Rising railway freight to further lift phosphate fertilizer purchasing cost

With the coming consumption season, the price of phosphate fertilizer has generally followed an uptrend, topped by that of DAP. As of mid-Jan., 2013, the price of DAP rebounded from the bottom point and maintained a continued upward trend over one month. With the additional factor of rising freight charges, the purchasing price of different varieties of phosphate fertilizer will be revised upward again, according to CCM’s latest issue, “Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1303”.

  

On Feb. 19th, 2013, China's Ministry of Railways announced a price hike in railway freight charges, which took effect as of Feb. 20th, 2013. With a growth of nearly 13% compared to previous railway freight charges, it will push up the purchasing cost of products including phosphate fertilizer.

According to the feedback from most phosphate fertilizer enterprises, they agree that this price hike will have a greater impact on phosphate fertilizer than other goods. As the transportation of phosphate fertilizer from the original production area to the final consumption areas generally covers a distance of over 2,000 kilometres, it is preliminarily estimated that the increases in the railway freight charges of phosphate fertilizer could reach USD4.78/t at least.

Furthermore, the effect of the price hike of railway freight charges will also spread to other products related to phosphate fertilizer, such as feedstock of phosphate fertilizer——phosphorus ore and liquid ammonia. Therefore, the delivered price of phosphate fertilizer will increase by no less than USD7.96/t.

However, it is forecasted that the price uptrend of various varieties of phosphate fertilizer will be moderate.

Since 2007, China's Ministry of Railways has made 11 adjustments to railway freight charges, including three adjustments involving fertilizer. Relatively speaking, this adjustment was milder than the previous one with a 14.9% increase on July 1st, 2009. In the meantime, China's fertilizer is still enjoying the exemption of Railways Construction Funds.

Moreover, the overall demand for phosphate fertilizer hasn't exhibited any surge in China despite the coming traditional consumption season of phosphate fertilizer. According to the statistics from China's Phosphate Fertilizer Industry Association, it is predicted that the prevailing supply of phosphate fertilizer will be sufficient during the spring of 2013, which means that there is limited potential for price rising of phosphate fertilizer.

Besides, the international FOB price of phosphate fertilizer still remained low in Feb. 2013, which might generate resistance against any price rising of domestic phosphate fertilizer.

In the meantime, it is also suspected that China's farmers will not accept the rising price of phosphate fertilizer and thus sluggish sales might result.

Table Contents of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1303:

Yichang City draws up blueprints for local phosphorus industry

Yichang City to build a mining right exchange for phosphorus ore

Yellow Phosphorus

Integration grows in the yellow phosphorus industry

China's phosphate ammonium market forecasts unstable supply in 2013

Newyangfeng Fertilizer to go public by reverse merger

Rising railway freight to further lift phosphate fertilizer purchasing cost

Wengfu's TCP facility comes on stream

Kailin Group prepares for high-end fertilizer market

India's purchasing power in relation to phosphate fertilizer continues to shrink

Market review of prime phosphate chemicals in Feb. 2013

International trade of phosphate chemicals in Jan. 2013

Price monitoring of some phosphate chemicals in Feb. 2013

Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report, issued by CCM on 15^th, 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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NPC deputies require more rights for private enterprises in cellulose ethanol industry

A number of deputies of the National People’s Congress (NPC) proposed to break the monopoly of state-owned enterprises during the Two Sessions (NPC and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) held in March 2013. Among them, Tang Yilin, the President of Jinan Shengquan Group Co., Ltd. (Shengquan Group), put forward the Suggestion on Accelerating the Development of the Cellulose Ethanol Industry to Ease Fog and Haze, which suggested decentralizing the examination and approval authority of fuel ethanol so that the circulation of the product can get rid of the control by state-owned enterprises, according to CCM’s monthly report, Corn Products China News issued in March.

