugar Alcohol in China. In detail, the outputs of sorbitol, maltitol, xylitol, mannitol and erythritol, five main kinds of sugar alcohol, reached 839,600 tonnes, 80,400 tonnes, 66,900 tonnes, 22,700 tonnes and 11,500 tonnes in 2012, growing with CAGRs of 12.2%, 12.1%, 7.6%, 16.1% and 34.6% respectively in the past four years (FIGURE 6).

The increasing output of sugar alcohol in China is mainly attributed to growing demand from downstream industries especially food and pharmaceuticals industries, the two largest consumption fields of sugar alcohol which consumed 82% of domestic sugar alcohol in 2012 (FIGURE 7). For example, the consumption quantity of sugar alcohol in confectionery, baked food and beverage were about 134,000 tonnes, 124,000 tonnes and 34,000 tonnes in 2012, up 52.2%, 176.9% and 111.5% respectively compared with those in 2010. China's food industry has undergone rapid development in recent years, pushing up demand for sugar alcohol as food additive. The year-on-year growth rates in the output of food industry in China were 17.1% in 2011 and 11.9% in the first 11 months of 2012 according to data from National Bureau of Statistics of China. In addition, people care about their health far more than before and they prefer food with no or low content of sugar as the number of diabetic and obese patients is becoming larger and larger in China. Hence, demand for sugar alcohol such as xylitol and erythritol grows because they perform well as sweeteners that do not raise blood sugar level.

As for the consumption in pharmaceuticals industry, sugar alcohol is mainly applied in vitamin C (VC) and injection products. Although the consumption volume of sugar alcohol in VC did not see growth due to the poor export performance of VC, the consumption volume of sugar alcohol in injection products enjoyed rapid growth. Specifically, the consumption volume of sugar alcohol in injection products was 96,600 tonnes in 2012, up 62.7% compared with that two years ago. In detail, the CAGRs of the consumption volumes of sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol in injection products in China were 27.6%, 16.5% and 47.3% respectively during 2010-2012.

It is predicted that domestic output of sugar alcohol will keep uptrend in the future due to the increasing demand from downstream industries. In the Development Plan of Biological Industry issued in Dec. 2012, domestic biological pharmaceuticals shall increase with a CAGR of over 20% in output value during 2013-2015. And as indicated in the 12th Five-Year Development Plan (2011-2015) for Food Industry, the output value of China's food industry will grow with a CAGR of 15% during 2011-2015. Consequently, the fast developing downstream industries will boost demand for sugar alcohol, increasing its output in the future.
Table contents of Corn Products China News 1301:
Supply of xanthan gum in China to increase in 2013
Chinese corn products Imp. & Exp. analysis in Nov. 2012
Domestic market price of citric acid declines during Nov. 2012-Jan. 2013
Market price of corn oil sees general uptrend during Dec. 2012-Jan. 2013
Meihua Group plans to produce pullulan
Baolingbao makes progress in production technology of oligosaccharides
Domestic output of sugar alcohol witnesses uptrend in recent years
Output of glutamine in China rebounds in 2012
MEP renews lists of citric acid and MSG producers meeting environmental laws & regulations
Domestic supply of corn to be sufficient in H1 2013
China imports corn from Argentina for the first time
2012/2013 state reserve of sugar launched

Corn Products China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 20th, features “Supply and Demand”, “Import and Export Analysis”, “Price Update”, “Market & Company Dynamics”, “Policy”, “Corn Supply” and other more information researched and reported by CCM’s professional journalists. It is a reliable intermediate for you to know more about the corn industry in China even in the globe.

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Top 10 events of Chinese glyphosate industry in 2012


CCM, a professional information providing company in terms of market report, newsletter, data base and consultancy research service, has recently issued the latest edition of Glyphosate China Monthly Report that covers 10 topics in 12 pages. Among which, an article named of “Top 10 events of Chinese glyphosate industry in 2012” was highlighted as follows:

1. Glyphosate market turns warm
Having been depressed for three years since 2009, glyphosate market finally turned warm in 2012, which reflected in the increase of price, operating rate, output and export volume. In 2012, glyphosate price increased to the profitable level for most glyphosate producers in China, and the annual average ex-works prices of glyphosate technical, glyphosate 41% IPA, glyphosate 62% IPA, glyphosate 50% SP and glyphosate 75.7% WSG were about USD4,630/t, USD2,167/t, USD2,749/t, USD2,585/t and USD4,030/t respectively, up by about 25%, 12%, 15%, 8% and 5% YOY respectively. The overall operating rate in glyphosate industry in 2012 was about 60%, up by about 10 percentage points over 2011. The total output of glyphosate technical in China is estimated to be 400,000 tonnes in 2012, up by about 18% over 2011. The export volume of glyphosate A.I. (in terms of 100% glyphosate acid) is estimated to be 350,000 tonnes in 2012, up by about 16% over 2011.

2. Production capacity keeps expanding
Sichuan Fuhua Tongda Agro-chemical Technology Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Jinfanda Biochemical Co., Ltd. both planned to construct 50,000t/a production lines of glyphosate technical respectively in mid-2012, but the 100,000t/a production lines were not launched in 2012.

