Find Hot News in Sweeteners China News 1401

Published on the 5^th every month, Sweeteners China News is a monthly publication released by CCM. It offers timely update and close follow up of China’s various kind of sweeteners market dynamics, analyze the market data and trends. Major columns include market dynamic, company dynamic, raw material supply, price update, import & export analysis, consumption trend & competitiveness.

Following are headline news of the latest issue of Sweeteners China News:

CNRIFFI's stachyose (P80) rated as "national key new product"

CNRIFFI's stachyose (P80) rated as "national key new product"

Ex-factory prices of sweeteners in China in December 2013

Ex-factory prices of sweeteners in China in December 2013

Export overview of some sweeteners and raw materials in China, November 2013

Export overview of some sweeteners and raw materials in China, November 2013

China's cyclamate export: volume drop in Jan.-Nov. 2013

According to China Customs, the export volume of China's cyclamate witnessed a decrease in Jan.-Nov. 2013 over the same period of 2012, probably because of the continuous increase in its export price and the stable demand from overseas markets.

Shandong Longlive opens online flagship shop at Tmall

Shandong Longlive opened an online flagship shop at tmall.com in Dec. 2013, seeking to boost the sales of its end products.

Shandong Futaste became the first GMP (2010 edition)-certified producer of xylitol in China

Shandong Futaste became the first GMP (2010 edition)-certified xylitol producer in China on 20 Nov. 2013. As China's xylitol market is becoming saturated, and domestic competition has been increasingly intense in recent years, Shandong Futaste will be more flexibly benefited from this GMP certification.

China's saccharin: combined export volume of domestic designated producers decreases in Jan.-Oct. 2013

According to China Customs and CSA, the combined export volume of saccharin of domestic designated saccharin producers witnessed a obvious decrease in Jan.-Oct. 2013, while the national export volume of saccharin showed a slight increase in the same period.

Expiration of patent protection for neotame in 2013 boosts neotame production in China

The expiration of US companies' patent protection for neotame would boost the production of neotame in China and also accelerate neotame's replacement for aspartame, especially in view of its obvious advantages like higher sweetness and safety.

Low sucrose price in 2013 causes contrasting net profit growth between two FOS producers

The low sucrose price in 2013 resulted in contrasting growth of the net profits of two major FOS producers, namely QHT and Baolingbao. QHT's net profit was predicted to have increased in 2013 over 2012, while Baolingbao predicted a decline in its net profit for 2013.

First-phase of Guangdong L&P's sucralose project completed in Dec. 2013

The construction of the first phase of Guangdong L&P's sucralose project, which has a production capacity of 300t/a, was completed in Dec. 2013. However, the company will find it difficult to make full use of its expanded capacity in 2014.

China's HFCS: sucrose price becomes more decisive factor for profit margin decrease in 2013

In 2013, China's HFCS producers have been caught in similar declines in profit margins as in 2012. However, the decrease of sucrose price seemed to be a more decisive factor for the declines in 2013 while the uptrend of corn prices and demand slowdown from downstream fields for the declines in 2012. Moreover, the influence of sucrose price on China's HFCS producers will continue in 2014.

Domestic starch sugar producers shift sales focus to export in 2013

Due to their poor performance in the domestic market, starch sugar producers in China shift the focus of starch sugar sales to starch sugar export in 2013. It is predicted that such a shift will continue in the domestic starch sugar industry in 2014.

Gross profit of Shandong crystalline glucose producers rebounds in Dec. 2013

The gross profit of crystalline glucose in Shandong witnessed a sharp increase in Dec. 2013 after a drop in Nov. 2013, which can be largely attributed to the increase of the demand from domestic downstream industries and the decrease of Shandong producers' corn purchase prices in this month.

QHT cooperates with GDHA on requirement of doctors and patients for microecological health

QHT cooperates with GDHA on requirement of doctors and patients for microecological health

National standard of feed sweeteners passes expert examination

National standard of feed sweeteners passes expert examination

Chenguang Biotech obtains patent certificate for stevia in Nov. 2013

Chenguang Biotech announced a patent certificate for stevia in Nov. 2013

Shandong Longlive's technology center rated state-level

Shandong Longlive's technology center rated state-level

Sucrose price in China continues to drop since Nov. 2013

China's sucrose price continues to drop since Nov. 2013, owing to the oversupply caused mainly by the inrush of low-priced imported sucrose and the current weak domestic demand.

China's sweetener industry annual overview 2013

China's sweetener industry annual overview 2013

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Find Hot News in Sweeteners China News 1312

Following are headline news of the latest issue of Sweeteners China News:

Gross profit for China's HFCS producers decreases sharply in Sept. -Oct. 2013

Gross profit for China's HFCS producers decreased sharply in Sept. -Oct. 2013, and it is predicted to continue to be low in the next several months.

