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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Find Hot News in Corn Products China News 1312

Following are headline news of the latest issue of Corn Products China News:

2013 annual review of China's corn product industry

In 2013, the domestic corn products industry has faced great challenges, and most corn deep-processing industries even suffered losses under the background of high raw material costs, lower prices of products from downstream industries at both home and abroad, as well as governmental supervision. However, some corn deep-processing products still have opportunities to develop.

2013/2014 minimum sugarcane purchase price in Guangxi decreased

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

Applications of functional oligosaccharide in soybean products and collagen beverage

With several years' development of functional oligosaccharide, its good properties have been gradually accepted. In this paper, the authors mainly analyse applications of the product in soybean products and collagen beverage.

Meihua Group's annual net profit to increase in 2013

Meihua Group's annual net profit to increase in 2013

Meihua Group commits to product development recently

Recently, Meihua Group has been committed to develop its products like organic fertilizer, MSG and xanthan gum as well as expanding new business fields.

China's ex-works price of lysine shows overall decline, Jan.-Nov. 2013

According to data from CCM, the ex-works price of lysine in China underwent an overall downtrend during Jan.-Nov. 2013, mainly due to decreasing demand and increasing supply.

Changchun Dacheng cooperates with Itochu Corporation in feed business

Changchun Dacheng cooperates with Itochu Corporation in feed business

Guangji Pharmaceutical's net profit to increase significantly in 2013

Guangji Pharmaceutical's net profit to increase significantly in 2013

Price update of corn products, Dec. 2013

Price update of corn products, Dec. 2013

China returns 120,000 tonnes of GM corn to the US again

On Dec. 4, 2013, the AQSIQ reported that China has again returned 120,000 tonnes of corn to US exporters, as the domestic Entry-Exit Inspection & Quarantine Bureau found that the corn was unapproved GM corn containing the MIR162 ingredient.

North China Pharmaceutical to compensate USD153 million for VC price fixing

On Dec. 3, 2013, North China Pharmaceutical announced that its subsidiary Welcome Pharmaceutical was ruled by a US district court to pay compensation of USD153 million in a VC antitrust lawsuit, and that Welcome Pharmaceutical has decided to appeal again.

EU launches anti-dumping sunset review investigation on China's MSG 

EU launches anti-dumping sunset review investigation on China's MSG

China's ex-works price of citric acid undergoes downtrend, Sept.-Nov. 2013

According to data from CCM, the domestic ex-works price of citric acid underwent a downtrend during Sept.-Nov. 2013, due to weak demand and decreasing cost support.

China's inositol export value up but volume down, Jan.-Oct. 2013

According to data from China Customs, during Jan.-Oct. 2013, China's export value of inositol reached USD48.2 million, with a large year-on-year growth rate of 56.7%, while its export volume fell to 3,080 tonnes in this period, down 11.2% year on year.

Overview of new carbohydrate source—solid fructose-glucose

Solid fructose-glucose is a new carbohydrate source and its main ingredients are glucose and fructose. Solid fructose-glucose is generated after vacuum drying and crushing of the raw material——high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It has more advantages and can be more widely used than HFCS.

Northeast Pharmaceutical acquires the high-tech enterprise certificate

Northeast Pharmaceutical acquires the high-tech enterprise certificate

Nationwide government corn purchase for temporary reserve starts

On Nov. 25, 2013, Sinograin, the designated enterprise, started the government corn purchase for temporary reserve. The other enterprises commissioned to purchase will also start the corn purchase once they obtain approval and get funds from the government. The deadline of this purchase of corn for temporary reserve is on April 30, 2014.

Chinese corn products Imp. & Exp., Oct. 2013

In Oct. 2013, the total import value of corn products in China witnessed a significant MoM increase of 251% while the total export value declined slightly by 6% MoM.

2nd China's Corn Industry Executive Summit to held in Liaoning 

2th China's Corn Industry Executive Summit to held in Liaoning 

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

China's ex-works price of citric acid undergoes downtrend, Sept.-Nov. 2013


As early as June-Aug. 2013, manufacturers increased the ex-works price of citric acid several times due to the increasing product cost and the peak season of the drinks industry, which increases demand for citric acid after suffering losses due to the low price of citric acid in the first five months of 2013.

The decrease in the ex-works price of citric acid during Sept.-Nov. 2013 could be attributed to the following aspects:
First and most important, weak demand for citric acid. Compared with H1 2013, the ex-works price of citric acid remained high during Sept.-Oct. 2013 so that dealers had weak desire to purchase large amounts of this product. Besides, as entering the off season of drinks, the demand for citric acid from the beverage industry atrophied accordingly.