3. Mergers and acquisitions still appear much
1) Sinochem International Corporation raised its equity of Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group Co., Ltd. to 40.53% in Feb. 2012 from 5% in 2011, and the latter is the holding company of Yangnong Chemical Co., Ltd., a listed company.
2) Zhejiang Wynca Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Wynca) held 51% share of Shandong Xinfeng Seed Co., Ltd. in May 2012. Besides, in Nov. 2012, Zhejiang Wynca acquired the additional 70% share of Golden Sunshine Mining Co., Ltd. which is a mining company located in Ghana.
3) Nantong Jiangshan planned to acquire 90% equity of Ladda Group which is a leading company in agrochemical business in Thailand in Dec., 2012.
4) Anhui Huaxing Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Anhui Huaxing) planned to issue additional 452.25 million shares to CEFC Shanghai Oil Group Co., Ltd. (CEFC Shanghai) at USD308.99 million, and CEFC Shanghai will hold 60.61% equity of Anhui Huaxing after the deal in July 2012, but the deal hasn't been approved by China Securities Regulatory Commission in 2012.
5) Chongqing Sanxia Paints Co., Ltd. transferred 100% equity of Chongqing Sanxia Yingli Chemical Co., Ltd. to Chongqing Medical Purple Eagle Asset Management Co., Ltd. in Dec., 2012.

4. Mixed glyphosate formulations with glyphosate acid content below 30% face elimination
On 26 March, 2012, China Agriculture Ministry released a formal document (Decree No. 1744), which clarified that the content of glyphosate A.I. (in terms of glyphosate technical acid) should not be lower than 30%. Registration applications (including temporary registration, formal registration and renewal registration) for mixed glyphosate formulations with glyphosate A.I. content below 30% faced rejection from 26 March, 2012, and existing registrations that can't meet the content requirement should be modified before 31 Aug., 2012.

5. Anti-dumping battle still continues
1) Australia Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) released the Notice No. 2012/54 On 16 Nov., 2012 and claimed that ACBPS would resume anti-dumping investigation on formulated glyphosate products exported to Australia from China as a result of Australia Trade Measures Review Officer (ATMRO)'s revocation of ACBPS's decision to terminate the investigation on the glyphosate formulations exported to Australia from China on 23 Oct., 2012, and the termination decision released on 2 Aug., 2012 was the result of anti-dumping investigation on formulated glyphosate products exported to Australia from China initiated on 6 Feb., 2012.
2) European Union Court of Justice claimed that it turned down an appeal by European Commission and upheld the decision ruled by European Union General Court on 17 June, 2009 that Zhejiang Wynca was not guilty of dumping (selling glyphosate at unreasonable prices in EU market) on 19 July, 2012.

6. Zhejiang Wynca is involved in the case of chemical use salt being sold in edible salt market
Zhejiang Wynca has been involved in the trouble related to "chemical use salt being sold in edible salt market" in early Feb. 2012 because its wholly-owned subsidiary, namely Zhenjiang Jiangnan Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhenjiang Jiangnan), sold chemical use salt to Zhenjiang Haitian Salt Chemical Co., Ltd. which illegally produced and sold chemical use salt in edible salt market in 12 provinces of China in 2011, but Zhejiang Wynca states that it has no responsibility in this case, because Zhenjiang Jiangnan has the right to produce and sell chemical salt. What's more, Zhenjiang Jiangnan can't control how purchasers use the salt.

7. Anhui Huaxing avoids from being ST marked
Anhui Huaxing suffered an operating profit of USD14.22 million in 2011, but it enjoyed a net profit of USD0.40 million aided by the non-operating revenue of USD14.63 million, and thus Anhui Huaxing avoided from being ST marked for its stock.

8. Zhejiang Wynca introduces glyphosate 78% IPA SG
Zhejiang Wynca firstly produced a new glyphosate formulation called glyphosate 78% IPA SG, and sold it widely since March 2012 in China, but the introduction of this product was considered to be a marketing concept and differentiation.

9. Technique research concerning glyphosate wastewater treatment accelerates in 2012
According to the publication of China's State Intellectual Property Office, there were 17 public patent applications related to glyphosate wastewater treatment in 2012, thereinto, eight public patent applications are related to the removal techniques of phosphorus and nitrogen in glyphosate wastewater by the way of converting organicphosphorus compounds and organicnitrogen compounds to phosphate ion and ammonia ion respectively, and another nine public patent applications are related to the recycling techniques of glyphosate technical, PMIDA, glyphosine, glycine, formaldehyde, methylal, sodium phosphite and sodium chloride.

10. Development of glyphosate-tolerant weed is still fast
A new glyphosate-tolerant weed, namely amaranthus spinosus, was discovered in the US in 2012, and thus the number of global glyphosate-tolerant weed increased to 24 species. More existing glyphosate-tolerant weeds were also found in other countries. For example, another two new glyphosate-tolerant weeds were found in Greece and Argentina respectively in 2012. Besides, more glyphosate-tolerant weeds were found in some regions of the US. In 2012, three glyphosate-tolerant weeds, namely amaranthus palmeri, amaranthus spinosus and kochia scoparia, were found in Arizona, California, Mississippi and North Dakota respectively.