Recently, the serious haze in some northern cities in China such as Beijing has shocked Chinese people (PICTURE 1). The content of PM2.5 (PM=Particulate Matter) in Beijing has exceeded 500 μg/m3, hugely threatening residents’ health. Among all, 22.2% of the PM2.5 was attributed to the exhaust from motor vehicles. Therefore, the public required Chinese government to raise the quality standard of gasoline and use more clean energy sources such as fuel ethanol gasoline, a mixture of fuel ethanol and gasoline with a volume ratio of 1:9. Fuel ethanol gasoline can reduce the release volumes of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide by about 25-30% and 10% respectively.

However, fuel ethanol is developing slowly in China. At present, there are six fuel ethanol producers designated by the government (only designated fuel ethanol producers by the government can produce and sell the product in China) with a capacity of about 2 million t/a in China. Amongst the six, five are state-owned enterprises. Although the only enterprise not owned by the government, Shandong Longlive Bio-technology Co., Ltd., has a 51,500t/a capacity of cellulose ethanol, 60% share of the company's fuel ethanol project is owned by two state-owned enterprises.

 

China has a large potential to produce dozens of millions of tonnes of fuel ethanol with crop straw and waste from agriculture and forestry. And some enterprises have launched production lines in recent two years. But it is quite difficult for private enterprises to get a designated production certificate of cellulose fuel ethanol under the policy that “only designated producers can produce cellulose fuel ethanol and sell the product to appointed enterprises”. Non-designated fuel ethanol producers cannot enjoy preferential policies or sell their products as fuel ethanol even though they are able to produce qualified cellulose fuel ethanol. In Q3 2012, Shengquan Group, one of the top 500 private enterprises in China, put its 20,000t/a cellulose ethanol production line into operation and applied for a designated production certificate. But it has not received any reply from the government yet.

Therefore, Mr. Tang suggested the government modify relevant policies to accelerate the development of the cellulose ethanol industry in China. On one hand, the examination and approval authority should be decentralized to provincial or municipal governments, which can arrange the flow of fuel ethanol according to local market situations. On the other hand, some unreasonable status quo should be changed, such as the joint share of state-owned enterprises in the circulation of the product, giving more decision-making power to fuel ethanol producers.

Table Contents of Corn Products China News 1303:

Domestic import volume of DDGS up 41.3% in 2012 over 2011

Chinese corn products Imp. & Exp. analysis in Jan. 2013

Market price of furfural increases during Feb.-March 2013

Domestic market price of edible ethanol decreases in the past five months

Shengtai Pharmaceutical: gross profit up while net profit down in H2 2012

Baolingbao approved to issue new non-public stocks

Luzhou Bio-chem performs poorly in 2012

Fufeng Group adopts aggressive low-price strategy towards minority amino acids market

Chinese government may strengthen elimination of backward capacities in 2013

NPC deputies require more rights for private enterprises in cellulose ethanol industry

2012/2013 outlook for corn market in China

China continues to levy anti-dumping duty on potato starch from the EU

Corn Products China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 20^th, 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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Trade Analysis—A Vital Tool in Trading Business

With the globalization of economy in recent years, trading business has been playing a more vital role in the world’s economy development. People are in high demand for valuable intelligence relating to trading activities, so as to find out the latest trading situations of their target products, customers and competitors.

Since its establishment in 2001, CCM has been devoted itself to conducting market research on a variety of industries, including chemicals, energy, agricultural, life science, etc. As a leader in the field of market research for over one decade, CCM revealed that its trade analysis service aimed to offer the updated, objective and accurate statistics and summaries of target products to manufacturers, importers, and exporters across the world.,

According to CCM, the raw data of its trade analysis are obtained from China Customs, CCM’s independent research findings and other research channels, and finally analyzed by CCM’s experienced analysts.

