Focusing on China’s Titanium Dioxide Opportunity

Having been specialized in market research in China for many years, CCM, a Chinese consulting company, has released series of market reports, newsletters and trade intelligences in relation to the TiO2 industry. Among which, the latest version of market report on China’s TiO2 industry was highlighted. The report focuses on the opportunities in China’s titanium dioxide industry, aiming to discover the most updated development situation of China’s TiO2 industry, and forecast the future opportunities in the whole industry after deep analyzing. 

“We hope to give some advices to the TiO2 industry players, manufacturers, suppliers, and those investors who are interested in the TiO2 industry. As China has become a net exporter of TiO2 since 2011, it has also become the biggest TiO2 producer and consumer worldwide, so we should realize that it is worth keeping an eye on the latest dynamic and future prospect of this industry. Through our report, you can obtain a comprehensive outlook on China’s TiO2 industry.” said Mr. Wu Zhonghui, the General Manager of CCM.

As introduced, the report is mainly comprised of three parts of contents, namely Method and Definition, Opportunities, Strategies. Some valuable findings in the report are highlighted, including TiO2 market situation in China, supply situation of titanium ore, the consumption cost of TiO2 and its price trend, the development situation of chloride process technology in China, as well as its potential markets.

In “Opportunities”, CCM will provide a detailed analysis on the emerging markets worldwide, the future demand for TiO2 and the future economy trend in the developing countries, the supply situation of titanium resources, production method and technology of TiO2, etc. Meanwhile, CCM will define the opportunities in this industry through insightful recommendations.    

In order to let people know more about the TiO2 industry in China, CCM will participate in the TiO2 Summit 2013 that is to be held in Barcelona on 2nd May. During the summit, CCM will introduce the opportunities in China’s TiO2 market. “We believe that this is a good chance for the TiO2 industry players and investors to obtain more understandings of the TiO2 market. At the same time, we are looking forward to exchanging views on the TiO2 industry with global professionals.” revealed Mr. Wu.

In addition, CCM will hold a webinar on 14^th May, regarding The Opportunities in China’s Titanium Dioxide Industry, which will further offer insights on the TiO2 industry in China.  

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China is facing an imbalance in phosphorus resource reserves

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, according to Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1304 issued by CCM in April.

 

On Mar. 27th, 2013, China's Ministry of Land and Resources published positive data on China's current mineral resources status. The data shows that the proven reserves of phosphorus ore reached 20.74 billion tonnes 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.

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 tonnes 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 tonnes 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 tonnes. At the current consumption levels, China can barely provide itself with essential phosphorus resources for more than 40 years under the current mining technology.

China could inject part of its phosphorus ore into the international market in addition to meeting self-sufficiency targets; however, another truth is that China's abundant phosphorus resources are of low grade. Average purity of China’s phosphorus ore is only 17% and 80% of China’s phosphorus ore is middle and low-grade collophanite, which includes plenty of impurities; thus the workload of ore dressing for it is bigger than that for high grade varieties. As the largest phosphorus ore consumption country, China has seen phosphorus ore as a strategic resource for years. For China, therefore, the solution to relieving the potential resource tension is to encourage advancements in low-grade phosphorus ore utilization technology.

Table Contents of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1304:

Editor's Note

Headlines of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1304

Phosphorus ore

Industry Dynamics: China is facing an imbalance in phosphorus resources reserves 

Policy & legislation: 16 phosphorus mining firms are entitled to export phosphorus ore in 2013        

Company Dynamics: Hubei Xingfa to get expansion in phosphorus mining sector

Yellow Phosphorus

Industry Dynamics: YunPhos expects to accelerate comprehensive utilization project of yellow phosphorus tail gas  

Phosphate Fertilizer

Company Dynamics: Shindoo to step into Vietnam’s fertilizer market     

Industry Dynamics: MAP to benefit from the booms of water soluble fertilizer in China   

Fine Phosphate Chemical

Policy & legislation: The US to keep anti-dumping duty on sodium hexametaphosphate from China   

Company Dynamics: CXPC‘s 2012 gross profit dropped 46.95%   

Global Insight

Italmatch Chemicals slips closer to global expansion target

Supply & Demand

Market review of prime phosphate chemical in March 2013     

Import & Export

International trade of phosphate chemicals in Feb. 2013

Price Update

Price monitoring of some phosphate chemicals in March 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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Pyraclostrobin market to be promising in China