Multinational companies actively seize patent registrations for mixed glyphosate formulations in China
Global glyphosate demand to grow at a CAGR of 4.37% in 2012-2016
Review of China's glyphosate industry in 2012
Export tax rebate of PIMDA may be cancelled in China
Top 10 events of Chinese glyphosate industry in 2012
Glyphosate status hard to be shaken by the new paraquat formulation
Glyphosate market in 2012 fails to surpass the brilliant performance in 2008
Solid glyphosate ammonium salt is still the mainstream registration in 2012
Glyphosate price decreases slightly in Jan. 2013
Glyphosate export volume increases in Nov. 2012


Glyphosate China Monthly Report, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 20th, will keep track of latest dynamics, hotspots and competitiveness analysis, and forecasts on market trends of China’s glyphosate industry.

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Corn fungicides: an increasing market


China's corn output hit a new record of about 208.12 million tonnes in 2012, up 8.0% year on year, according to recent estimates from National Bureau of Statistics. With an output that is 3.83 million tonnes more than rice, corn has become the biggest crop in China by output. With the adjustment of crop planting structure, demand structure of pesticides will also change and corn fungicides' market will become more important in domestic pesticide industry, according to CCM’s latest report, Fungicides China News 1301 issued on Jan.10, 2013.

The new record corn output in China is mainly boosted by the increasing planting area. Supported by the strong price, the planting area of corn in China has increased very quickly in the past few years. In fact, China's corn planting area exceeded that of wheat in 2002 and that of rice in 2007, becoming the largest crop in China by planting area. Moreover, it is expected that corn will maintain a higher growth rate of planting area compared with other crops such as wheat and rice.

Domestic demand for corn has witnessed a huge increase in recent years, and China has tried very hard to increase corn production to meet the rising demand. However, it still has to import a large amount of corn since 2010 to meet the gap.

To maintain self-sufficiency in corn, it is expected that China will release more policies to enlarge the planting area of corn. China's corn planting area may reach 36.66 million ha. in 2020, 3.24 million ha. more than that in 2011, according to an article from Mr. Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture of China. (The article was published in People's Daily, an official newspaper of China, in early 2012).
In addition to the increasing planting area, imitative breeding of corn is very common at home and the homogenization of corn varieties would cause the increasing risk of outbreaks of diseases in China, which also will boost demand for fungicides. Some corn diseases like corn stalk rot, rough dwarf disease and leaf blight, are likely to occur seriously in the future.

As revealed by Han Junqiang, Sales Director of Shanxi Tunyu Seed Industry Co., Ltd., most corn planting varieties in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, the largest corn planting base in China, have similar genetic background. Mr. Han believes that the successive planting of the same or similar corn varieties would cause great potential risks for disease occurrence.

Zhang Shihuang, Chief Expert of National Corn Industrial Technology System, worries that corn stalk rot would probably break out in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in future. In recent years, most corn varieties released in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain are susceptible to corn stalk rot. The enlarged planting of susceptible varieties has increased the potential occurrence risk of corn stalk rot.

Insiders also reveal that continuous cropping will also increase the occurrence of diseases. Due to a lack of farmlands, continuous cropping for corn and other crops is inevitable in China, which, however, increasing the possibility for disease occurrence.

According estimate released by National Agro-tech Extension & Service Center (NATESC) in July 2012, the total corn disease occurrence area was 20 million ha. in 2012, which provides a huge market for pesticide companies. Furthermore, both demand and price of corn fungicides are expected to witness increase in the future. Therefore, pesticide companies should pay more attention to this market.

Table contents of Fungicides China News 1301:
Corn fungicides: an increasing market
Seed treatment agents for potato to increase
SYRICI approved to be National Technology Innovation Demonstration Enterprise
Huifeng Agrochemical's biggest shareholder pledges stocks again
Yangnong Chemical's fungicide business to be enhanced
Jiangsu Sword to consolidate fungicide position
Taizhou Bailly strengthens fungicide business
Xi’an MPC temporarily registers bupirimate in China
Sevencontinent Green obtains temporary registration of cyproconazole in China
New fungicide technical registrations in 2012
Four fungicides' application for formal registration unapproved
Price update in Jan. 2013
Most fungicides' prices decrease in 2012


Fungicides China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 10th, releases a wealth of exclusive analysis on market dynamics, company dynamics, import and export data, and other more brief news inside the industry. You may find cooperative opportunities with domestic and international manufacturers, supplier and exporters.

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China Crop Protection Summit 2013 to be held in a new way



Looking back upon the past years, CCPS has obtained high reputation among agricultural industry leaders, such as Dow Agro Sciences, Nufarm, Isagro, Agranova, Chemtrura., etc, and over 60 delegates from different countries have attended the summit in the past years to share their opinions on the latest dynamics and potential development of crop protection industry.