Layn awarded as Famous Export Brand in Guangxi

Layn awarded as Famous Export Brand in Guangxi

Ex-factory prices of sweeteners in China in November 2013

Ex-factory prices of sweeteners in China in November 2013

MOS officially approved to be new food material

MOS officially approved to be new food material

Import volume of sucrose in China exceeds 700,000 tonnes in Oct. 2013

Import volume of sucrose in China exceeds 700,000 tonnes in Oct. 2013

Shandong Longlive to invest in 200,000t/a straw utilization project

Shandong Longlive to invest in 200,000t/a straw utilization project

Export volume of China's maltitol decreases by 15% YoY in Jan. -Aug. 2013

Export volume of China's maltitol decreased by 15% YoY to about 11,000 tonnes in Jan. -Aug. 2013, and the export volume of China's syrup maltitol and China's crystalline maltitol showed different trend in the same period. It is estimated that different export situation of these two types of maltitol has different influences on their ex-factory prices in China.

2013/2014 minimum sugarcane purchase price in Guangxi decreased

The government of Guangxi further decreased the 2013/2014 minimum sugarcane purchase price in Guangxi. It is predicted that the decrease in the minimum sugarcane purchase prices in other sugarcane growing regions will be a foregone conclusion in 2013/2014.

China's acesulfame-K exports: volume up while price down in Q1-Q3 2013

According to the China Customs, export volume of China's acesulfame-K witnessed an increase in the first three quarters of 2013, up 12% YoY, while its average export price declined by 17% YoY.

Q1-Q3 import volume of L-phe sees continuous decrease in 2011-2013

According to China Customs, the import volume of L-phe decreased by 27.7% in Q1-Q3 2013, compared with that in Q1-Q3 2011.

Operating rate for China's corn starch industry decreases a little in Nov. 2013

Operating rate for China's corn starch industry decreased a little in Nov. 2013 compared with that in Oct. 2013, due to weak demand from domestic downstream industries and gross loss of corn starch in China.

Import volume of liquorice witnesses sharp increase in June-Sept. 2013

Import volume of liquorice in China witnessed a sharp increase in June-Sept. of 2013, compared with its low YoY growth rate in the first five months of 2013. Meanwhile, large increase of the import liquorice price in the first three quarters of 2013 had limited negative effects on profits of domestic glycyrrhizin producers in 2013.

Focus of Shandong Longlive's XOS sales likely turn to overseas markets

Research results released by Shandong Longlive show that XOS stimulates the growth of bifidobacterium, and that XOS may be good for treatment for some diseases. The research results are predicted to have a positive effect on the popularity of XOS in the overseas markets, providing an opportunity for Shandong Longlive to explore overseas markets.

NDRC approves BBCA building corn processing plant in Brazil

NDRC has approved BBCA group's project on the establishment of a corn processing plant with a total corn processing capacity of 600,000t/a in Brazil. Strict management of Chinese government over domestic corn processing industry and high corn prices in China may encourage domestic enterprises' investments in corn processing projects in overseas countries in the future.

China loosening one-child policy may bring opportunity for domestic FOS and GOS industries

China announced that it would allow couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child, which may present an opportunity for the development of domestic FOS and GOS industries in the future. At the same time, some existing uncertain factors may become obstacles.

China's stevia sweetener industry in 2013-an overview

The year 2013 is still a difficult time for the domestic stevia sweetener industry, which is reflected from the high inventories of stevia sweetener, continuous decrease in prices of China's domestically produced stevia sweetener and huge net losses for domestic stevia sweetener producers.

Export overview of some sweeteners and raw materials in China, October 2013

Export overview of some sweeteners and raw materials in China, October 2013

Baolingbao's project on functional biological ingredients engineering lab obtains approval from NDRC

Baolingbao's project on functional biological ingredients engineering lab obtains approval from NDRC

Soybean product industry: next key field that China's functional oligosaccharide producers may enter

In view of functional oligosaccharide producers setting foot in new downstream industries and the good development prospect of domestic soybean product industry, the soybean product industry may become the next key field which China's functional oligosaccharide producers will enter. However, some negative factors in this industry may weaken those producers' enthusiasm. 