The pyraclostrobin, a strobilurin fungicide developed by BASF in 1993 and entered the market in 2001, has been widely used in the fields of wheat, rice, grape, banana, orange, vegetables, etc. to control powdery mildew, anthracnose, scab, leaf spot and so on. Thanks to the pyraclostrobin's good performance in the global market, and especially in the US and Brazil, the pyraclostrobin has brought a fat profit to BASF and it has grown to be the second largest fungicide in the world as reported. Like other strobilurin fungicides such as the azoxystrobin, the pyraclostrobin has advantages like a low dosage, broad spectrum, high efficacy, low toxicity and others yet to be found. What's more, it can also prevent and cure diseases caused by germs resistant to other fungicides. In the past few years, the pyraclostrobin has been registered in many countries and regions in the world, including Brazil, Canada, Australia, Argentina, the US, etc, according to CCM’s latest monthly report, Fungicides China News 1304.

In China, according to the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA), as of 12 March 2013, pyraclostrobin technical and formulations have been registered by BASF only due to their patent protection. The active ingredient (AI) content of the pyraclostrobin technical is 95% and the specification for pyraclostrobin single formulation is 250g/L EC. Moreover, the registrations of pyraclostrobin combined with metiram and dimethomorph have also been acquired by BASF with the registration codes PD20080506 and PD20093402 respectively.

In addition, China has been actively applying for pyraclostrobin's field efficacy tests in recent years, in a bid to formally register this product when its patent in China expires in June 2015.

According to the ICAMA, China began pyraclostrobin's field efficacy tests as early as 2009. And it became popular in 2012, with their number soaring to 47 from 6 in 2011. Currently, the total number of those tests in China hits 62, including 37 for single formulations and 25 for mixed formulations. As to mixed formulations, pyraclostrobin combined with propineb, dithianon and dimethomorph are popular, accounting for 36% of the total field efficacy tests. Furthermore, the main specifications for pyraclostrobin's single formulations are 25% WDG, 25% SC and 30% SC.

In field efficacy tests, pyraclostrobin is used to prevent and cure the cucumber downy mildew, banana scab, apple leaf spot, rice sheath blight, grape downy mildew, wheat rust, etc. Cucumber, banana and apple are the top 3 crops tested with the pyraclostrobin, taking up 21%, 16% and 15% of the total amount of tests respectively. It is also worth noticing that fruits and vegetables account for around 60% of the total crops tested, while the figure is only 15% for field crops (rice and wheat). It indicates that there is a huge room for pyraclostrobin's application on field crops in China's market.

In China, more and more companies have been participating in the pyraclostrobin's field efficacy tests in recent years. According to the ICAMA, 37 domestic companies have applied for them as of 12 March 2013. Among the companies, Shaanxi Sunger Road Bio-Science Co., Ltd. (Shaanxi Sunger Road) applied for 5 pieces, ranking first, followed by Hailir Pesticides & Chemicals Group, Jiangxi Yingtan Shuangshou Pesticide Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Noposion Agrochemicals Co., Ltd.

In the future, especially in 2013 and 2014, the pyraclostrobin's field efficacy tests will continue to be popular in China. The total number is expected to increase greatly along with the number of applicants soaring and the type of mixed formulations diversified. The companies that have applied for field efficacy tests are likely to register pyraclostrobin in the domestic market.

Driven by pyraclostrobin's promising profit, coupled with its good performance, it is expected that domestic agrochemical companies will come in flocks after the product's patent expiration in China in 2015, challenging BASF in the Chinese and global market.

Table Contents of Fungicides China News 1304:

Pyraclostrobin market to be promising in China

17 labs approved for the comprehensive component analysis of the pesticide TC/TK registration

2012 review of Chinese triazole fungicides' supply & demand

Noposion to invest in Changlong Chemicals

Zibo Wanchang's sales revenue up 15.82% in 2012

The registration of cyproconazole to be popular in China

Udragon Chemical: China's first company to acquire formal registration of tetraconazole formulation

Export volume of China's azoxystrobin technical and formulations soar in 2012

Expected large stricken area of rape sclerotinia rot to increase demand for some fungicides

