Friday, January 13, 2012

China Exploring Overseas Markets on Hybrid Rice

China leads the world in breeding technology of hybrid rice with a large number of seed companies producing hybrid rice seeds. As domestic hybrid rice seed market tends to be saturated, some prominent companies are striving to enter foreign market, with great support from the government. It is believed that developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America shall become the emerging markets for China's hybrid rice companies, according to CCM’s December Issue of Seed China News.

Under the "Guidance for Promoting the International Development of Strategic Emerging Industries" (Guidance for Emerging Industries) issued in Sept. 2011, domestic seed companies are expected by the government to explore the emerging markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America. China's companies are encouraged to build production and demonstration zones in foreign countries and strengthen the overseas promotion for new crop varieties.

On 25 Dec., 2011, China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI) cooperated with a local hybrid rice company to establish the ASEAN Rice Seed R&D Center in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guangxi), Southwest China. The new R&D center is committed to cultivating new hybrid rice varieties for local areas and Southeast Asian countries.

For the Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, with similar climatic conditions as the rice planting areas in the south part of China, could directly introduce hybrid rice varieties from Guangxi for trial planting.

In recent years, China has gradually enhanced the promotion of hybrid rice in foreign countries. A series of hybrid rice aid projects have been launched in other developing countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Guinea, etc.

With breeding stations or demonstration sites, China's hybrid rice is gradually recognized in foreign countries. For example, over 10 hybrid rice production demonstration sites have been built in Guinea, producing over 500 tonnes of rice seeds in 3,530 ha. rice planting areas now. It is understood that Madagascar already introduced over 30 hybrid rice varieties from China for trial planting.

Although the exports of hybrid rice seeds have constantly increased in recent years, the export destinations are only limited to a few countries such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, Philippines and Guinea, with a low level in both export volume and value.

Some industrial insiders believe that it would be a good strategy for domestic companies to establish hybrid rice demonstration zones in overseas countries, aiming to expand the local seed markets in the long run. For most African countries without strong sense of improved varieties, it may not easy for domestic companies to directly distribute hybrid seeds there. After demonstration and guidance, local farmers would be more receptive to improved varieties and fine seeds.

Encouraged by the government, some leading hybrid rice companies are actively exploiting overseas markets. For example, Longping High-tech is leading a Sino-Indonesian hybrid rice program, aiming to develop the best hybrid rice variety for Indonesia. Besides, the company also has a hybrid rice R&D center in Philippines which is committed to developing excellent hybrid rice.

Winall Hi-tech, another leading hybrid rice company, is striving to expand the hybrid rice market in Southeast Asia, with seed export business mainly covering Pakistan, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc. Actually, Winall Hi-tech is one of the key players exporting hybrid rice seeds to Southeast Asian countries.

With the increasing influence of hybrid rice worldwide, a number of overseas countries, especially those in Asia, Africa and Latin America are hoping to introduce hybrid rice technology from China. There should be a huge market space for hybrid rice seeds, as the coverage rate of hybrid rice is still very low in most foreign countries.

It is believed that the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America which have maintained close relationship with China for years would provide a great platform for Chinese seed companies to achieve the internationalization in future. Of course, the talent resources and breeding techniques must be fully enhanced before domestic seed companies really lead the overseas hybrid rice markets.

Source: Seed China News 1112
http://www.cnchemicals.com/Newsletter/NewsletterDetail_28.html

Content of Seed China News 1112:
China pays more attention to agricultural science and technology
China exploring overseas markets on hybrid rice
Seed quality issues traced in listed companies
Some difficulties encountered by corn seed manufacturers
Rijk Zwaan opens second breeding station in China
Longping High-tech's stock price plummeting as resignation of its CEO
Grand Agriseeds increases investment into two subsidiaries
"Jixiang 1" purchased by Gansu Dunhuang
HPSG enhancing R&D capacity
Corn seed secondary coating has large market space in China

Seed China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 30th of every month, offers timely update and close follow-up of China’s seed industry dynamics, analyzes market data and finds out factors influencing market development


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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Zhangjiagang Huamei to launch PDO products in April 2012

Zhangjiagang Huamei Biomaterial Co., Ltd. (Zhangjiagang Huamei) plans to launch its 1,3-propanediol (PDO) products in April 2012, revealed by CCM International’s first issue of Biomaterials China News.