“At present, China Customs can provide three types of raw data resources, namely 8-digit data, 10-digit data and port data. If people intend to purchase the data from China Customs and try to figure out a complete summary by themselves, it will take considerable time. That’s why we are committed to offering our clients trade analysis service,” introduced Mr. Du Hong Xiang, manager of CCM’s Client Center.  

Mr. Du also revealed that CCM’s trade analysis will be more important for client’s business starting from this year, as China Customs is attempting to further tighten the access to the raw data resources. If so, China Customs will not provide the 10-digit data anymore. According to our observation and feedbacks from several clients, this new policy is quite likely to be implemented soon,” added Mr. Du.

According to CCM, once China Customs carries out the new policy, people will meet more difficulty in obtaining the market data they need. “We have successfully established a reliable and exclusive methodology in data processing and analytics, even without 10-digit data resources, we can still conduct accurate data summaries based on 8-digit data resources to meet client’s needs,” remarked Mr. Du.    

The trade analysis by CCM, as introduced, can help clients indentify the export and import situations of target products in several industries, particular in chemicals and agricultural industries. Not only can it offer export volume, price, time, source, destination countries, specification, but also the information of exporters, manufacturers, etc.

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Nufarm loses its exclusive distribution right for Roundup branded glyphosate in Australia and New Zealand

On 5 March, 2013, Nufarm Limited (Nufarm) released an announcement, claiming that its exclusive distribution right for Roundup branded glyphosate in Australia and New Zealand are to be terminated on 28 Aug., 2013. Nufarm may continue selling Roundup branded product until 28 Aug., 2013, but afterwards, Sinochem Group, a Chinese company, will take over the exclusive distribution right of Roundup branded glyphosate in Australia and New Zealand, according to CCM’s monthly report, Glyphsoate China Monthly Report, which was issued on 20^th, March.

 

According to the announcement, Nufarm made an agreement with Monsanto in 2002 for the exclusive use of Monsanto's Roundup brand and launched a number of innovative glyphosate products under that brand, including Roundup Power Max and Roundup Attack. The agreement also required Nufarm to pay Monsanto a distribution fee for glyphosate sales into the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Although the revenue from the Glyphosate business has seen a downtrend since the fiscal year 2008, it’s still one of Nufarm’s most important global businesses. Nufarm claimed that it currently has an approximate 50% market share of glyphosate sales in Australia, with 60% of these sales involving products marketed under the Roundup brand.; besides, Nufarm’s Roundup branded glyphosate sales in Australia and New Zealand in the financial year 2012 were approximately USD104.06 million, accounting for about 22% of the total revenue from Nufarm’s global glyphosate business.

Given the important status of glyphosate in Australia and New Zealand, the glyphosate market share competition between Nufarm and Sinochem Group will remain intense.

 

Nufarm, Australia’s top farm chemical supplier and also a strong player in the glyphosate industry, will try to remain a dominant player through its own branded glyphosate. Nufarm claimed that it will continue to commit to the glyphosate segment and invest in innovative glyphosate formulations under its brands.

 

As for Sinochem Group, there are two important advantages when it will enter the glyphosate market in Australia and New Zealand. Firstly, Sinochem Group has a more-than-ten-year transnational experience in the operation and management of glyphosate business. It also has the exclusive distribution right for Roundup branded glyphosate in Southeast Asia at present. Secondly, Sinochem Group has steady glyphosate sources. At present, Sinochem Group's glyphosate sources include a 70,000t/a capacity of glyphosate technical in Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals Company and a 30,000t/a capacity of glyphosate technical in Youth Chemical.

Nufarm losing the exclusive distribution right of Roundup branded glyphosate in Australia and New Zealand after Aug. 28, 2013 is quite surprising. Nufarm’s glyphosate revenue in Australia and New Zealand is estimated to decrease in the short term, but Nufarm will still be Sinochem Group's strongest competitor in the glyphosate business of this area. It’s estimated that Sinochem Group will achieve a great operating performance in the glyphosate business there, thanks to its advantage after taking over the exclusive distribution right of Roundup branded glyphosate.