Ex-works price of prochloraz 97% technical soars in early March

Sinon Corporation invests in pesticide intermediate project in China

Domestic fungicide technical output continues to decline

Sipcam registers an azoxystrobin formulation in China

BASF promotes Emulan in China

MOA to increase the rice yield

China's first development plan for the flower industry issued

Chinese scientists map out the D genome of wheat

Domestic enterprises gain 23 new registrations of pesticide AIs in 2012

CNDCA recommends a ban on the import of GM seeds for staple food

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

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First domestic company registers spirodiclofen technical

On 12 March, 2013, Shijiazhuang Xingbai Bio-engineering Co., Ltd. (Shijiazhuang Xingbai) secured the formal registration of 98% spirodiclofen technical (registration code: PD20130383) in China, the first registration of spirodiclofen technical acquired by a domestic enterprise, according to the ICAMA. With the new registration approved, Bayer CropScience AG (Bayer) is no longer the only registrant of spirodiclofen technical in China. It is believed that some other domestic companies will enter the spirodiclofen industry, acquiring more legal registrations of spirodiclofen technical and formulations, along with the approaching expiry date (1 Dec., 2013) of the spirodiclofen patent in China, according to Insecticides China News released by CCM in April.

Spirodiclofen, whose pesticidal mode of action is the inhibition of the lipid metabolism in pests and acarids, is one of the most effective acaricides to control citrus red spiders, at every level of its development from larva to adult. Since its introduction into China by Bayer in 2004, spirodiclofen has become the most popular products for controlling red spiders on citrus plantings in the domestic market, featuring environmental friendliness and long-lasting control effect.

As of 19 March, 2013, there were seven valid registrations of spirodiclofen in China, with five registrants. Of these, five registrations are for spirodiclofen formulations, mainly SC formulation. The only target of these five spirodiclofen formulation registrations is for the control of red spiders, with the application scale for crops including citrus, apple and cotton, according to the ICAMA.

With the legal technical registration, it is predicted that Shijiazhuang Xingbai will put spirodiclofen into production, although it has not revealed any details concerning its production project. Actually, there are three other domestic companies which intend to launch their production projects of spirodiclofen in the near future, as the patent of spirodiclofen in China obtained by Bayer will expire in Dec., 2013.

Lianyungang Niutaike Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Lianyungang Niutaike, a subsidiary controlled by Jiangsu Aolunda High-tech industry Co., Ltd.) plans to invest USD23.15 million in constructing a pesticide technology improvement project, aiming to construct pesticide production lines with a total capacity of 5,600t/a. The production project includes production lines of 500t/a spirodiclofen techincal and of 500t/a spirodiclofen formulations, according to the report released in Oct. 2012 by the Environmental Protection Bureau of Lianyugang City, Jiangshu Province. It is reported that Lianyungang Niutaike is on the process of applying for spirodiclofen technical registration and will launch the production in H2 2013.

Another enterprise willing to enter the spirodiclofen industry is Rudong Huasheng Chemical Co., Ltd. (Rudong Huasheng), whose application documents for its pesticide production expansion project was accepted in May 2012 by the Environmental Protection Bureau of Nantong City, Jiangshu Province. According to the application documents, Rudong Huasheng intends to produce spirodiclofen technical and 240g/L spirodiclofen SC, each with a capacity of 200t/a. But it didn't reveal the accurate time or other details concerning its production project.

Jiangsu Sword Agrochemicals Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Sword) also wants to set foot in the spirodiclofen production. It has applied for environmental impact assessment for its several new pesticide production projects in Dec. 2012, including 100t/a spirodiclofen technical production.

There is no doubt, in the coming years, that new production projects and new registrations of spirodiclofen will draw  much attention in China. However, there are two obstacles to the development of spirodiclofen, namely counterfeits and intensified pest resistance. Due to the popular product recognition of spirodiclofen, counterfeits have been found in the domestic market in recent years, which will affect the legal market operation of spirodiclofen. Moreover, continuous use of counterfeits with very low content of spirodiclofen will increase pests' resistance to spirodiclofen. Therefore, mixture formulations with other insecticide ingredients will be developed in the future.

Shijiazhuang Xingbai, established in 2004, is a subsidiary of Hebei Xingbai Pharmaceutical Group. The main pesticide products of Shijiazhuang Xingbai include abamectin, ivermectin, emamectin benzoate, spinosad, etc. As one of the largest abamectin producers in China, its capacity for abamectin technical may have reached 600t/a in 2012.