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Focus of Shandong Longlive's XOS sales may turn to overseas markets

On 19 Nov. 2013, Shandong Longlive Bio-technology Co., Ltd. (Shandong Longlive), the largest xylo-oligosaccharide (XOS) producer in China whose total XOS capacity is 4,000t/a, released the research results on XOS that the product can stimulate the growth of bifidobacterium, which may be good for treatment for some diseases. Specifically, according to Shandong Longlive, in order to explore the US market, the company has entrusted David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California-Los Angeles (the School) to testify the function and security of XOS for human being, and the project started in H2 2011, according to Sweeteners China News issued by CCM in November.

According to the research results, XOS is not absorbed by human body, and it is also not a kind of human nutrition. The function of XOS for human body lies in its positive effect on human's intestinal flora—XOS stimulates the growth of bifidobacterium. The research results revealed that XOS has the potential treatment function on degeneracy autism. The experimental study of the School has proved that the quantity of bifidobacterium of children diagnosed with autism is less than that of normal children, which means XOS may perform a treatment function as it stimulates the growth of bifidobacterium. In addition, the research results also showed that XOS may have a positive effect on treatment for some diseases in which intestinal bacteria are involved, such as metabolic syndrome, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. According to Shandong Longlive, it is estimated that 20%-30% of the population in developed countries are suffering from the diseases mentioned above. Therefore the unique function of XOS may stimulate those sufferers' consumption of the product.

Shandong Longlive expressed that the purpose for the research on XOS' function is to explore the overseas markets, especially the US market. And the positive research results provide such an opportunity. It is believed that the company will shift the focus of its XOS sales strategy from the domestic market to the overseas markets.

 

In fact, almost all of Shandong Longlive's XOS is sold domestically all the time. However, compared with other functional oligosaccharides, such as fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) and galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS), the consumption of XOS in China increased quite slowly in recent years, due to its small serving size in downstream products and its low popularity among the Chinese public. For example, according to Shandong Longlive, the sales volume of its XOS increased from 3,108 tonnes in 2009 to 3,532 tonnes in 2012. However, increases in the sales volumes of FOS and GOS are way more significant. According to Quantum Hi-Tech (China) Biological Co., Ltd. (QHT), a leading FOS and GOS producer in China, its sales volume of FOS increased by over 1,300 tonnes to 10,259 tonnes in 2012 from 2009, and the sales volume of its GOS even increased to 1,234 tonnes from just 94 tonnes in 2009.

 

Although FOS is currently the main functional oligosaccharide consumed in developed countries, its efficacy is not as good as that of XOS according to Shandong Longlive. Besides, the public's health consciousness in developed countries, such as the US, are higher than in China, which hints that products with health care function will be more popular in these countries. The research results offer more detailed data and authoritative conclusion for the company to enhance the competitiveness of its XOS, as well as attract the public's consumption.

 

For Shandong Longlive, high health consciousness of citizens in developed countries means more sales opportunities. Its large investment in the research was aimed at the entrance in markets of developed countries. The research results are more favorable to the company's XOS sales to developed countries than to China. Under the current situation in China, including low health consciousness of the public and low consumption growth of XOS, it is easier to explore markets in developed countries than China's. Moreover, the new XOS production project of Shandong Longlive with a capacity of 6,000t/a is predicted to go into operation in Q1 2014, which indicates that the company should consider how to digest its huge production capacity of the product. Based on the reasons above, it is obviously wise for Shandong Longlive to focus more on overseas markets than to the domestic market.

Table of Contents of Sweeteners China News 1312

Gross profit for China's HFCS producers decreases sharply in Sept. -Oct. 2013

Layn awarded as Famous Export Brand in Guangxi

Ex-factory prices of sweeteners in China in November 2013

MOS officially approved to be new food material

Import volume of sucrose in China exceeds 700,000 tonnes in Oct. 2013

Shandong Longlive to invest in 200,000t/a straw utilization project

Export volume of China's maltitol decreases by 15% YoY in Jan. -Aug. 2013

2013/2014 minimum sugarcane purchase price in Guangxi decreased

China's acesulfame-K exports: volume up while price down in Q1-Q3 2013

Q1-Q3 import volume of L-phe sees continuous decrease in 2011-2013

Operating rate for China's corn starch industry decreases a little in Nov. 2013

Import volume of liquorice witnesses sharp increase in June-Sept. 2013

Focus of Shandong Longlive's XOS sales likely turn to overseas markets

NDRC approves BBCA building corn processing plant in Brazil

China loosening one-child policy may bring opportunity for domestic FOS and GOS industries

China's stevia sweetener industry in 2013-an overview

Export overview of some sweeteners and raw materials in China, October 2013

Baolingbao's project on functional biological ingredients engineering lab obtains approval from NDRC

Soybean product industry: next key field that China's functional oligosaccharide producers may enter

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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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 5^th 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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