The featured topics of the first webinar are: sharing information regarding CCM’s Syndicated Research Project of Hunan Rice Panel Data & Analysis Model, and introducing Regional Consumption Research on Agricultural Supplies & Equipment. The organizer introduced that both reports are exclusively issued by CCM itself, and all information involved in the webinar will be very helpful for manufacturers, traders and relevant inside players, particularly those who hope to know more about China’s agricultural market and industry. 

You can view CCM’s website to know more details about CCPS 2013. 

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Import volume and price of L-phe decrease in Oct. 2012


Recently, CCM has come up with its latest report of Sweeteners China News 1301, in which, an article regarding the import volume and price of L-phe was highlighted. The complete report comes as follows:

According to data from China Customs, both import volume and price of L-phenylalanine (L-phe), a key raw material of aspartame, decreased in Oct. 2012. In detail, import volume of L-phe was about 240 tonnes in Oct. 2012 (the second smallest one during Jan. - Oct. of 2012 and only larger than 212 tonnes in Feb.), decreasing by about 63% compared with that in Sept. 2012. At the same time, the average import price of L-phe decreased to about USD7,100/t in Oct. 2012, which was the lowest one in the first ten months of 2012. 

Actually, because domestic supply of L-phe increased in 2012, domestic demand for imported L-phe decreased at the same time, and Oct. 2012 was no exception. Two domestic producers, namely Fujian Maidan Biology Group Co., Ltd. (Fujian Maidan, the largest L-phe producer in China) and Hebei Anminuo Amino Co., Ltd. (a new L-phe player), have launched their L-phe projects with a total capacity of 11,000t/a in Q1 2012, which means domestic supply of L-phe increased after Q1 2012. The import volume of L-phe in China was about 240 tonnes in Oct. of 2012, which was not only smaller than that in Sept. 2012, but also smaller than 270 tonnes (Oct. 2010) and 490 tonnes (Oct. 2011) respectively.
  
Besides, it is believed that the decreased export volume of aspartame in Oct. 2012 also has a negative effect on the import volume of L-phe. Most importers of L-phe were domestic aspartame producers, such as Changzhou Niutang Chemical Plant Co., Ltd. (Changzhou Niutang), whose import volume of L-phe accounted for about 40% of the nation's total in Jan. - Oct. of 2012. According to China Customs, export volume of aspartame decreased by 22.37% to about 830 tonnes in Oct. 2012 from about 1,070 tonnes in Sept. 2012. Export volume of aspartame of Changzhou Niutang also decreased to 283 tonnes in Oct. 2012 from 382 tonnes in Sept. 2012.
 
As a result, foreign L-phe producers actively declined their products' prices in order to keep their market shares in China. According to data from China Customs, the average import price of L-phe from Japan, which is one main import origin of L-phe for domestic aspartame producers, was about USD6,200/t in Oct. 2012, which was the lowest one in the first ten months of 2012. But import volume of L-phe from Japan increased sharply to over 91 tonnes in Oct. 2012 from about 8 tonnes in Sept. 2012. The huge volume of imported L-phe from Japan is also a factor that dragged down the average import price of L-phe in Oct. 2012. 

It is predicted that import volume and price of L-phe will both continue to decrease in the near future. More L-phe projects in China will be launched at the beginning of 2013, which will increase domestic supply of L-phe. For example, Changzhou Niutang is building a L-phe project with total capacity of 10,000t/a in Xinjiang since April 2011, which is expected to be finished at the beginning of 2013. Therefore, foreign L-phe producers may continue to decline their prices to maintain their position in China.

Source: Sweeteners China News 1301

Table of contents of Sweeteners China News 1301:
Baolingbao acquires financial subsidy of USD2.07 million
Xiwang Sugar may suffer profit decrease or even loss in 2012
National purchasing volume of sucrose set at 3 million tonnes in 2012/2013
Domestic market price of corn starch shows uptrend in Dec. 2012
2012 Annual review of Chinese sweetener industry
More sweetener producers in China open online shops for end-products
China's output and consumption of sugar alcohols show uptrend in 2008-2012
GB 14880-2012 forced in 2013 will benefit domestic functional oligosaccharide industry
Organic qualification review of Ganzhou Julong on stevia sweetener is underway
Two companies to continue promoting functional oligosaccharides in feed additive
Changzhou Niutang enjoys good performance in 2012
Suzhou Gaofeng turns its HFCS target to overseas markets
Sucrose: sales volume rises obviously but price ups a little in Sept.-Nov. 2012
Export volume of Chinese acesulfame-K increases but price falls during Jan. - Oct. 2012
Import volume and price of L-phe decrease in Oct. 2012
Export overview of some sweeteners and raw materials in China, Nov. 2012
Sucralose price shows uptrend in June - Oct. 2012
Ex-factory prices of Chinese sweeteners in Dec. 2012


Sweeteners China News, issued by CCM on 5th every month, offers timely update and close follow-up of market and company dynamics based on China’s sweeteners industry. It also releases the latest information on raw material supply, price update, import & export analysis as well as consumption trend & competitiveness.

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12th Five-Year Plan for Biological Industry Development published


On Jan. 6, 2013, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China issued the 12th Five-Year Plan for Biological Industry Development (the 12th Five-Year Plan), covering the biological industry’s seven sub-sectors—biological medicine, biological medical engineering, biological agriculture, biological manufacturing, biological energy, biological environmental protection and biological service sectors, according to Biomaterials China News 1301 issued on 8 January by CCM.   