Table Contents of Insecticides China News 1304:

Hainan Province to confirm three wholesalers for exclusive pesticide circulation

Soaring price of acetamiprid driven by pollution monitoring in Shandong

China's wheat requires more insecticides to control wheat midge

The 14th CAC is held in Shanghai City

Pymetrozine becomes registration hotspot in recent months

Qingdao Hailir to pass environmental scrutiny for IPO

Jiangsu Changqing's net profit in 2012 increases 40.61% YoY

Jiangsu Tenglong has accomplished relocation for dimethoate

First domestic company registers spirodiclofen technical

Initial registration of dinotefuran teachnical & formulation in China

China's malathion TC increases 133.22% by export volume in 2012

Price Update Table

China forecasts insect pest occurrence in 2013

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National output of glucose syrup decreases by 8% in 2012

The domestic glucose syrup industry performed poorly in 2012, which could be reflected from the decrease of its national output. In detail, the national output of glucose syrup was about 1.12 million tonnes in 2012, decreasing by about 8% YoY, according to CCM's latest report, Sweeteners China News 1304.

 

It is believed that this decrease was due to the decrease of its domestic consumption volume in 2012. Actually, the domestic market is always crucial for the domestic glucose syrup industry. For example, the domestic consumption volume of glucose syrup accounted for over 90% of its total output in 2008 - 2012. At the same time, the consumption volume of glucose syrup in China showed an uptrend in the past five years, from 0.89 million tonnes in 2008 to 1.15 million tonnes in 2011. However, its consumption volume decreased by about 10% YoY to 1.05 million tonnes in 2012.

 

The volume of glucose syrup consumed by the domestic crystalline glucose producers decreased sharply from 0.40 million tonnes in 2011 to 0.30 million tonnes in 2012. In fact, glucose syrup can be used to produce crystalline glucose, and the volume of glucose syrup consumed by the domestic crystalline glucose industry was the largest in 2011. But due to the decreasing price of domestic sucrose (the competitor of glucose syrup), the demand of glucose syrup from the crystalline glucose industry weakened in 2012. For example, according to the 2012 annual report of Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited (Global Sweeteners), a main producer of glucose syrup as well as crystalline glucose in China, the sales volume of crystalline glucose decreased by 55.5% YoY to 65,000 tonnes in 2012. Thus, its consumption volume was only 164,000 tonnes in 2012, down by 42% compared with the 281,000 tonnes of 2011.

 

At the same time, it is estimated that the competitiveness of glucose syrup will decrease compared with other starch sugar products like high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). For example, the consumption volume of glucose syrup in the domestic beverage industry was about 68,000 tonnes in 2012, decreasing by about 41% compared with the one in 2008. It is showed that the domestic glucose syrup industry enjoyed a small benefit from the development of the domestic beverage industry in recent years.

In 2013, it is predicted that the consumption volume of glucose syrup will increase, but the growth rate may not be large.

On one hand, it is predicted that the domestic sucrose price in 2013 will decrease compared with that in 2012, but not largely, because of the protection from government policies. Based on the stable price of sucrose in China, it is predicted that the demand for crystalline glucose will keep stable or even increase in 2013, which means that the demand of glucose syrup may also increase at the same time.

 

On the other hand, though the competitiveness of glucose syrup in some downstream industries has weakened in recent years, the demand of glucose syrup from some other downstream industries will still increase. For example, about 0.39 million tonnes of glucose syrup were consumed by the domestic candy industry, increasing by about 3% YoY. If the growth rates of glucose syrup in these downstream industries in 2013 can keep stable like in 2012, the consumption volume of glucose syrup may increase at the same time, which wil also help to increase its national output in 2013.

Table Contents of Sweeteners China News 1304:

National Bureau of Statistics: the output of Chinese sucrose is 2.9 million tonnes in Feb. 2013

Xinfu Pharm delays its trial operation of sucralose project until April 2013

QHT to purchase banks' wealth investment products

PureCircle holds promoting meeting on stevia

COFCO Tunhe: the net profit decreases by 2,374.89% in 2012

Poor performance of domestic sorbitol industry in 2012

Opinion solicitation for Standards for Use of Food Additives ongoing

Challenges and opportunities coexist in the Chinese starch sugar industry in 2013

National output of glucose syrup decreases by 8% in 2012

Luzhou Bio-chem has a poor sales performance in the starch sugar business in 2012