Table Contents of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report 1303:

Anhui Huaxing’s operating profit surges in 2012

Nantong Jiangshan's equity proportion of Dongchang Chemical decreases again

Nufarm loses its exclusive distribution right for Roundup branded glyphosate in Australia and New Zealand

Global's GM crop planting area records 170.3 million hectares in 2012

China cancels PMIDA's export tax rebate

The intense competition in China's mainstream glyphosate export producers continues in 2012

Glyphosate industry research dynamics subsequent to the promulgation of No. 1558 Decree

Lier Chemical successfully registers glyphosate triclopyr in Feb. 2013

Glyphosate prices rise slightly in March 2013

Export volume of glyphosate formulations increase by 30.72% in Jan. 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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CABB invests 50,000t/a MCA project and sets up joint venture with China firms

In March 7, 2013, the German company CABB GmbH (CABB) and two domestic enterprises, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture company for the manufacturing and marketing of high-quality monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in Jining, Shandong Province. The two domestic enterprises are Jining Gold Power Co. Ltd (Jining Gold Power) and Jinwei Huasheng Chemical Co. Ltd (Jinwei Huasheng), according to Herbicides China News 1303 issued by CCM in March.

 

The three companies will invest USD160 million (RMB1 billion) in a MCA project with a capacity of 50,000t/a. The whole project is to be divided into several stages. The first stage involves a 25,000t/a MCA expansion project. On March 1, 2013, it has been approved by the Jining Environmental Protection Bureau. In addition to the original capacity, the extension will permit Jinwei Huasheng to reach a 45,000t/a MCA capacity after the first stage.

 

The MCA is an important chemical material used in the synthesis of a variety of products in food, personal care and agrochemical industries. In the herbicides industry, the MCA can be used to make various herbicides synthesis, such as 2,4-D, MCPA, imazosulfuron and glyphosate.

For CABB, this marks an important step both in its strategy to further regionalize its acetyls business and in its global production process. Dr. Martin Wienkenhöver, CEO of CABB said in the MoU: "In Jining we have found Jining Gold Power a very strong partner for an important joint venture supporting the new operation with a secure supply of key raw materials, electric power and professional services." Dr. Uwe Brunk, General Manager of Business Unit of Acetyls at CABB, added: "With the joint venture, CABB will take a place in the world's largest MCA market with reliable, superior-quality products that our customers are waiting for and reliable management and operation. We are thrilled to be able to support our customers' development."

 

On the joint venture plan, CABB will acquire the existing company Jinwei Huasheng, which currently possesses a capacity of 20,000t/a MCA. And then CABB will be the majority owner of the joint venture, holding 67% of the joint venture shares, and the remaining shares will be held by Jining Gold Power and Mr. Yan Donghua (Mr. Yan Donghua is one of holder of Jinwei Huasheng). The joint venture will soon be able to supply high quality MCA with the existing facilities of CABB  and it has also started planning an expansion project to supply an additional 25,000t/a of high-quality MCA whose content reaches 99.9% with CABB's advanced proprietary technology.

 

Zuofei Xiao, Managing Director of Jining Gold Power and current Chairman of Jinwei Huasheng said: "We have found CABB a leading international player in MCA business and a recognized partner with leading-edge technology. We are looking forward to strengthening the international collaboration in our industrial park in Yutai County." Mr. Donghua Yan, current General Manager of Jinwei Huasheng, added: "CABB's support will enable the joint venture to raise its technology to a new level and will help Jinwei Huasheng develop into a leading company for high-quality MCA in Chinese market with activities and moves in the international market."

CABB is a globally leading manufacturer of fine and specialty chemicals and customized products. It is specialized in dealing with and safely handling corrosive materials and complex chemical reactions.

