CCM anticipate China's TiO2 export volume to increase in 2013

Judging either from the production scale or the actual production output, China’s titanium dioxide has grown significantly in recent years and China has become one of the most important TiO₂ producers in the world. CCM’s experts focus closely on China’s TiO₂ market and have their unique perspectives about the development of this industry. With professional market investigations and accurate data, CCM will provide the most impartial, reliable and scientific consultancy service.

According to the TiO₂ branch of the Chemical Industry Productivity Promotion Centre of China, the 2012 TiO₂ output in China was 1.89 million tonnes, a YoY growth of 7.7% compared to the 1.76 million tonnes (after adjustment) in 2011. In 2012, the TiO₂ export volume to the US, Brazil, India and the ASEAN-5 were 77,000 tonnes, 63,000 tonnes, 58,000 tonnes and 147,000 tonnes, increasing by 15.29%, 34.97%, 11.99% and 19.84%, respectively, compared to that in 2011. According to World Bank, the global economic growth is expected to come in at a relatively weak 2.4 percent in 2013, which is better than that in 2012. GDP growth in developing countries is projected to rise to 5.5% in 2013, due to improved financial conditions, a relaxation of monetary policy and stronger high income country growth. GDP growth in high income countries is projected to expand a mediocre 1.3%. Growth should begin firming during 2013. As a result, we anticipate China's TiO₂ export volume to increase in 2013.

On the other hand, more than half of China's TiO₂ is used in the coatings industry. Furthermore, architectural coatings accounts for 30%–40% of total coatings output in China. Architectural coatings consumption depends on the real estate market. After it entered H2 2012, real estate enterprises showed more initiative to stock up land than in H1 2012, indicating real estate enterprises consider 2013 to be more optimistic than 2012. Low interest rates along with fixed asset investment and resurgence of the whole economy will together raise the YoY growth rate of 2013 social construction starts to 8%. The amount invested in the real estate industry in 2013 is projected to rise by 17.5%. With the gradually improving real estate market, architectural coatings demand will likely increase and push up TiO₂ consumption. Thus, we expect 2013 TiO₂ output to increase by 10%–15%.

Titanium dioxide export analysis published by CCM will provide clients indentify export situation with exclusive research methods, to offer the target products’ export volume, price, time, source/destination countries, specification, application, the information of exporters, manufacturers, etc.,so as to help customers predict the future of TiO₂ industry in China and make wise business decision.

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Stronger Focus on Food Safety

In mid-March the Chinese Ministry of Health (MOH) asked for advice from the public in response to the draft of the 2013 National Food Safety Standard, according to CCM’s monthly report, Dairy Products China News 1303.

The draft is mainly a revision of some food safety national standards, including food products, detection methods, food additives, nutriment supplements, nutrition & special diet foods and requirements for production and operation. It has also been suggested that a General Standard of Nutrition Supplement for Pregnant, Post-Natal and Breastfeeding Women should be set up.

In view of the significance of food safety, this is the 2nd time that the public’s views have been collected for the draft. By the end of January, the China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment (responsible for the risk assessment, monitoring,early warning and communication of national food safety, and food safety standards) had received 1,288 suggestions on the topic, leading it to draw up a draft on this basis.

 

The draft is also a response to a succession of food safety incidents. Mainly because of the quality scandal which hit Mengniu, the draft has an added Aflatoxin detection method and a quality standard for raw milk. The arguably low standard of raw milk has been widely considered as key to most of the quality scandals hitting the dairy sector, with different parties quarrelling about what standard should be applied, pushing the government to address the issue.

Alongside the draft, a number of administrative measures have been taken to prevent food quality accidents:

• The MOH has strengthened the supervision of food products through national surveillance. In late January, it indicated that the focus of 2013’s work will be upon addressing issues in several key areas, notably grain, vegetables, meat, dairy products, infant foods and illegal additives. Infant foods, formula and accessories are of special concern. 50%+ of China’s county level administrative regions should monitor for food contaminants and other harmful factors, according to the MOH

• In early March, Gansu Province detailed its food safety work in 2013. Dairy products, edible oil, liquor, meat, food additive and etc. are listed to be important aspects and supervisors at all levels have to attend a total of over 40 hours’ training about food safety

 

• In mid February, the Department of Health of Guangdong Province solicited the views of consumers in respect of a range of regional food safety standard revisions, citing its goals as being to encourage progress in food safety technology, independent innovation and industry development

• Sichuan Province organised the “One Hundred Days Action”around the theme “2013 food safety”. The programme divides into 4 stages, from 20 February to 31 July, emphasising relevant departments’ responsibility in food safety

During the sessions of the NPC & CPPCC (the National People’s Congress and the Chinese Political Consultative Conference), food safety was a topic frequently discussed. Infant formula attracted the most attention, especially after the establishment of Hong Kong’s regulatory limits on purchases of infant formula products. Mr. Zhou, director of the State of Administration for Industry & Commerce of China, revealed that it will release specific rules to reinforce the management of infant formula products, which would cover the whole production chain, although no details about the specific rules have been forthcoming to date.