Performance overview of QHT's products in 2012

Starch sugar business of China Starch performs well in 2012

Xiwang Sugar reports a loss in 2012

Shandong Longlive invests ecological agriculture

Baolingbao to enter the crystalline fructose, GOS and trehalose market

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

2012/2013 Guangxi Sucrose Trade Meeting held in March 2013

Concentrated downstream application of Chinese mannitol products

Ex-factory prices of Chinese sweeteners in March 2013

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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China to lift the ban on disposable foam tableware

On Feb. 26, 2013, the National Development and Reform Commission adjusted some items of the Guidance Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2011 Version). It's surprising that China will lift the ban on the disposable foam tableware from May 1, 2013, which may exert an effect on the market of biodegradable plastics. Generally, the disposable foam tableware refers to the polystyrene (PS) tableware.

In May 1995, the Ministry of Railways banned the use of PS foam tableware in trains and train stations since the wastes seriously damaged the environment and natural landscape along the railway lines. The replacement solution has been found with biodegradable tablewares. In 1999, the former State Economic and Trade Commission regulated that the whole country should ban the use of PS foam tableware by 2000 since it could seriously pollute the environment.

At present, based on the new instruction, the PS foam tableware can return to the market legally after May 1, 2013. According to Mr. Cao, Vice Chairman of the China Plastics Processing Industry Association, the ban on the PS foam tableware will be lifted since it has the advantages of oil and water resistance, heat preservation and low consumption of feedstock and fuel. The pollution brought by the PS foam tableware can be eliminated by strengthening the recovery management and recycling. Besides, Mr. Cao thinks that the recycling technology of disposable PS foam tableware is improving continuously in China.

Tableware is also a downstream consumer of biodegradable plastics, such as starch based material, so the ban removal on cheap PS foam tableware may exert some effects on the biodegradable plastics market, but limited.

A low price is the biggest advantage of PS foam tableware. In fact, in the last 14 years when both production and sales of PS foam tableware were illegal, PS foam tableware was still taking up about 20% of the tableware market owing to its low price. After May 1, 2013 when the use of PS foam tableware becomes legal, the ratio may increase.

Luckily, the influence may be small.

Tableware is not the main application field for most biodegradable resins, such as PLA and PHA. Due to the high price, most of them are used to manufacture package products, and only some starch based material downstream processors may be affected by the new instruction.

Mr. Lan is the R&D Manager of Shandong Ecomann Technology Co., Ltd. (Ecomann), one of the three domestic PHA producers. He thinks that the new instruction will not influence the company, since as an expensive biological material, only a small part of PHA is used to produce tableware while most of it is used to produce packages. Moreover, the PHA tableware is generally not sold in the domestic market but exported to developed countries, so Mr. Lan believes this new instruction will not affect Ecomann's business.

For those starch based tableware producers, the effect may also be limited. Mr. Shi, Sales Manager of Zhejiang Tianhe Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. with a starch based material processing capacity of 30,000t/a, thinks that the target market of biodegradable tableware is different from that of PS foam tableware, and generally, the company's customers are willing to pay more and bear more social and environmental responsibilities.

The news above was soured from CCM’s latest monthly report, Biomaterials China News issued in April.

Table Contents of Biomaterials China News 1304:

China to lift the ban on disposable foam tablewares

China may accelerate the policy formulation for degradable agricultural films

Opportunity for straw-based plastic's development

Tianjin GreenBio signs a distribution agreement with Metabolix

Bio-plus successfully processes PLA foam sheet  

Hainan welcomes a new biodegradable plastic program  

TÜV Rheinland commissions its biodegradability lab in Shanghai

Shandong Polymer signs a PAM supply contract with Shengli Oilfield

China continues the anti-dumping tax for potato starch from the EU

China's PLA foreign trade suffers from a decrease in Feb. 2013

China's import volume of fresh cassava decreases further in Feb. 2013

Sebacic import and export: the volume increased while the price decreased in 2012

Shengdi Jiahe to construct a PLA program

BASF wins the Marketing Innovation award in China   

LG Hausys exhibits its PLA floor

Shandong Shenghao to launch a 300,000t/a natural cellulose program              mrd1yanzhongming

Guodian Younglight’s PVA and BDO program to be finished at the end of 2013

Biomaterials China News, with 12 to 14 topics in one issue, published by CCM on 8^th every month, will bring you the latest information on the market dynamics, company dynamics, new biomaterials products, new biomaterials technology development, new legislations as well as policies and raw material supply dynamics, which are shaping the significant market intelligence of the industry.