 

Jining Gold Power, founded in 2003, deals in coal, thermal power and chemical raw materials. At present, the company possesses a 30,000t/a caustic soda capacity. In 2012, its total revenue was over USD265.32 million (RMB1.65 billion). Jinwei Huasheng was invested by Jining Gold Powe and Mr. Yan Donghua in 2009.  

Table Contents of Herbicides China News 1303:

Jiangsu Agro's 50,000t/a 2,4-D and 10,000t/a MCPA projects in progress

Vicome Lunan's 12,300t/a chloropyridines pesticides project in progress

Hubei Jiahe sets foot in the pesticide industry

Anhui Zhongshan completes its 3,000t/a herbicides TC projects

CABB invests 50,000t/a MCA project and sets up joint venture with China firms

Cyhalofop-butyl market becomes gloomy in China

Sluggish clomazone market will go on in 2013

Diuron TC price below USD6,000/t in March 2013

Current situation of propanil in China

Pure pyridine price keeps increasing in early March 2013

Australia to levy anti-dumping tax on Chinese 2,4-D

Export volume of glufosinate-ammonium product slipped slightly in 2012 

Gansu Province's spring sown area in 2013 to reach 2.6 million ha

12 herbicides TC first registered by domestic companies in 2012

New registrations of herbicide technical in China in Feb. 2012

Herbicides China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM on 15^th, provides you with the latest occurrences, exclusive analysis on the market trend as well as professional reviews on competitiveness of companies, products and relative industries in China’s herbicide industry.

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Arysta LifeScience partnership training Brazilian farmers for proper use of agrochemicals

Apply Well Program, developed by the partnership of Arysta LifeScience and the Agronomic Institute of Campinas, achieved the milestone of 30,000 people trained and 800 farms visited in 2012.
 
The program performs a roaming training and assistance to farmers throughout Brazil and has been present in 20 Brazilian states. The goal is to help Brazilian farmers training in the correct use of pesticides, thus avoiding environmental damage and contamination of food.
 
With the success of two units of training furniture, called Tech Furniture, which are laboratories mounted in vans that carry out more than 300 activities per year throughout the Brazilian territory, Apply Well Program won the 3rd training unit to begin activities in 2013.
 
Besides professional training, the program also evaluates sprayers, collecting data on the status of the equipment, which enables Apply Well Program to launch a database with unprecedented information about the quality of sprayers in Brazil.

On Feb. 8, 2013, the Mato Grosso Soybean and Cron Producers Association (Aprosoja) announced that about 28.5% of the area planted with soybean has been harvested in Mato Grosso do Sul and the soybean harvest in the 2012/13 season will end by March 15, 2013.
 
According to the data from the the National Supply Company (Conab), Mato Grosso do Sul planted a total of 2.017 million ha. of soybean in the season of 2012/13, which is 11.1% greater than 1.815 million ha. in the same period of 2011/12. In addition, thanks to the favorable weather condition in this state, it's expected that the production of soybean will witness a significant growth of 30.7%, increasing from 4.628 million tonnes in 2011/12 to 6.051 million tonnes in 2012/13.

Crop Protection South America Monthly Report is a monthly publication released by CCM’s. It offers timely update and close follow up of South America's various kind of Crop market dynamics, analyze the market data and trends. Major columns include companies' current dynamics and market situation, a close watch of government policies and regional dynamics.

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Argentina will get the biggest corn production in 13 years

On Feb. 14, 2013, according to the Buenos Aries Cereal Exchange, Argentina will harvest a record production of corn at 25 million tonnes in the season of 2012/13. If this estimation comes true, the production of corn will be 16.3% higher than 21.5 million tonnes in the previous season.
 
Besides the Buenos Aries Cereal Exchange, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) even estimated that the production of corn in Argentina will reach 27 million tonnes in 2012/13. Be it 25 million tonnes or 27 million tonnes, the estimation of corn production in Argentina in 2012/13 will be the highest in 13 years.
 