Specifically, the plan for the biological manufacturing sector is shown below.
 
Target:
1. To achieve the production of a batch of important biological products from non-grain feedstock;
2. To achieve a capacity of biological materials of 1 million t/a by 2015;
3. To achieve a capacity of biological products of 10 million t/a by 2015.
 
Content:
1. Industrial demonstration of non-grain industrial sugar: promoting the R&D and application of high quality, large-scale preparation technologies including the processing technology of biomass such as tuber crops, straw and corn, and enzymatic saccharification, constructing non-grain industrial sugar industrial demonstration lines, and forming the large-scale supply of non-grain fermentable sugar.

2. Industrial demonstration of biological chemicals: promoting the industrial application of microbe-engineered bacteria and thermochemical technologies, constructing large-scale production lines of biological chemicals such as alcohol, organic acid, biological olefin and its derivatives, and improving the competitiveness of biological chemicals compared to petroleum products.

3. Industrial demonstration of biological materials: promoting the development and application of biological materials’ biological and chemical polymerization technologies, constructing demonstration production lines of biological plastics and fibers, such as polylactic acid (PLA), poly butylene succinate (PBS) and polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), and promoting the application of biological materials.
  


Policy:
1. Establishing an authentication mechanism for biological products;
2. Introducing an incentive policy for the consumption of biological products;
3. Researching a system for rationing agricultural raw materials for the industrial sector.

Compared to the 11th Five-Year Plan for Biological Industry Development (2006–2010), the 12th Five-Year Plan reveals that the Chinese government attaches importance to the development of the whole industry, not just the technology, and it pays more attention to raw materials and consumption. The 11th Five-Year Plan for Biological Industry Development only included encouraging biological products and stated the government’s support for their large-scale production.
 
In the 12th Five-Year Plan, China pays more attention to raw materials of biological products, and specifically emphasizes the production of sugar from non-grain crops. In general, corn is the main raw material for most biological materials due to its excellent properties. However, too much corn has been consumed by industrial production in the last two years, which led to a significant increase in the corn price, so China is trying to limit corn consumption in the industrial sector. Researching a system for rationing agricultural raw materials for the industrial sector is a new initiative, which may help restrict corn consumption in processing industries and encourage the consumption of non-grain crops in the industrial sector at the same time. In the future, more cassava, straw and potato may be used as a feedstock of biological materials.
 
Meanwhile, the Chinese government is also focusing on the consumption of biological products and is attempting to encourage domestic consumers to use them. Although China is already a large producer in the biological industry, most biological products are exported to developed countries and the output is far smaller than the capacity due to limited domestic consumption.

Once an authentication mechanism has been established to judge whether a product is biodegradable and test its degree of degradation, producers will be able to set a reasonable price for different degrees of degradation, and it will also be easier for consumers to purchase real biological products. This mechanism will help consumers build confidence in this industry and protect the profit margin of those high degradation products.
 
The 12th Five-Year Plan reveals that the Chinese government is working on related policies that can help the biological industry become mature and maintain sustainable development.
 
PBS has been added to the list of encouraged biological materials in the 12th Five-Year Plan due to its biodegradable properties and comprehensive performance. Currently, there are five producers producing these products and there are another two new production lines under construction.

It is also worth noting that it is the first time that the Chinese government has listed biological service as an independent industry. The government plans to construct national biological resources and an information technology network service system and form an information service capability for the biological industry.

Source from: Biomaterials China News 1301

Table of contents of Biomaterials China News 1301:
Overview of Chinese insecticide in 2008
Shandong Dacheng to post deficit in 2008
Wuhan Wudalvzhou expanding 4,500t/a virus insecticide production
Anhui Huaxing to build 5,000t/a chlorpyrifos production line
Chizhou Sincerity to expand ethyl chloride
China’s meadow moth stricken area hit new record in 2008
Harbin’s forest hit by insects to reach 18,700 ha. in 2009
China’s insecticide demand to increase 8.5% in 2009
Toluene price change in 2008
Monthly price of key raw materials in China in Jan. 2009
Monthly factory price of main insecticides in China in Jan. 2009
Monthly Shanghai port price and FOB Shanghai of main insecticides in Jan. 2009
Most Chinese insecticides witness continuous price fall
Avermectin price movement in 2008
China’s insecticide export price up 26.5% in first 9 months
A new biopesticide formulation passes evaluation
Registration situation of profenofos in China
China’s insecticide registration situation in December 2008
Anhui releases schedule on controlling wheat pest insects
Jiyuan Baiyun registers plutella xylostella granulosis virus insecticide
China’s first environmental friendly production line of pesticide built
Zhejiang Forest College clones 8 genes resisting diamondback moth successfully
Bayer’s registration of flubendiamide approved in America
Shandong Yantai controlled fall webworm successfully

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Scopoletin as a botanical acaricide developed


From 17-18 Nov., 2012, Botanical Pesticide Industrial Technology Alliance 2012 was held in Southwest University. At the meeting, the Plant Protection College of Southwest University reported the innovation and industrialization of botanical acaricide. A newly developed variety extracted from Artemisia annua L. and turmeric (two herbs) was presented–scopoletin. This product's common name is a result of the national standardization of pesticides in 2012, according to CCM’s “Insecticides China News” issued in January 2013.