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CCM’s Content Chunk Webinar held successfully

CCM, a market research company with more than ten years’ experience successfully held the Content Chunk Webinar at 17:00 pm. (GMT +8), on Apr. 4^th, 2013.

The topic of this time’s content chunk webinar was “How can we obtain the useful information in an effective way?” As we all know people can obtain information and data from various channels such as through TV, newspaper, network, market report, magazine or consultancy. While some of the channels are already old fashion ways. People have to face certain difficulties such as being hard to ensure whether the information source is reliable, accurate and effective or not. Therefore CCM wants to help the customers find out the accurate information exactly they need in an effective way.

Other content chunk webinars would be frequently held to share the market intelligence with producers, suppliers, experts and customers, etc. Wise decision-making and investment are on the basis of accurate first-hand analysis and data of the market, which helps enterprises to reduce the financial risks. “I am very delighted that twenty guests have registered and most of them have attended the webinar. They are delegates from leading companies, lots of thanks for their time and attention of CCM.” Sara, the speaker of the webinar said. ”Content Chunk is a Micro-Report that contains text, figure, table and picture, which lets users gain the target information efficiently with less cost. CCM offers the content chunk which shared the ideas on how to cope with the network information age and how to make full use of it.”

By now, we’ve already received some emails from the participants giving feedbacks and suggestions. Nearly 75% of the attendees are satisfied with the webinar and show great interest in CCM’s next webinar.

CCM will continue to enrich and update the data of content chunk periodically so that customers can obtain the first-hand information timely. Meanwhile, live webinars will be frequently held so that the market intelligence can be obtained by producers, suppliers, experts and customers, etc. We are looking forward to your attendance in CCM’s next webinar!

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Overall pesticide market condition in China

In pace with the Chinese government's great support of agriculture production, the demand for pesticides in China has witnessed a steady growth in the past few years. As the demand has grown, the development of the pesticide industry in this period has also enjoyed a good development which has made China the second largest pesticide production country and one of the largest pesticide export countries in the world, according to China Crop Protection Monthly Report 1303, issued by CCM in March.

 

In view of the blooming industry providing a very good opportunity for running business, more and more pesticide enterprises have been founded and lots of new pesticide projects have been launched. Till the end of 2012, there were totally over 1,800 pesticide manufacturers in China, including over 500 pesticide enterprises in TC production. Over the several years of development, China's pesticide output (converted to 100% TC, the same as below) in the past few years has witnessed a continuous growth from 1.04 million tonnes in 2005 to 3.55 million tonnes in 2012.

   

Domestic pesticide TC production enterprises have also shown great comprehensive advantages over foreign pesticide enterprises from developed countries in raw material purchase, resource supply (energy, water, etc.), human resource cost, policy support, etc. These advantages helped China become one of the main undertakers during the transfer process of foreign pesticide capacity. China's pesticide export volume has witnessed a steady growth in the past several years, from 428,000 tonnes in 2005 to 897,400 tonnes in 2012.

Table Contents of China Crop Protection Monthly Report 1303:

Overall pesticide market condition in China

Background and reasons for launching industry integration

External motivation of domestic pesticide industry integration

Inner motivation of domestic pesticide industry integration

Policies carried out to accelerate the pace of pesticide industry integration

Pesticide Industry Policy

12th Five-Year Plan for Pesticide Industry

New Regulations on Pesticide Management

Impact of policies on domestic pesticide industry

Effect on pesticide enterprises

Effect on circulation of pesticides

Domestic pesticide enterprises' expansion mode

Horizontal M&A

Vertical M&A

Conglomerate M&A

IPO

Difficulties remained to be solved

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China: inspection of imported cotton meets new regulations

According to the No. 151 Decree of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ), the Inspection and Supervision of Imported Cotton has come into effect since February 1, 2013. In addition, China divided the overseas suppliers into three levels namely A, B and C on the basis of their credit quality, in order to manage them dynamically.