Although the production of corn in Argentina will break a record in 2012/13, the planting area of corn is lower than that in the previous season. According to data from the Buenos Aries Cereal Exchange, the planting area of corn is about 3.6 million ha. In 2012/13, suffering a decline of approximately 15% compared with that in 2011/12.
 
In fact, some regions in Argentina suffered from the drought before Jan. 2013 and high thermal records. These factors would cause the losses in yield potential of crops. However, as the rainfall comes in late Jan. 2013, it improves the soil conditions and encourages the development of crops.
 
With the record production of corn expected in Argentina, the local government will boost the corn exports in 2012/13. Some experts think that it will increase the corn supply in the world, thereby helping ease the global corn price. However, the technical manager of the Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of Mato Grosso (Famato) considers that the expected increasing exports of corn in Argentina could not have a great effect on the international market.
 
According to the data from USDA, Argentina is the third largest exporter of corn in the world, behind Brazil and the US. The export volume of corn will reach 19.5 million tonnes in Argentina in 2012/13, accounting for an approximate 20% of world's total corn export volume and 72% of Argentina's total corn production in 2012/13. But in Brazil, the total export volume of corn is expected to just account for about 34% of the total domestic production in 2012/13. It means that even if Argentina exports all of its corn production, any effect on the international market should be very limited.

Crop Protection South America Monthly Report is a monthly publication released by CCM’s. It offers timely update and close follow up of South America's various kind of Crop market dynamics, analyze the market data and trends. Major columns include companies' current dynamics and market situation, a close watch of government policies and regional dynamics.

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Less is More ---CCM’s Content Chunk, a micro-report database online available for access

Content Chunk is a micro-report database online launched by CCM in 2012. It features more than 1,000,000 chunks of information, which is widely involved in numerous industries, including agriculture, chemicals, energies, economics, investment, finance, food, ingredients, minerals, mining, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, printing, packaging, etc. 

Given that a lot of customers often need to search varied kinds of information through internet with a convenient and effective way, CCM created this online database to meet this problem. According to CCM, the information in Content Chunk has different types of presentation forms, namely text, figure, picture, table, and group (group refers to a collection of information integrated by texts, figures, pictures and tables). All information provided in Content Chunk are derived from CCM’s various comprehensive newsletters and market reports, so all information are reliable and accurate, other than those massive amount of information obtained through other search engines, for which users usually have to spend much time on screening the information till they find out what exactly they need.

By accessing to Content Chunk, users can get the target information immediately at their fingertips, so this can greatly improve their work efficiency. Content Chunk will be a very practical tool for those users who are in great demand for information to assist in conducting their academic researches, market surveys, etc. In addition to saving time, users can also save money on it, as they only need to pay for the target information. According to CCM, there is a free trial available for all users now to experience the convenience and benefits of Content Chunk.

What’s more, CCM is going to hold a webinar introducing Content Chunk on 3^rd April. Through the webinar, you can know more about Content Chunk and find out how it works to facilitate the information search progress.

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A new method for disposing carrot discards in Argentina

On Dec. 12, 2012, according to the Argentine Council for Information and Development of Biotechnology (Argen-Bio), Argentina found a new way to use its carrot discards for producing carotene and bioethanol. This new method can not only take full advantage of carrots which can't be sold, but also prevent the local environment from being polluted.
 
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Argentina is the largest producer of carrot in South America and its products are mainly exported to other countries. With the total planting area of 7,000-9,000 ha., Argentina's total production of carrot is between 200-250 thousand tonnes per year, which brings about an income of USD100 million to Argentina every year.
 
However, as reported, in the harvest season, there are 20-80 tonnes of carrots every day on average that should be discarded from packaging plants in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina due to unsatisfactory size and shape, which not only increases the costs but also pollutes the environment in Argentina.
 
In view of this situation, the National University of the Coast (UNL) found a new method for disposing the carrot discards and increasing their value. According to UNL, there are two steps for using the carrot discards.
 