 

Although domestic dairy products have gradually regained some consumers’ confidence, the perceptions amongst the public remain a major obstacle. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) publishes data on qualification rates of domestic dairy products checked. It states that 99% of domestic dairy products are passing when checked nowadays, a rate higher than for imported dairy products. Mr. Yang, the deputy director of AQSIQ, announced that 0.26% of domestic dairy products failed when checked during 2011 and 2012, compared with a failure rate of 0.76% for imported dairy products in 2012; in the case of domestic infant formula the failure rate was 0.77% in 2012, 0.37% lower than for imported infant formula.

Clearly besides the various governmental actions, food companies are keen to play key roles in food safety, as demonstrating high levels of quality will be critical to their brand awareness an brand reputations. A good example of this was seen on World Consumer Rights Day (15 March), when Mengniu organised interactive activities nationwide to raise public awareness of consumer rights protection, in the process positioning its products as offering high quality and safety.

Table Contents of Dairy Products China News 1303:

Royal Dairy Growth Plan

Hong Kong Acts on Infant Formula Trade

The Price of Imported WMP Rises in March

Prospects for E-commerce

Stronger Focus on Food Safety

DMK Plans Expansion in China

Want Want China Prospers with Dairy

Strategy Adjustment at Black Cow

Modern Dairy Performs Well in H1 2013

Mengniu Launches New Ice Cream

By-health’s Strong Performance in 2012

MiMille Introduces Premium Infant Formula

Dairy Products China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 30^th or 31^st, offers you the latest information on new market dynamics, company development, new products, technology, packaging and raw material supply, etc. It also focuses on the government’s direction and polices, helping you get the whole picture of the industry. 

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Seed China News brings to you the latest dynamics in seed industry

The National Development Plan 2012–2020 for Modern Crop Seed Industry, promulgated by the State Council, is aimed to encouraging seed enterprises to gradually take the place of the higher education and other scientific institutes in the dominance of breeding seeds. In this way, Chinese seed industry may develop much better in future.

Since the new century, large seed companies have started to set up research institutes while small ones have also founded research departments. Retired experts from agricultural research units have also been hired as consultants of seed companies, while graduate and undergraduate students have been recruited to undertake breeding work. Seed companies attempt to rapidly turn to the main body of scientific and technological innovation by relying on their own resources. Business owners in seed industry have to change their development strategy, purchasing variety rights, farming out breeding R&D, acquiring intermediate breeding materials from breeders are usually three shortcuts taken by domestic seed companies.

Chinese seed companies are faced with increasing competition, mainly reflected in the R&D, production, technology, funds, etc. CCM has launched Seed China News to bring you the latest dynamics in seed industry and conducts in-depth analysis on market competition and government direction, which mainly covers topics of policy, market dynamic, company, seed treatment, R&D crops, new varieties, etc., so as to help you make rational decisions in investment, production, marketing, etc.

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Mixed glyphosate formulation will be a mainstream in China

The Herbicide Development and Application Exchange Meeting (Exchange Meeting) was held on 22-24 March 2013 in Hefei City, Anhui Province. Given the serious situation of glyphosate-resistant weeds, mixed glyphosate formulations will be the mainstream glyphosate formulations in China in the coming years, according to CCM’s latest monthly report, Glyphsoate China Monthly Report 1304.

"The situation of glyphosate-resistant weeds is very serious in China at present. Take the resistance of eleusine indica gaertn to glyphosate for example; its relative resistance index was 11 in the Yangcun Town of Huizhou City, meaning that the use volume is 11 times higher than the normal in order to kill eleusine indica gaertn. Mixed glyphosate formulations will be one of the most important methods for slowing down the growth of weeds' resistance to glyphosate in the future" said Mr. Zhang, a weed expert of the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Besides many weed experts in the Exchange Meeting believed that mixed glyphosate formulation is expected to be the mainstream glyphosate formulation in China in the coming years, some glyphosate manufacturers have foreseen that mixed glyphosate formulations will take up more and more market shares. They have already introduced some mixed glyphosate formulations into the market or obtained more and more registrations for mixed glyphosate formulations.

The companies that introduced mixed glyphosate formulations into market, Anhui Huaxing Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Anhui Huaxing) and Guangxi Sanjing Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. (Guangxi Sanjing) are pioneers.