Additionally, China is the largest citric acid producer in the world, and the consumption of this product depends on the overseas market to a great extent. However, citric acid exports remained weak in this period. According to data from China Customs, the export volumes of citric acid were 51,425 tonnes in Sept. and 52,501 tonnes in Oct., 7,155 tonnes and 6,079 tonnes less than that in Aug. respectively.

Second, the decrease in the cost. As the supply of corn has been increasing since Oct. 2013, the market price of corn declined in Oct., and it fluctuated at a low level in Nov. 2013.

Moreover, under the current circumstance of citric acid overcapacity, in order to occupy more market share, manufacturers have carried out low price tactics during this period. Also, towards the end of 2013, manufactures have a strong desire to sell their stock of citric acid to get funds.
It is estimated that the ex-works price of citric acid will remain stable in Dec. 2013. Generally, the profitability of citric acid has been very low due to the decreasing sales price of this product. Plus, with downstream dealers willing to purchase citric acid for stock at its current lower price, it is unlikely that citric acid producers will decrease the price. However, winter is the traditional slack season of citric acid, so demand for it will still be limited, which will hardly drive up its price.

In the long term, citric acid will still face challenges in China, as its export volume may be affected by the European Union (EU)'s sunset review and midterm review investigations on China's citric acid, which started on Nov. 30, 2013 by the European Commission, in response to applications from SA Citrique Belge and Jungbunzlauer Austria AG. The midterm review investigation is mainly to survey the damage form in the anti-dumping measure. The Hs Codes of correlated products are 29181400 and ex29181500.

In Sept. 2007, the EU launched an anti-dumping investigation into China's citric acid, and in Dec. 2008, the EU issued its final ruling.

The Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain are the main EU destinations of China's citric acid. In 2012, China had exported 117,620 tonnes of citric acid to these four countries, accounting for 16% of the total export volume of domestic citric acid. 

If the EU rules to continue anti-dumping measures against China's citric acid during the implementation term of anti-dumping measures, it may have a negative influence on China's export of citric acid in the near future

Furthermore, the demand for citrate will also have a certain impact on the demand for citric acid, as it is a direct downstream product of citric acid and its consumption relies on the overseas market as well.

Similarly, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Poland are also the main EU export destinations of China's citrate. Data from China Customs shows that in 2012, China had exported a total of 42,700 tonnes of citrate to these six countries, accounting for around 33% of China's total export volume of citrate.

Source: Corn Products China News issued by CCM in December.

Table of Contents of Corn Products China News 1312:
2013 annual review of China's corn products industry
China returns 120,000 tonnes of GM corn to the US again
Chinese corn products Imp. & Exp., Oct. 2013
China's inositol export value up but volume down, Jan.-Oct. 2013
Price update of corn products, Dec. 2013
China's ex-works price of citric acid undergoes downtrend, Sept.-Nov. 2013
China's ex-works price of lysine shows overall decline, Jan.-Nov. 2013
North China Pharmaceutical to compensate USD153 million for VC price fixing
Meihua Group commits to product development recently
Overview of new carbohydrate source—solid fructose-glucose
Applications of functional oligosaccharide in soybean products and collagen beverage
Nationwide government corn purchase for temporary reserve starts
2013/2014 minimum sugarcane purchase price in Guangxi decreased

CCM is dedicated to market research in China, Asia-Pacific Rim and global market. With a staff of more than 150 dedicated highly-educated professionals, CCM offers Market Data, Analysis, Reports, Newsletters, Buyer-Trader Information, Import/Export Analysis, and Consultancy Service. 

For more information, please visit http://www.cnchemicals.com.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Dow AgroSciences’ overview for South America


The company has reported worldwide outstanding results for 2012, with an increase of 13% (vs 2011) for total sales (compared to 11% average for agricultural (AG) market) that includes seed sales with 27% growth (vs 14% average of AG market) plus crop protection sales showing 10% growth (vs 9% average of AG market). The EBITDA increase was 7%, according to CCM’s latest monthly report, Crop Protection South America Monthly Report issued in March.

A key player for this growth certainly was South America (the second largest worldwide market of sales, behind North America). In the tropical and subtropical climate of this region are grown soybeans, corn, sugarcane, wheat, fruits, vegetables, sunflower oil seed and rice and the company offers a variety of crops protection and seeds to achieve the maximum yields and health protection, as well as for livestock through pasture’s products.

A wide selection of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides to meet customers' needs, as well as trait technologies such as HERCULEX® and POWERCORE™ in corn and WideStrike™ Insect Protection technology in cotton, is available.