Firstly, carotene can be extracted from these products, and the carotene can be sold to the related companies for using in food, dye, drug or cosmetic. It's believed that the carotene will bring more benefits to the producers.
 
Secondly, as the carrot contains abundant sugar, bioethanol can be produced from carrot through hydrolysis. According to sources from Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, one tonne of carrot at most can produce 77.5 liters of ethanol which is just lower than 10 liters made from one tonne of sugarcane. Therefore, Argentina can produce more than 5,000 liters of ethanol every year from the carrot discards.
 
With the rapid economic development in the world, more and more countries face the shortage of energy. In order to solve this problem, many countries such as Brazil and the US begin to produce bioethanol instead of the traditional energy like gasoline. Argentina is no exception. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Argentina has become an important player of biofuels in the world, and it produced about 2.9 billion liters of biodiesel and 280 million liters of bioethanol only in 2011. Although Argentina's production of biodiesel and bioethanol in 2012has not been officially published, it's believed that it will break a record. What's more, some private analysts even predict that the total production of biodiesel and bioethanol in Argentina will reach 6 billion liters by 2015.

Crop Protection South America Monthly Report is a monthly publication released by CCM’s. It offers timely update and close follow up of South America's various kind of Crop market dynamics, analyze the market data and trends. Major columns include companies' current dynamics and market situation, a close watch of government policies and regional dynamics.

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Forecast on the HS shell & major crop diseases

Demand for forestry pesticides in China is huge, and local governments procure lots of pesticides and pesticide machinery for the control of forest insect pests every year. Thus, the potential purchasers of the HS shell are mainly governments and forestry industry associations. If the HS shell proves to perform efficiently in the control of forest insect pests, it may be adopted for application in agricultural pesticides for the protection of fruit trees, tea trees, etc. from pests.

In the international market, Chinese pesticide companies desiring to develop their own products and brands with intellectual property, should not only play a role as original manufacturers supplying cheap non-patent products. Apart from taking advantage of biological resources and boosting innovation research, domestic companies should also introduce experts with experience and knowledge of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), in order to apply for overseas patents and enhance international cooperation with foreign companies.
 
Meanwhile, with the increasing import and export volume of pesticide products, it is predicted that the occurrence of patent infringement lawsuits will increase greatly in the future, so the SIPO and other related departments should offer sufficient advisory services concerning intellectual property to domestic companies and academies.

National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center (NATESC) recently forecasted that major crop diseases and insect pests will be very serious in China in 2013, with a total occurrence area reaching about 366.67 million ha. Among all, major crop diseases will still include wheat scab, rice blast, corn northern leaf blight, potato late blight as well as wheat stripe rust, with the predicted stricken areas of about 5.33 million ha., 5.33 million ha., 4.67 million ha., 2.33 million ha. and 2.00 million ha., respectively.

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Shandong Dongyue Polymer Material Co., Ltd. purchases 100% stock rights of Shandong Huaxia Shenzhou New material Co., Ltd.

On Jan. 25, 2013, Dongyue Group Ltd. (Dongyue Group) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Shandong Dongyue Polymer Material Co., Ltd. had invested USD94.67 million to purchase 100% stock rights of Shandong Huaxia Shenzhou New material Co., Ltd. (Huaxia Shenzhou) located in Dongyue International Fluorine and Silicon Material Industry Park.
 
According to the announcement by Dongyue Group, it will finish the payment by cash. The first part of payment is the front money of about USD16,000 and it would be paid within 10 working days from the signing date of equity transfer agreement. The rest payment of about USD94.65 million will be paid in the delivery date.

Dongyue Group is the main company in the Dongyue International Fluorine and Silicon Material Industry Park, which is the first fluorinated material base in China. During the 20 years' development, the company has established a hi-tech product line of fluorine and silicon material with new environmental protection, new material and new energy. After purchasing Huaxia Shenzhou, it's believed that the scope of business in Dongyue Group will further expand soon.
 