During the Exchange Meeting, Anhui Huaxing seriously recommended its mixed glyphosate formulation—MCPA-sodium•glyphosate 46.5% AS. "Our company will obtain more and more glyphosate market shares in the domestic market, and glyphosate products are our competitive products, including mixed glyphosate formulations", said Mrs. Wang,  Vice President of Anhui Huaxing.

Another glyphosate manufacturer, namely Guangxi Sanjing, also introduced its mixed glyphosate formulation—2,4-D acid•glyphosate 32% AS. "Facing the serious situation of glyphosate-resistant weeds, our company placed a lot of confidence on our mixed glyphosate formulation. We are not only the first company to research on and produce 2,4-D acid•glyphosate 32% AS, but also the only registration certificate holder for it in China at present", said Mr. Song, General Manager of Guangxi Sanjing.

The registration of mixed glyphosate formulations will be one of the most important. In 2012, 82 manufacturers achieved a total of 97 new registrations of glyphosate products, among which about 11% are mixed glyphosate formulation registrations. More and more glyphosate manufacturers realize the importance of mixed glyphosate formulation. Therefore, their registration will surely increase in the coming years.

The development of glyphosate-resistant weeds is deteriorating, numbering 24 in the world up to now (FIGURE 15), mainly attributed to the frequent and large-scale use of single glyphosate formulation for about 40 years. Apart from mixed glyphosate formulations, the improving glyphosate formulation technology, changing tillage mode (crop rotation), etc. can also slow down the growth of weeds' resistance to glyphosate.

Table Contents of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report 1304:

Nantong Jiangshan's profit surges in 2012

Investment income boosts Anhui Huaxing’s profit in 2012

Jiangsu Yangnong: Glyphosate business promotes its operating performance in 2012

Overview of China's glyphosate industry in Q1 2013

Glyphosate use survey result for 2012 early rice planting in Hunan province

Mixed glyphosate formulation will be mainstream in China

Glyphosate industrial integration may decelerate in 2013

Three glyphosate registrations in March 2013

Glyphosate price surges in April 2013\

The export volume of glyphosate technical decreases by 25.19% in Feb. 2013

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

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Metazachlor grows steadily in China

By March 2013, the domestic metazachlor technical capacity reached 3,200 t/a, with a 1,080 tonnes output in 2012. The domestic metazachlor technical capacity is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu Province, with its output accounting for around 41.7% of the domestic total in 2012. It's observed that the operation rate of metazachlor technical in China stayed at a low level in the past three years (2010-2012), hovering around 30%, according to Herbicide China News 1304, issued by CCM in April.

 

Metazachlor is a chloroacetanilide herbicide developed by BASF, which entered the market in 1979. It has been introduced in China in 2001. The same year, Zhejiang Heben Pesticide & Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Heben) started to develop a metazachlor business with a 200t/a technical production line. After more than ten years of development,  there are now ten metazachlor technical manufacturers in China. However, among the ten, Zhejiang Heben's production capacity is still 150t/a.

 

Currently, there are nine active and one idle metazachlor technical manufacturers in China. Jiangsu Lanfeng Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Lanfeng) and Shangyu Nutrichem Co., Ltd. are the two leading metazachlor technical manufacturers in China, both with a 600t/a capacity. Previously, Shandong Determination Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Shandong Determination) was the biggest metazachlor technical manufacturer in China with a 700t/a capacity—but it suspended its production in 2012.  

The metazachlor is not used in the domestic market due to its high price and farmers' use habits. All the metazachlor technical in China is exported to the overseas market and the total export volume kept increasing in China in recent years, reaching more than 1,000 tonnes in 2012, up 53.8%, compared with 2008.

 

The Chinese metazachlor is mainly exported to Europe and South America. European countries prefer to use metazachlor and it's the best-selling herbicide because it is an environmentally friendly herbicide, though with a high price. More than 70% of the Chinese metazachlor is exported to Europe every year.

 

In Europe, metazachlor is one of the most popular herbicides and it's mainly used on rapeseed. The demand for environmentally friendly herbicides keeps increasing. Taking the UK for example, there was a shortage of herbicides for oil crops in 2011: the planting area of rapeseed in UK was increasing; and the demand for metazachlor exceeded the supply. Accordingly, that demand may stimulate China's metazachlor export business.

By April 2 2013, there were only four valid metazachlor registrations owned by three companies, according to the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture(ICAMA). All the metazachlor registrations are temporary, with a one-year-period of validity. It's noteworthy that in Dec. 2012, Shandong Determination's metazachlor formulation registration was approved by ICAMA. Actually, in 2009, Jiangsu Lanfeng firstly registered metazachlor in China, including a technical and formulation. Yet, during the following year's valid period, Jiangsu Lanfeng failed to open metazachlor markets in China. 