Zhangjiagang Huamei is a new company established by Zhangjiagang Meijingrong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Zhangjiagang Meijingrong) and SB China Venture Capital Limited (SBCVC) that cooperated with each other. They invested about USD24 million to build a PDO production line with total capacity of 65,000t/a. On September 8, 2011, Zhangjiagang Huamei started the construction of the first phase of the PDO production line with capacity of 13,000t/a in Changjiang River Chemical Industrial Park. It is estimated that PDO products will be launched in April 2012, revealed by a staff from Zhangjiagang Meijingrong. Meanwhile, he claims that the company will also launch its PTT products, PDO downstream products, when it finishes the current cooperation contract with Dupont.

Mr. Han, general manager of Zhangjiagang Meijingrong, is proud that the new PDO production line will increase the annual sales revenue to nearly USD173 million when the whole construction is finished. Besides, the annual return of Zhangjiagang Meijingrong will reach more than USD47.25 million after the formation of the PTT upstream and downstream industry in Zhangjiagang Meijingrong.

It is predicted that Zhangjiagang Huamei will become the second biggest PDO producer around the world when it reaches the total capacity. Actually, at present, there are only three major companies producing PDO products around the world, Degussa Co., Ltd. (Degussa), Shell and Dupont. Although some domestic manufacturers have the capability to produce PDO products, their capacities are lower than ten thousand tonnes per year separately. Mr. Han believes that the PDO production industry will be prosperous as the PTT capacity become larger and larger in future.

Want to find out more about the influence that worldwide economic downturn makes on China’s PTT industry, please check Biomaterials China News. If you need free sample of this newsletter, please contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

Specific News of Biomaterials China News include:
-China to accelerate development of biomaterials
-Overview of development of milk protein fiber in China
-Worldwide economic downturn affects PTT sales in China
-PHA manufacturers to benefit from the ban on plastic in Europe and in America
-Chitosan fiber still has a long distance to the industrial production
-Suzhou HiPro to expand its bio-polyamide capacity
-Wanwei Updated High-tech expands PVA capacity
-Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan to expand its PPC resin capacity
-Zhejiang Hisun to expand its PLA capacity in 2013
-Changchun Dacheng expands its corn-based monoethylene glycol capacity
-RSPC accelerates its expansion of PTT upstream production lines
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Wanwei Updated High-tech to Expand PVA Capacity

CCM International has launched the first issue of Biomaterials China News in December 2012. The first issue presents that Wanwei Updated High-tech Material Industry Co., Ltd. (Wanwei Updated High-tech) will expand its polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) capacity to 250,000t/a at the beginning of 2012 from 150,000t/a now.

The total capacity of PVA is divided into three production lines: the old PVA production line with capacity of 100,000t/a in the company's headquarters in Chaohu, Anhui Province, the new production line with capacity of 100,000t/a in Inner Mongolia Mengwei Technology Co., Ltd. (Inner Mongolia Mengwei) and the bio-based PVA production line with capacity of 50,000t/a in GuangXi Guangwei Chemical Co., Ltd. (Guangxi Guangwei).

There are not just the news of PVA production capacity expansion. According to the staff from Inner Mongolia Mengwei, although without the specific timetable, there is a plan of another new production line construction with capacity of 100,000t/a built in Inner Mongolia Mengwei. It is estimated that the PVA capacity of Wanwei Updated High-tech will increase to 350,000t/a in the near future.

In addition, Wanwei Updated High-tech is trying its best to develop the downstream products such as PVB and PVA membrane, in order to increase the company's PVA output in the near future.

