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Corn Products China News
Corn Products
                                                      Vol.3 Issue 1, 2010




                   Copyright © CCM International Limited
Corn Products China News
                                                      Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010    Publication date: 20 January, 2010



                   CONTENTS
     News in Berief
     1    NDRC to release grain and oil reserve when necessary
     1    Global Bio-chem witnesses poor performance
     1	   Riboflavin	Plant	of	Guangji	Pharmaceutical	to	launch
     1    EU continues to impose anti-dumping tax on furfuryl alcohol
     1    Miller Biotechnology launches 5,000t/a furfural plant

     Supply & Demand
     2 China imposes deposits on nucleotide imports
     3 India: China’s largest citric acid export destination
     4 Gloomy xylitol exports in 2009                                        Welcome to the January issue of Corn
     Price Update
                                                                             Products China News, specially published
     5    Furfural price witnesses uptrend recently                          by CCM International.
     7    Ex-factory prices of corn products in Jan. 2010
     7    FOB corn price in Dalian Port from Feb. 2009 ~ Jan. 2010              With ultimate establishment of China-
     8    Maltose syrup price rises in Jan.                                     ASEAN Free Trade Zone (including such ten
     Market & Company Dynamic                                                   members as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,
     9    COFCO develops whole-industry-chain strategy                          Singapore, Philippine, Thailand, Vietnam,
     9	   Anhui	BBCA	to	see	large	profit	rise	in	2009                           Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia ), zero tariff
     10   China reduces fuel ethanol import tariffs to 5%                       for 90% products has been implemented
     11   Baolingbao to enlarge erythritol capacity to 4,000t/a                 since Jan.1st, 2010, which is a double-
     12   China Corn Oil gets listed in HK                                      edged sword for Chinese corn processing
     13   Henan Agric. becomes Henan Lianhua’s biggest stockholder              industry, bringing in both opportunities
     14   Nantong Jiuding obtains governmental funds for PLA expansion          and challenges, with benefit more than
                                                                                detriment.
     Competitiveness
     15 Corn-based edible alcohol price decreases
                                                                                Export volume of Chinese corn processing
     Corn Supply                                                                products such as alcohol, citric acid, MSG
     16 Overview of Chinese corn exports in 2009
                                                                                and VC will witness increase. For some
     16 Chinese seed companies eye transgenic corn
                                                                                products heavily depending on export to
     Corn Products Use Monitoring                                               US and EU, the zero tariffs will inevitably
     18 “Vita Sugar” formally launched in China                                 relieve their dependence.

                                                                                Some corn processing products with
                                                                                overcapacity may be shifted to ASEAN, since
               New Report Announcement                                          China has taken measures to curb excessive
                                                                                expansion of some corn processing products
 Production and Market of Stevia Sweeteners                                     capacity since late 2009. Therefore, the
                                                                                ultimate formation of China-ASEAN will
            in China- 5th edition                                               attract more Chinese investors to build
                                                                                plants there.
Combines CCM’s 7-year expertise in stevia market research
                                                                                Besides, Chinese imports of cassava, a raw
          Give you an overview from stevia planting,                            material of fuel alcohol, will see increase,
           stevia sweeteners to stevia consumption                              since	ASEAN	is	the	major	planting	area	of	
                                                                                cassava, such as Thailand. As cassava is
                         Key analysis includes:                                 a non-grain crop, increasing imports will
                         ☆ Output & Distribution                                contribute a lot to Chinese grain safety, since
                         ☆ Supply & Demand                                      most fuel ethanol in China is made from
                         ☆ Opportunities & Forecast
                                                                                corn.
                         ☆ Major	producers	etc.

          To view the main content and sample pages here                        Increasingly intense competition will
                                                                                stand out among Chinese corn processing
      Please also keep close eyes at CCM’s coming report:                       enterprises.
                     Enzyme China Report
                     Xylose China Report

   Contact us for more information at econtact@cnchemicals.com
Corn Products China News                                                                                                  Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010


        Corn Products China News at a glance                                         News in Berief
   China has made its preliminary determination to impose deposits on
nucleotide food additives imported from Thailand and Indonesia since early
January.
                                                                                    NDRC to release grain and oil reserve
  India might become the largest export destination of Chinese citric acid in                when necessary
2009.