Metazachlor, a selective acetanilide herbicide, is used in pre-emergence and early post-emergence to control annual grass (such as Alopecurus myosuroides, Apera spica-venti, Avena fatua, Digitaria sanguinalis, Echinochloa crus-galli, Poa annua and Setaria spp.)and broad-leaved weeds (such as Amaranthus, Anthemis, Matricaria, Polygonum, Sinapis, Solanum, Stellaria, Urtica and Veronica spp.) in fields of vegetables, fruits, sunflowers, tobacco.

Table Contents of Herbicide China News 1304:

China to strengthen the registration management of metsulfuron-methyl,chlorsulfuron and ethametsulfuron

Sanonda achieved a USD16.7 million net profit in 2012

Jiangsu Changqing to launch a 2,000t/a dicamba production in April   

Nanjing Redsun to increase the capital of its foreign trade subsidiary   

Jiangsu Huifeng to invest on a clethodim project

Metazachlor grows steadily in China

Ex-factory price of Haloxyfop-P-methyl TC soared in late March

Acetochlor's price rose slightly in early April 2013

Four herbicide patents will expire in China in 2014

Metolachlor TC's export volume surpassed acetochlor TC's in 2012

Chinese herbicides Imp. & Exp. analysis in 2012

Big pesticides multinationals' registrations in China in 2012

Jiangsu Lanfeng registered tebuthiuron in mid-March 2013

Hunan Province increases its grain crop area in 2013

China still maintains an accelerating growth in the exploitation of phosphorus ore

In the light of the data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, China's basic reserve of phosphorus resources maintained a continued decline. By the end of 2011, China owned 2,893 million tones of phosphorus ore whose actual economic value can be exploited under the current mining technology. Furthermore, China still maintains an accelerating growth in the exploitation of phosphorus ore.
 
In the first two months of 2013, China produced 12,719,393 tons of phosphorus ore with a content of 30% P2O5, increasing by 15.69% compared to that of the same period of last year. It could forecast that the output of phosphorus ore might exceed 100 million tonnes in China in 2013 at the current rate. In recent years, China has maintained a fast growth in the exploitation of phosphorus ore. From 2008 to 2012, the output of phosphorus ore nearly doubled in China, from 49.72 million to 95.78 million tones. At the current consumption levels, China can barely provide itself with essential phosphorus resources for more than 40 years under the current mining technology.

Despite much effort to increase phosphorus resource reserves, China still needs to brace itself for an imbalance in phosphorus resource reserves in the face of the fast growing exploitation of phosphorus resources.
 
On Mar. 27th, 2013, China's Ministry of Land and Resources published positive data on China's current mineral resources status. The data show that the proven reserves of phosphorus ore reached 20.74 billion tones in China by the end of 2012, increasing by 4.85% compared to that of 2011. However, the newly increasing reserves of phosphorus resources are still incapable of offsetting the annual consumption of phosphorus resources.

Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report is a monthly publication released by CCM. It offers timely update and closes follows up of China’s various kinds of Phosphorus 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.

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The levy of the anti-dumping tax can greatly help the development of China's potato starch industry

As the import volume of potato starch from the EU represents a large proportion of China's total import volume, with the proportion ranging from 70.5% to 98.3% during 2007-2011, the levy of the anti-dumping tax can greatly help the development of China's potato starch industry.  

 

Since China imposed the anti-dumping tax on the EU's potato starch from Feb. 6, 2007, the domestic total import volume of potato starch sharply decreased to 9,971 tonnes in 2007 from 66,908 tonnes in 2006. After the anti-dumping tax ratio was adjusted in 2011, the total import volume also fell significantly to 23,147 tonnes in 2011 from 142,383 tonnes in 2010 (Figure). Besides, the profit of domestic potato starch enterprises increased from USD4.1 million in 2007 to USD15.0 million in 2011.

 

Currently, the domestic potato starch industry is quiet vulnerable, since it has a low rate of return on investment and the domestic market can easily be affected by imported products.

 

The domestic price of potato starch is almost in step with the EU's (Figure). In 2008 and 2009, the price of the EU's potato starch decreased, and then the domestic price also decreased. In 2011, the price of the EU's potato starch increased due to the adjusted anti-dumping tax rate, and once again the domestic price followed and rose.

 

According to the MOC, the domestic potato starch enterprises have been positively expanding their capacity, but the rate of return on investment decreased continuously from 2007 to 2009, becoming even negative in 2009. Although the rate recovered slightly from 2009 to 2011, it still remains low, which may hurt investors' confidence and in turn negatively affect the development of the industry. During 2007-2011, the rate of return on investment was 1.68%, 0.20%, -3.08%, 2.19% and 3.19% respectively.

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