More details about PVA expansion, please check Biomaterials China News. If you need free sample of this newsletter, please contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

Specific News of Biomaterials China News include:
-China to accelerate development of biomaterials
-Overview of development of milk protein fiber in China
-Worldwide economic downturn affects PTT sales in China
-PHA manufacturers to benefit from the ban on plastic in Europe and in America
-Chitosan fiber still has a long distance to the industrial production
-Suzhou HiPro to expand its bio-polyamide capacity
-Wanwei Updated High-tech expands PVA capacity
-Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan to expand its PPC resin capacity
-Zhejiang Hisun to expand its PLA capacity in 2013
-Changchun Dacheng expands its corn-based monoethylene glycol capacity
-RSPC accelerates its expansion of PTT upstream production lines
-Zhangjiagang Huamei to launch PDO products in April 2012
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Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan to Expand PPC Resin Capacity

Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan Low Carbon Technology Co., Ltd. (Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan), a large PPC (Poly propylene carbonate) resin producer in China, plans to expand its PPC capacity to 31,000t/a in 2012 from 6,000t/a in October 2011.

Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan will launch its new PPC resin production line's first phase with capacity of 25,000t/a in 2012, according to Mr. Wu, the manager of Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan. The construction of the new production line was started in 2010. Mr. Wu reveals that in the near future, the second phase of the new production line with capacity of 75,000t/a is under the preliminary infrastructure.

Recently, Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan has only the capacity of 6,000t/a, including a production line of 5,000t/a and a pilot phase production line with capacity of 1,000t/a. But Mr. Wu is optimistic about the bright future of PPC resin. With specific policies on carbon dioxide emission's reduction released in China in 2010, more and more companies have been investing in PPC to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions.

Although PPC resin is inferior to most conventional plastics in terms of thermo-resistance, barrier property and processing capability, PPC resin has the advantage of mechanical properties, thermal stability and tensile properties. Mr. Wu, the manager from Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan, disclosed that the largest application field for PPC resin now is packaging field especially foam packaging materials, which is the biggest market for PPC. Meanwhile, He adds that another application field for PPC resin is for medical use but this kind of application is still at the experimental stage.

Furthermore, Mr. Wu does not worry that PPC resin market will be taken over by other kinds of biodegradable plastics. He claims that although PPC resin's price is higher than that of PLA, about USD2,300/t, each kind of bio-degradable plastics has its unique properties fitting in some niche markets. For example, even if PPC resin can only be used in packaging field, the packaging field still has many margins for uses of PPC resin and this consumption volume is adequate enough to support them to survive in the intense competitions outside.

Above is extracted from CCM International’s First Issue of Biomaterials China News. Find out more about the Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan’s PPC resin expansion in it. If you need free sample of this newsletter, please contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

Specific News of Biomaterials China News includes:
-China to accelerate development of biomaterials
-Overview of development of milk protein fiber in China
-Worldwide economic downturn affects PTT sales in China
-PHA manufacturers to benefit from the ban on plastic in Europe and in America
-Chitosan fiber still has a long distance to the industrial production
-Suzhou HiPro to expand its bio-polyamide capacity
-Wanwei Updated High-tech expands PVA capacity
-Nanyang Zhongju Tianguan to expand its PPC resin capacity
-Zhejiang Hisun to expand its PLA capacity in 2013
-Changchun Dacheng expands its corn-based monoethylene glycol capacity
-RSPC accelerates its expansion of PTT upstream production lines
-Zhangjiagang Huamei to launch PDO products in April 2012
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Plastic Ban Accelarates PHA Development in China

As people's environmental protection awareness is increasing, the plastic ban is estimated to be implemented gradually in Europe and in the US. It might offer more business opportunities for the Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) manufacturers in China. CCM International’s December Issue of Industrial Biotechnology China News reports this story.