  Chinese xylitol exports have been gloomy in 2009, due to the global weak
demand for xylitol caused by global economic crisis.                                N    ational Development and Reform Committee (NDRC)
                                                                                         announced on 10th January 2010 that the grain and oil
                                                                                    reserve will be released if their prices rise sharply resulting from
  Furfural price has seen uptrend in recent two months.                             transportation barrier caused by heavy snow and rain. According
   Maltose syrup price keeps rising in Jan. 2010, thanks to climbing price of       to NDRC, all local pricing departments should make efforts to
corn and sucrose.                                                                   keep the adequate supply of vital goods, such as grain and oil, and
                                                                                    maintain their prices at a relatively stable level.
    COFCO was working hard on developing its whole-industry-chain
strategy in 2009 and continues this strategy in 2010.

  		Anhui	BBCA	predicts	that	its	total	net	profit	in	2009	will	soar	by	340%	               Global Bio-chem witnesses poor
over 2008.                                                                                          performance
   China reduces fuel alcohol import tariffs to 5% from previous 30% in
2010.

   Baolingbao is planning to enlarge its erythritol capacity to 4,000t/a by
                                                                                    G   lobal Bio-chem Technology Group Company Limited (Global
                                                                                        Bio-chem) is anticipated to see poor performance in 2009,
                                                                                    coinciding with its brothers Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited
mid 2010 from current 1,000t/a.
                                                                                    (Global Sweeteners), with reduced orders and price caused by
   China Corn Oil got listed in Hong Kong in Dec. 2009, in order to raise           global financial crisis. However, this situation has improved to
funds for its further development in the following three years.                     some extent, since prices of sucrose and corn starch have increased
   Henan Agric. has become the biggest stockholder of Henan Lianhua in              by 50% and 38% respectively.
mid Dec. 2009.

   Nantong Jiuding received funds of USD1.4 million for its 20,000t/a PLA                        Riboflavin	Plant	of	Guangji	
project	from	NDRC	in	late	December,	2009.                                                         Pharmaceutical to launch
   Corn-based edible alcohol price has witnessed decrease since early Jan.
2010, pulled down by declined molasses-based edible alcohol price.

  China has seen weak exports of corn during 2009.
                                                                                    H     u b e i 	 G u a n g j i 	 P h a r m a c e u t i c a l 	 C o . , 	 L t d . 	 ( G u a n g j i	
                                                                                          Pharmaceutical)	launched	its	riboflavin	project	with	capacity	
                                                                                    of	2,500	t/a	on	19	Dec.	2009.	This	project	is	invested	by	Guangji	
   Chinese leading seed companies have more confidence in enlarging                 Pharmaceutical	 (Mengzhou)	 Co.	 Ltd.,	 a	 subsidiary	 of	 Guangji	
investments in transgenic corn industry as China has formally approved              Pharmaceutical, which will enhance the competitiveness of
production and application safety certificate to phytase transgenic corn            riboflavin	for	Guangji	Pharmaceutical.
recently.

  “Vita Sugar” has been formally launched in China since late 2009.
                                                                                            EU continues to impose anti-
   Main companies mentioned in this issue                                                  dumping tax on furfuryl alcohol

                                                                                    E   uropean Commission has reportedly decided to continue the
                                                                                        anti-dumping tax imposed on Chinese furfuryl alcohol until
                                                                                    10th December 2011, with tax rate ranging from €84 to €250 per
                                                                                    tonne.


                                                                                             Miller Biotechnology launches
                                                                                                5,000t/a furfural plant
                                                                                    O    n 23 December 2009, Qingtongxia Miller Biotechnology Co.,
                                                                                         Ltd. (Miller Biotechnology) launched its 5,000 t/a furfural
                                                                                    plant in Qingtongxia City, Ningxia Province, which will consume
                                                                                    75,000 tonnes corn cobs per year and generate annual sales
                                                                                    revenue of USD6.6 million for Miller Biotechnology. The products
                                                                                    produced in this plant are mainly used in medical and chemical
                                                                                    industries.