The company is deploying the South American market strategy aimed to the following countries and main related products, as follows:

Argentina: 
- Seeds (Hybrids and GMO) for corn, sunflower and sorghum.
- Herbicides for chemical fallow, 2-4 D products and glyphosate products (e.g Panzer Gold).
- Fungicides (e.g Planet X-tra for soybean diseases).
- Insecticides / Omega 9 oils / Pastures (weed’s control).

Brazil:
        - Herbicides, insecticides and pastures.
        - Sentricon: products for controlling termites eliminating the core of the colonies.
        - Lorsban chlorpyrifos based insecticide.

Bolivia and Paraguay: Products for pasture’s weed control.

Colombia: Herbicides, insecticides and pastures.

Chile: Natural insecticides for apple, pear and walnut trees.

Argentina to build a new R&D biotechnology center
Bayer CropScience looking for expanding business in South America
Dow AgroSciences’ overview for South America
Syngenta – Financial results for Latin America
Argentina: Focusing on barley quality issues
Brasil crop overview for 2012/13 season
Brazil is sustaining the biofuel strategy
Paraguay: Transgenic cotton’s high yields require performing three harvests
Bolivia soybean overview
Bolivia crop export overview
Paraguay crops overview
Brazil: Late corn season (milho safrinha) to be tested at Mato Grosso do Sul state
Brazil: Cargo ships port’s logistic jam – status on March 8, 2013
Brazil: Black bean’s price increases 40% in a year
Argentina: Imported glyphosate price is steady after rising 70% last year
Argentina: Lowest chickpea’s export prices since late 2010
Brazilian Superior Court of Justice rejected Monsanto’s appeal for payment of royalties
Argentine province’s labor court halts Monsanto seed’s investment
Paraguayan Environmental Protection Agency boosts biogas generation project
Peruvian women awarded as “protective guardians from Andean quinoa and other grains”
Colombian Agriculture Society calls for dialogue to negotiate
Colombia: Boosting the new agriculture & livestock technical assistance national policy
Chile approved new pesticide
Brazil with a controversial launching for a soybean fungicide
Argentine researchers to study natural plant showing high resistance to drought
Argentina: GMO Product’s approval & launchings
Nidera Argentina – New GMO crops
Argentina weeds resistance
Paraguay: FAO urges to coordinate actions against HLB citric’s plague
Bolivia celebrated the 18th edition from Exposoya exhibition
Uruguay: Opening of national Expoactiva 2013
Brazil projected production gross value
Paraguay – New elected president for CAPPRO
Bolivia late soybean season
Argentina’s Expoagro 2013 – Early initiatives post-exhibition



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Thursday, March 28, 2013

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.

About CCM
As a leading market research consulting company in China with more than 10-year-experience, CCM offers Market Data, Analysis, Reports, Newsletters, Buyer-Trader Information, Import/Export Analysis all through its new proprietary product ValoTracer. For more information, please visit http://www.cnchemicals.com.

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

China's first Agricultural Insurance Regulations issued


Investment in agricultural industry has been hot in recent years, and modern agriculture is also considered to be a potential investment field. Based on the current situation of China's modern agricultural industry, it's suggested that more capital and highly advanced management are needed for building some famous brands and increasing the industrial concentration.

On 12 Nov., 2012, China's first law for agricultural insurance, Agricultural Insurance Regulations (Regulations), was formally issued after the soliciting of public opinions for half a year. Besides, the Regulations shall be effective as of March 1, 2013, according to an announcement published by the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council (LAOSC).

Agricultural insurances can be divided into planting industry insurance, breeding insurance and forest insurance basing on agriculture category. Among which, planting industry insurance refers to the business of providing insurance to grain crops and industrial crops. That is to say, rice, wheat, soybean, sorghum, corn, cotton, tobacco, tea, mulberry, sugarcane, herbs, vegetables, etc. are underwritten by the insurance.

The Regulations mainly aims to regulate agricultural insurance activities, protect the lawful rights and interests of the parties to the contract for agricultural insurance, enhance the capability to withstand risks during agricultural production and help agricultural insurance develop well.

Crop Protection China News is a monthly publication released by CCM. It offers timely update and close follow-up of China’s various kind of crop market dynamics, analyze the market data and trends. And the major columns include companies' current dynamics and market situation, a close watch of government policies and regional dynamics. If you want to know more about Crop Protection China News, you can contact us.


About CCM
CCM is dedicated to market research in China, Asia-Pacific Rim and global market. With a staff of more than 150 dedicated highly-educated professionals. CCM offers Market Data, Analysis, Reports, Newsletters, Buyer-Trader Information, Import/Export Analysis all through its new proprietary product ValoTracer.
For more information, please visit http://www.cnchemicals.com.
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