In November 2011, the City Council of Seattle in the US is considering a ban on single-use plastic bag which is harmful to marine wildlife and recycling machinery. Recently, under the new city law of Seattle, grocers would have to get rid of the thin plastic bags that are doled out at most check-out stands and they would be required to charge a five-cent fee for any paper bags used at checkouts.

In fact, international and domestic-related plastic limitation and the policies of plastic degradation encouragement have been launched at present. This provide a perfect chance for PHA. Since PHA has great performance in gas barrier property and it is great for producing plastic packaging, especially the fresh wrapping paper. Therefore, Chinese PHA manufacturers are optimistic about the future PHA market.

Mr. Zeng, a staffer from Shenzhen Ecomann Bio-technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Ecomann) reveals that export of PHA in the company is increasing gradually as the national ban policies on plastic launched in Europe and in the US in 2008-2011. He emphasizes that the export business in Shenzhen Ecomann will maintain an increasing growth if the national policies launched in the near future.

Mr. Wang, manager of Tianjin Green Bioscience Co., Ltd. (Tianjin Green), explains that PHA products of Tianjin Green are also mainly exported to the US and Europe. He believes that demand of PHA products in the US and Europe will increase as the implementation of ban on plastic in the US and Europe.

According to the survey of CCM international, the output of PHA reached 709 tonnes in 2010 in China, and PHA manufacturers in China have a rapid growth in capacity from 7,035t/a in 2009 to 17,016t/a in 2011.

A more detailed story is reported in Industrial Biotechnology China News. If you need more information, please contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

-Zhejiang Fuel Ethanol will launch the cassava ethanol production line in 2013.
-Recently, a new policy of grain fuel ethanol is issued by the Chinese government to cancel the VAT refund policy and increase the levy on consumption tax of vehicle fuel ethanol gasoline products which will have the potential to accelerate the development of cellulosic ethanol development.
-Domestic biodiesel manufacturers need specific policies from the Chinese government rather than any other guidances written by the Chinese government like the guidance published in November 2011.
-Hualan receives HSA production documents in November 2011.
-The worldwide economic downturn affects PTT sales in China.
-China's PLA import volume decreased by more than 65.50% while price of PLA export and import sharply increased in October 2011.
-The PHA manufacturers in China find more business opportunities thanks to the ban on plastic, and it is estimated that the trend of ban on plastic will go on gradually in Europe and in the US.
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2012 China's Insecticide Demand Expected to hit 124,100 Tonnes

China's insecticide demand is predicted to reach 124,100 tonnes in 2012, based on the result from National Agricultural Technology Extension and Service Center (NATESC) by analyzing information collected from local crop protection stations of 31 key planting provinces/municipalities. The total national demand for pesticides will hit 313,600 tonnes (984,000 tonnes for formulations), posting a 2.48% year-on-year growth in 2012. CCM International’s December issue of Insecticides China News reports the detail of it.

Guo Yongwang, Director of NATESC reviewed the performance of insecticide in 2011. He said the pesticide sales in 2011 was slack. The insecticides demand declined in 2011 due to light occurrence of insect pests, especially pymetrozine, buprofeizin, abamectin and emamectin benzoate with an obvious reduction.

However, as the structure of China's pesticide demand tends to be more reasonable, insecticides demand in 2012 will become the largest among the three pesticide categories in China, hitting about 124,100 tonnes, up 1.21% year on year and accounting for 40.44% of the total demand for pesticides.

Specifically, the demand for organophosphorous insecticides will reach 91,000 tonnes in 2012, with a 3.24% year-on-year growth. However, the demand for both carbamate insecticides and pyrethroid insecticides will decrease by 17.44% and 11.87% year on year to about 5,800 tonnes and 3,700 tonnes respectively.

The demand for other kinds of insecticides will come to 23,600 tonnes with a 1.38% year-on-year growth. Also, the demand for acaricide will also increase by 9.08% year on year to about 10,600 tonnes. In addition, wheat seed treatment agents would obtain more market share in the next three to five years, whose sales and application are quite prosperous during the autumn sowing this year.