With regard to A-level overseas suppliers, sampling inspection of cotton should be carried out in the destination that the consignee declared for by local inspection and quarantine bureau of destination in accordance with the industrial standards enacted by the AQSIQ. As for B-level overseas suppliers, cotton should be inspected more strictly with twice as the sampling amount in the destination of the consignee declared for. For C-level overseas suppliers, cotton should be inspected the most strictly with twice as the sampling amount at the port of entry by the inspection and quarantine bureau of destination.

At present, inspection and quarantine bureaus in China are implementing the measure actively and recommend importers in China to try to choose A-level cotton suppliers, in order to effectively promote the trade of cotton import in China.

The news above was sourced from AgriChina News Alert, which had been issued by CCM in March.

Table Contents of AgriChina News Alert 1303:

Crops

China's trade deficit of agricultural produces hits USD4,240 million in Jan. 2013

China's first agricultural insurance regulations take effect in March 2013

Occurrence forecast of wheat pests and diseases in 2013

MOA to better rice yield target

China's first development plan for flower industry issues

China forecasts insect pest occurrence to 366.7 million ha. in 2013

State Council approves a construction plan for high-yield farmland

Spot trading volume of cotton declines in February

Chinese scientists map out the D genome of wheat

Persistent drought strikes tea in Yunnan

China formally sets up Agricultural Industry Development Fund

Decreasing market purchase price of corn increases the temporary purchase volume of

corn

Agricultural means of production industry

Urea daily on March 4

Domestic enterprises gain 23 new registrations of pesticide active ingredient in 2012

Qinghai Salt Lake Industry to produce one million tonnes of potassium chloride

Jiangsu: 2012 net profit of major pesticide enterprises up by 31% YoY

The top ten pesticide export enterprises in China

CNDCA recommends a ban on the import of GM seed for staple food

China pesticide sales up by 23% YoY in 2012

China: USD79.62 million subsidies for primary processing of agricultural produces

Liaherd Chemical expects a loss in Q1 2013

Sinochem Group sign an agreement with Monsanto

CNGC develops two new fertilizers

Denghai Seeds expects a rising net profit in Q1 100%-150%

Lanfeng Bio-chemical 2012 net profit down 29% YoY

Salt Lake Industry performs well in 2012

China formally sets up Seed Industry Development Fund

Sanonda achieved USD16.7 million net profit in 2012

Qingdao Hailir to get through environmental scrutiny for IPO

Livestock & poultry industry

The U.S. pork importer shall provide clenbuterol inspection report

Pig purchasing price expected to fall again

Shennong Agricultural Group to establish a sow nucleus farm

Contract draft for egg futures issues with a threshold of USD796 at minimum

Shunxin Agriculture: 2012 sales up but net profit down

Tongwei’s pig feed factory put into production

China may issue program of pig purchasing and storage

Nongcheng Investment finances with equity pledge

2012 Guangdong Dahuanong sees a growth in both its revenue and profit

2012 Huaying Agricultural sees revenue up but profit down

Fishery industry

China to restructure oceanic administration

Shanghai Kaichuang' rise in tuna benefits with an increasing catch

China COSCO plans to sell COSCO Logistics

China suffers from countervailing duty investigation on shrimp in the U.S.

Guangdong Dahuanong to set up fishery bio-technology company

Food industry

China's new standard for pesticide residues in food takes effect

Hangzhou Wahaha to invest an overseas breeding base?

CNCRC purchases corn actively

Hunan Grain Group backdoor listing successfully

Beijing: online shops might be prohibited to sell food and milk powder in bulk

China to set up a general administration of food and drug

Wuliangye to adjust its sales strategies

China Grain and Logistics Corporation to be a subsidiary of COFCO

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

2012/2013 outlook of corn market in China

Biostime advance to seek milk sources overseas

Yurun Food' loss in 2012 blames its diversification?

Andre Juice: 2012 sales decreased by 7% for over-reliance on exports

Huiyuan Juice announces to expand its upstream business

Milk powder's price ups in New Zealand but remains stable in China

Macroeconomy

ADBC plans to issue USD78 billion of financial bonds in 2013

China's foreign trade up by 14.2% YoY in the first two months of 2013

MOA announces 38 measures:agricultural subsidies amount to USD31.85 billion in 2013

China: FDI up 6.32% in Feb. 2013

AgriChina News Alert, daily newsletter online issued by CCM starting from February 2013, (previously a monthly publication issued on every 31^st), offers timely news covering a variety of industries, including marine lives, stockbreeding, forestry and so forth.

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