According to the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA), no scopoletin products have obtained the registration in China as of 8 Jan., 2013.

For a long time, the control of phytophagous mites mainly depended on chemical acaricides, so the resistance of mites has become more and more serious. At the same time, overuse of chemical pesticides has destroyed the ecological environment.

Chemical acaricides are harmful to the environment and have a negative impact on important natural enemies. They take a long time to decompose as they are complex synthetic compounds that don't exist in nature. Therefore, extracts from living creatures have great advantages over synthesized chemicals in relation to the environment.

The Plant Protection College of Southwest University discovered that mite feeding is selective, and many plants contain a natural active ingredient to resist mite feeding. So these plants can be developed into acarcides. And there are resource advantages and broad prospects in researching and developing botanical acaricides.

According to a study on 40 herbs, Artemisia annua L. and turmeric have high potential for development. At present, acaricides using Artemisia annua L. as raw materials include 5% Artemisia annua L. ME, 0.5% scopoletin ME and 10% scopoletin•amitraz SC.

In summary, biological acaricides have great potential. They have many advantages over agrichemicals, but are limited by their intrinsic defects. These defects manifest in the following respects.

Firstly, the activity of the active ingredients is not stable. They are secondary plant metabolites, vulnerable changes of the environmental conditions (for example temperature, humidity, illumination, the pH value of the soil, nutrition of the soil and ecosystem, etc.), so therefore their stability is poor. Furthermore, the source of Artemisia annua L. is limited geographically, which causes difficulties in production.

Source from Insecticides China News 1301

Table contents of Insecticides China News 1301
YC formulation continues to be banned in China
Insecticide faces an expanding market driven by the corn industry
Jiangsu Flag to establish diafenthiuron and lufenuron production lines
Limin Chemical completes its 500t/a thiacloprid TC technological upgrade
Nanjing Jiukang signs supply agreements with 1,500 tonnes pesticides
China makes good gains in imidacloprid export in 2012
China's diafenthiuron export volume hit 384 tonnes in Q1- Q3 2012
Scopoletin as a botanical acaricide developed
Second bromopropylate technical for domestic market approved
New insecticide technical registrations in 2012 17
Application for formal registration of 3 insecticides unapproved
Registration number of emamectin benzoate has soared since 2010
Price Update Table
Increasing price of methomyl hits the highest level since 2008

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Panel data research on Hunan rice planting


Aiming to establish key market indicators of China’s rice industry, CCM has carried out a syndicated research project, namely Syndicated Research Project of Hunan Rice Panel Data & Analysis Model, on rice production in Hunan Province, one of the largest rice production provinces in China, by conducting panel data investigations around the basic information which includes pesticides, seeds, fertilizers, diseases, pests and weeds, meteorology and agricultural produce.
 
With all the data and information refined from the results of the research, CCM will finally set up a multiple analysis model of the rice production dynamics in Hunan Province which can also be applied to any crop in any area in China. Actually, the project is just one of the experimental field plans of China Agricultural Information Platform Project—a project of CCM’s long-term planning. CCM will keep conducting similar projects on main crops in different provinces in the future so as to build an overall China Agricultural Information Data Platform.

CCM chose three main rice production cities in Hunan Province to start the investigation, namely Changde City, Yueyang City and Hengyang City. Rice is mainly used for sales in the northern part of Hunan, while self-supply for the southern part. Therefore, Changde and Yueyang are selected to represent the north of Hunan, while Hengyang for the south. Investigation area of this project covers: all counties under Hengyang, Yueyang and Changde, which in total are 30 counties.

Parts of the results from the research project

Farmers in the three cities show different rice planting enthusiasm
 
Different geography and land features in the three cities cause different cultivation habits of local farmers. The planting enthusiasm of rice held by the farmers in Hengyang City is the lowest as a result of the low economic benefit. The geography and land features of Hengyang City which is covered with hills make it lack of the conditions of promoting mechanized planting. Changde City and Yueyang City which lie in Dongting Lake area own much fertile soil and relative flat farmland. The planting cost of rice in the two cities is much lower than that in Hengyang City and the planting enthusiasm of farmers in these cities are much higher.

Main sales channels of agricultural means of production in the three cities
There are four sales channels of agricultural means of production in Changde, Yueyang and Hengyang. The profit margin in every agent level of the circulation link stays at around 5%, while the profit margin of retailers reaches over 20%. As terminal sellers, retailers usually choose to recommend farmers those products with larger profits and some of them start to care about the problems of environmental protection on the premise of considering profits and effectiveness of products.  

 1. Manufacturers => provincial agents => municipal agents=> county-level agents => retailers => farmers
Owing to the complicated circulation links, the purchasing price of agricultural means of production is pushed up level by level. While reaching retailers, few profits of the products are left. Thus, this kind of sales channel seldom appears in the market of the three cities.