Currently, Huaxia Shenzhou mainly concentrates on the production and sales of various downstream refined products containing fluorine polymer. Its main products keep about 40% market share in China. What's more, Huaxia Shenzhou also has a number of patented technologies in many fields including high-end fluorine resin and other polymer material containing fluorine.

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Find Hot News in Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1302

Published on the 15^th every month, Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report is a monthly publication released by CCM. It offers timely update and close follow up of China’s various kind 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.

Following are headline news of the latest issue of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report:

Hubei kicks off a reform on phosphorus resource tax

Hubei Province is to implement a sale-base resource tax instead of a volume-base resource tax on local phosphorus ore as of Jan. 1st 2013, which might trigger a round of phosphorus ore price rising.

Kailin Group shows an ever-increasing capacity in phosphorus ore production

Kailin Group sees a fast-growing exploitation capacity in phosphorus ore in recent five years.

China makes efforts to get phosphorus resources replenishment

To tackle the continuous decline in exploitable phosphate resources reserve, China makes efforts to increase phosphorus resources replenishment.

Tianyi Chemcial completes acquisition of SHJPC

Relying on horizontal integration and expansion projet, Tianyi Chemical is expected to rank among the fore of China's yellow phosphorus industry.

China's phosphate fertilizer industry to usher in integration period

China's phosphate fertilizer industry is about to see a period of consolidation in the next three or five years.

Agriculture downturn in Japan drives down its phosphate demand

The downturn in Japan's agriculture drives down its phosphate demand.

Market review of prime phosphate chemicals in Jan. 2013

From upstream to downstream, China's phosphorus chemicals market generally show quite a flat status in Jan. 2013 as affected by the coming Spring Festival.

International trade of phosphate chemicals in 2012

China witnesses a sharp decline in the export volume of most phosphorus products in 2012.

Price monitoring of some phosphate chemicals in Jan. 2013

In Jan. 2013, the prices of China's prime phosphorus products maintain the same as last month.

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Supply of domestic corn will keep sufficient in H1 2013

In 2012, China's import volumes of fresh cassava and dry cassava increased by about 17.7% and 42.8% respectively. Meanwhile, their prices decreased by about 11.5% and 9.8% respectively.

It is predicted that the supply of domestic corn will keep sufficient in H1 2013 because of the increasing supply of corn and the expected continuously weak demand for corn from downstream industries.

Besides, the sufficient supply of corn set the stage for the decreased price of domestic corn starch sugars. For example, the prices of high fructose corn syrup F55 (HFCS F55) and glucose monohydrate, two major corn starch sugars in China, were USD620/t and USD565/t in Nov. 2012, and they decreased to USD602/t and USD546/t in Jan. 2013 respectively.

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Introduction to Kingswin

Kingswin is working with several domestic universities to improve promising bioplastics — PLA's goal is to match its customers' needs and to apply different biomass (natural or recycled) to add much more value to its customers' products. Kingswin can see that the trend of the bioplastics market is on the right track even though currently its share is far below 1%. Meanwhile, great efforts have been made regarding the development of various bioplastics, the reuse technology in relation to discarded material and the setting up of bioplastics recycling/sorting. Kingswin's strength is that it understands what customers need and the dilemma concerning bioplastics, and it can minimize the gap between human desire and green earth needs. Its next 5-year ambitious plan is to help its existing and potential customers to achieve their aggressive carbon footprint diminution target on time.

Biomaterials China News is a monthly publication released by CCM. It offers timely update and close follow up of China’s various kind of Biomaterials market dynamics, analyze the market data and trends. Biomaterials China News including 12 to 14 topics in one issue per month, will bring you the latest information on the latest market dynamics, company dynamics, new biomaterials products, new biomaterials technology development, new legislations and policies and raw material supply dynamics that are shaping the market.

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