You will discover more in Insecticides China News. If you are interested in this newsletter, please feel free to contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

Highlight News include:
-China's insecticide demand is forecasted to reach 124,100 tonnes in 2012.
-Many small and medium-sized pesticide players in China will face closedown if they don't seek investment or mergers & acquisitions.
-In Nov. 2011, Nantong Shenyu's biopesticide project passes Environmental Impact Assessment.
-On 17 Nov. 2011, National Engineering Research Center for Agrochemicals is established in Changsha City, Hunan Province.
-Shaanxi Biopesticide Engineering R&D Center highly values botanical pesticides.
-Xining City, Qinghai Province will ban the sales and application of phorate throughout the city from 1 January 2012.
-In Nov. 2011, Shenghua Biok's innovative technology of waste treatment in abamectin production gains approval.
-Following Sanya City, Ledong County becomes the second region in Hainan Province to enforce the implementation measures concerning pesticide wholesale and retail license in the province.
-ISK gets the formal registration of its flonicamid in China this March, which is said to be launched in China next year.
-In Nov. 2011, Dow AgroSciences LLC applies for the registration of 50% sulfoxaflor WG in China.
-China's demand for acetamiprid is predicted to decrease in 2012.
-China's total export volume of 95% lambda-cyhalothrin technical and 25g/L EC soars to 3,751 tonnes in Q1-Q3 2011.
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Zhejiang Hisun to Expand PLA Capacity in 2013

The First Issue of Biomaterials China News by CCM International reveals that Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Hisun) will expand its Polylactic acid (PLA) capacity to 50,000t/a in 2013 from 5,000t/a currently.

Thanks to the bright future of biodegradable plastic, as the first PLA producer in China, Zhejiang Hisun is trying its best to expand its PLA capacity. The expansion is based on the fact that Zhejiang Hisun's sales keeps increasing these few years, revealed by the staff of Zhejiang Hisun. Currently, the company is preparing for the documents of PLA production expansion construction.

Moreover, the company is considering to use cassava, a new raw material instead of corn, for its industrial production. Compared with Zhejiang Hisun, the traditional PLA manufacturers in China mainly use corn as the raw material in the PLA industrial production. The change of the process is not only in line with the Chinese government's advice that the industrial production should not compete for food with people, but also reduce the cost effectively. In November 2011, price of cassava is only USD78/t compared with USD354/t of corn price.

Recently, the staff are proud that PLA stays in the edge in the biodegradable competition thanks to its wide range of the processing. PLA can be applied for the injection molding, blown film, extrusion, plastic, non-woven and other processing. He reveals that price of PLA will decrease a lot when the new production line finishes the construction. The current average price is around USD3,450t/a in China.

Zhejiang Hisun plans to expand PLA capacity thanks to its good performance of stiffness, elasticity and other mechanical properties. According to the experts from National resin network, PLA has been seen as an excellent alternative of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The PLA demand will be expected to continue to grow as its advantage of production technology and continuous improvement of performance.

According to the survey from a research report of PLA, it is estimated that the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of global lactic acid and PLA market will reach 18.7%, and the market value of PLA is expected to reach USD3.831 billion in 2016, thanks to its biodegradable and good performance, which can effectively reduce the dependence on oil raw materials.

You might discover more information in Biomaterials China News. If you need free sample of this newsletter, please contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

Specific Headline News of Biomaterials China News include:
-China is making efforts to accelerate development of biomaterials by providing more supportive polices.
-The worldwide economic downturn affects PTT sales in China.
-RSPC accelerates its expansion of PTT upstream production lines.
-The PHA manufacturers in China find more business opportunities thanks to the ban on plastic, and it is estimated that the trend of ban on plastic will go on gradually in Europe and in the US.
-Suzhou HiPro will expand its bio-polyamides capacity to 15,000t/a in Q3 2012.
-Wanwei Updated High-tech will expand its PVA capacity to 250,000t/a at the beginning of 2012.
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