2.  Manufacturers=> municipal agents=> county-level agents => retailers => farmers
This kind of sales channel is the most common circulation form in the three cities. Manufacturers directly supply to municipal agents, which decreases circulation links.

3.  Manufacturers => county-level agents => retailers => farmers
Retailers in this kind of circulation link enjoy good profits and it becomes the main way for retailers in the three cities to purchase agricultural means of production.

4.  Manufacturers => retailers => farmers
Although large profits exist in this kind of circulation link, it seldom appears in the market of the three cities. Main reason for the phenomenon is that aiming to preserve their interests, county-level agents with much greater influence in local agricultural means of production market wouldn’t let manufacturers directly sell products to retailers. Sometimes they will join up together to boycott such kind of circulation form when necessary.

Governments in the three cities gradually strengthen the support for rice planting 
Governments’ support for rice planting in these cities gradually grows year by year. Cash is directly subsidized to the bank accounts of farmers, which has effectively stimulated the rice planting enthusiasm of farmers. Take the subsidy policy in Huarong County, Yueyang City for example, local government will subsidize USD281.4/ha. to the planting of single cropping rice and USD343.40/ha. to the planting of double cropping rice.
 
Besides releasing the information of pests and diseases to farmers, the staffs in crop protection stations will visit fields at regular intervals every week during planting seasons to help farmers solve problems.
 
The unified management of pest and disease in Hunan Province has made great progress in recent years. It has attracted more and more enterprises to get involved in the business of unified management services. Although it has promoted the development of agricultural industry in Hunan Province, it is actually not welcomed by farmers because they benefit little from it.
 
The information above is just part of the whole project that CCM is now conducting. Some other information and data are still analyzed, please keep focus on CCM.

Source: Crop Protection China News 1224

Table of contents of Crop Protection China News 1224
Panel data research on Hunan rice planting
Domestic pesticide demand to see growth in 2013
Overview of domestic pesticide industry in 2012
CCPIA issues new limit standard for harmful solvents in pesticide EC formulation
China cuts fertilizer tariff in 2013 to encourage export
Noposion to buy back shares
Jiangsu Heben to upgrade 2050t/a pesticide production lines
Bio-pesticides registered hot in China in 2010-2012


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Main expansion cases of domestic pesticide enterprieses in 2012


While entering the second year of the 12th Five-Year Plan, domestic pesticide industry has gradually shown a sign of slight recovery in 2012. Followed the direction of Pesticide Industrial Policy and 12th Five-Year Plan for Pesticide Industry, M&A and expansion cases among domestic pesticide enterprises have also witnessed growth, according to Crop Protection China News 1301 issued by CCM.
 
Except for the acquisition cases, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) has approved 8 batches containing 13 merger cases in 2012, involving 26 domestic pesticide enterprises.
 
In this issue, CCM will list main cases of M&A and some external expansion that took place in domestic pesticide industry in 2012.

1. Sinochem & Jiangsu Yangnong
Sinochem International Corporation (Sinochem), one of the largest state-owned chemical groups in China, announced on 21 Feb., 2012 that it intends to invest less than USD259.37 million in Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (Yangnong Group), a large chemical group in Jiangsu Province, as a strategic investor. The transaction will make Sinochem the second largest share holder in the group which also means that Sinochem will benefit a lot by enhancing its R&D and industrial transforming capacity, enriching production lines and improving industrial chain from the group ascribed to its powerful industrial base and high-efficient synergy value with the fine chemical engineering and farm chemical businesses. On the other hand, Yangnong Group and Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Co., Ltd., (Jiangsu Yangnong), a leading pyrethroid insecticide player in China and a listed pesticide subsidiary of Yangnong Group respectively, will get more financial support to expand business in both domestic market and oversea market.
 
On 9 Dec., 2012, Jiangsu Yangnong announced to set up a new pesticide production subsidiary in Rudong County, Jiangsu Province, with a total investment of USD28.52 million. The new subsidiary was planned to be mainly engaged in the production and sales of pesticides and pesticide intermediates, fine chemicals, etc.

2. Huapont
On 24 March, 2012, aiming to further expand its pesticide business, Chongqing Huapont Pharm Co., Ltd. (Huapont), a listed pharmaceutical company in China, planned to raise USD144.76 million through non-public offering of A shares for the construction of four new projects, namely a construction project of a new R&D base, construction project of 600t/a azoxystrobin, 900t/a sulcotrione/mesotrione and 3,500t/a pesticide formulations, a medicine formulation technical innovation project and a circulating fund supplementation project. 
 
On 8 May, 2012, Huapont announced to conduct its first acquisition in 2012. It planned to purchase 49% equities of Hebei Wanquan Hongyu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Wanquan Hongyu), a large herbicide producer in Hebei Province with main products of 37% clethodim TK and metamitron TC.
 
Later on, Huapont continued to expand in domestic pesticide industry. It announced on 24 Aug., 2012 to acquire 58.26% equity of Hangzhou Qingfeng Agro-chemical Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Qingfeng), a large pesticide enterprise in Zhejiang Province, with a total investment of USD9.16 million. Till then, Huapong started to set foot in agrochemical formulation industry.

3. Noposion
Shenzhen Noposion Agrochemical Co., Ltd. (Noposion), a leading pesticide formulation company in China, announced on 23 March, 2012 that it plans to increase the registered capital of Shandong Qutii Machine Co., Ltd. (Shandong Qutii), an agricultural machinery subsidiary of Noposion, by co-investing USD3.17 million with Maruyama Manufacturing Company Inc. (Maruyama), a large agricultural machinery corporation in Japan.

4. Nanjing Redsun
Nanjing Redsun Co., Ltd. (Nanjing Redsun), a leading pyridine pesticide producer in China, announced on 24 April, 2012 that it planned to set up a brand new pesticide subsidiary in Chongqing City, China, with a total investment of USD21.59 million. 
The new subsidiary will be mainly engaged in the production and sales of pesticides, pesticide packages, and pesticide intermediates (such as pyridine, 2-methyl pyridine and 3-methyl pyridine). And the foundation of it was aiming at the expansion of current pesticide businesses and cultivation of new economic growth points for Nanjing Redsun.

5. Anhui Huilong
Aiming to expand its business in other provinces, Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production Group Co., Ltd. (Anhui Huilong), a listed agricultural chain management enterprise in Anhui Province, announced on 23 May, 2012 that it will invest USD5.65 million (RMB35.76 million) to establish two new companies, namely Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production Group Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (AHAMPGAST) and Guangdong Huilong Agricultural Means of Production Co., Ltd. (Guangdong Huilong). 
 
Right after releasing its expansion strategy in Guangdong Province, Anhui Huilong planned to kick off its further expansion in South China. On 13 June, 2012, Anhui Huilong announced to acquire 60% equities of Hainan Agricultural Means of Production Co., Ltd. (HAMP), one of the largest agricultural means of production companies in Hainan Province, with USD12.37 million.

6. ABA Chemicals
On 2 June, 2012, ABA Chemicals Corporation (ABA Chemicals), a listed pesticide intermediate and pharmaceutical intermediate producer in China, announced to co-found a pesticide subsidiary with Jiangsu Jiannong Agrochemical Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Jiannong), a private pesticide producer in Jiangsu Province, with a total investment of USD15.8 million. After the foundation of the new company, ABA Chemicals will be formally involved in domestic pesticide industry.

7. Zhejiang Wynca
Zhejiang Wynca Chemical Inudustry Group Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Wynca), one of the largest glyphosate producers in China, announced to set foot in seed industry on 5 May, 2012 by acquiring 51% equities of Shandong Xinfeng Seed Co., Ltd. (Shandong Xinfeng), a large seed enterprise in Shandong Province, with a total investment of about USD10.74 million. 
 
8. Shandong Lubei
In order to exploit the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) market, Shandong Lubei Enterprise Group General Company (Shandong Lubei), a big corporation which produces aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, chemical fertilizer and so on, planned to construct a pesticide formulation factory in Myanmar.
 
On June 21, 2012, a delegation from Shandong Lubei went to Myanmar for inspection and visit. Shandong Lubei was invited by the Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture to construct a pesticide factory for herbicide, insecticide and plant growth regulator production in Myanmar.
 
9. Nantong Jiangshan
Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Nantong Jiangshan), a listed pesticide manufacturer in China, announced on 20 Nov., 2012 that it plans to acquire 90% equities of Ladda Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (Ladda Group), a large agrochemical enterprise in Thailand, at a cost of less than USD33.39 million. And after completing the transaction, Nantong Jiangshan will further invest USD3.9 million in Ladda Group as an operation fund, then its controlling equity percentage of Ladda Group will reach 91%.
 
In addition to all the acquisition cases, some pesticide enterprises sold their subsidiaries aiming to be in accordance with their overall strategies.
 
Hailir Group & Nantong Jiangshan

Aiming to pull up the profit margin of net assets in a short time for its IPO, Hailir Pesticides and Chemicals Group (Hailir Group), a state-appointed pesticide formulation manufacturer in China, planned to peel off some relatively inferior assets. It announced on 6 March, 2012 to sell out all equities of its pesticide technical subsidiary, namely Qingdao KYX Chemical Co., Ltd. (Qingdao KYX). 

 
Owing to the high relocation fees, Nantong Jiangshan announced on 1 June, 2012 that it planned to launch an equity transfer of all the shares of Nantong Dongchang Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Nantong Dongchang), a large chemical producer, that it holds, about 28.05 million shares accounting for 67.79% of the total equity of Nantong Dongchang. Nantong Dongchang was forced to relocate within 2012 according to the relocation policy of local government and the relocation fees reached to USD2.59 million which would be self-financed.

Main expansion cases of domestic pesticide enterprieses in 2012
First standard for commodity supervision and sampling inspection released
China brews soybean industrial policy adjustment
China needs to attach importance to regulate on pesticide adjuvants in extra small package
Pyridine price rises, paraquat follows
Nutrichem gains GLP certification from OECD
Performance prediction of main domestic pesticide companies in 2012
Jiangsu Huifeng to set foot in seed industry


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