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Supply & Demand

                             China imposes deposits on nucleotide imports

       T   he Ministry of Commerce of
           China (MOFCOM), on Jan. 4th,
       2010, announced its preliminary
                                                 nucleotide market shares left by
                                                 Thailand and Indonesia nucleotide
                                                 enterprises. Since Mar. 2009,
                                                                                                        products can be exempted from the
                                                                                                        deposits.
                                                                                                        In the world, there are three largest
       determination to impose deposits on       nucleotide enterprises of Thailand                     nucleotide producers, including
       nucleotide food additives, important      and Indonesia have begun to largely                    South Korea CJ Group with capacity
       flavor enhancer, imported from            cut nucleotide exports to China due                    of	9,000t/a,	Japan	Ajinomoto	Group	
       Thailand and Indonesia from Jan.5th,      to the antidumping investigation.                      Co.,	 Ltd.	 (Japan	 Ajinomoto)	 with	
       2010 .                                    Star Lake thus could take up over                      capacity of 8,000t/a and Stake Lake.
                                                 50% of domestic total nucleotide
       MOFCOM launched anti-dumping              consumption in 2009.                                   Actually, South Korea CJ Group and
       investigations into the nucleotide food                                                          Japan	 Ajinomoto	 have	 encountered	
       additives originated from Thailand        Star Lake used to suffer great pressure                China’s anti-dumping investigations
       and Indonesia on Mar. 24th, 2009          f r o m t h e l o w - p ri c e d n u c l e o t i d e   twice. Stake Lake first applied for
       and confirmed that the imported           products imported from Thailand and                    antidumping investigation into South
       products had caused great damages to      Indonesia.	To	protect	its	own	benefits,	               Korea	CJ	Group	and	Japan	Ajinomoto	
       domestic sector.                          Star Lake applied for antidumping                      in 2005 and Stake Lake won the
                                                 investigation into imported nucleotide                 case. The result was that nucleotide
       In the preliminary determination,         in Feb. 2009.                                          food additives from South Korea and
       nucleotide food additives with                                                                   Japan imported by South Korea CJ
       deposits imposed include disodium         At present, Star Lake is planning                      Group	 and	 Japan	 Ajinomoto	 was	
       5'-Inosinate (IMP) , disodium             to expand its nucleotide capacity                      imposed deposits. After then, the two
       5'-Guanylate(GMP) and disodium            to improve competitiveness. For                        companies shifted their production
       5'-Ribonucleotide (I+G). Actual           example, the company will expand                       to Thailand and Indonesia to avoid
       required deposits will be decided         I+G capacity to 4,000t/a in Zhaoqing                   antidumping measures from China
       according to the dumping margin of        City, Guangdong Province, by                           and continued to dump the products
       different producers (TABLE 1).            utilizing the fund of USD70 million                    into China, which drove Stake Lake
                                                 raised from its non-publicly issued                    to apply for a second antidumping
       Although the deposit is relatively        50 million shares, as demand for                       investigation.
       low, it certainly will impair the         I+G is thriving. It was estimated
       price advantage of nucleotide from        that domestic I+G demand was up                        Star Lake, a state-owned fermentation
       Indonesia and Thailand to some            to 11,000 tonnes in 2009 and will                      company established in 1992 in
       extent and cut the exports, thus          increase in 2010. However, total                       Guangdong Province of China, is
       leaving some market shares to             nucleotide capacity in China is only                   China’s leading nucleotide and
       domestic enterprises.                     9,000t/a in China currently.                           threonine producer.

       After this anti-dumping measure is        To cope with the antidumping                           Established in 2004, Liaocheng CJ,
       carried out, Guangdong Zhaoqing Star      measure, South Korea CJ Group,                         wholly owned by South Korea CJ
       Lake Bioscience Co., Inc. (Star Lake),    whose nucleotide food additives                        (a leading food company in South
       domestic largest nucleotide producer      sourced from Indonesia and Thailand                    Korea), is engaged in lysine and
       with capacity of 6,000t/a, will be        plants have been imposed deposits,                     nucleotide production, with the most
       able to gain price advantage and          has built a 3 ,000t/a nucleotide                       advanced fermentation technology in
       become the biggest beneficiary, who       production line in Liaocheng City,                     the world.
       has endeavored to capture domestic        Shandong Province in 2006, thus its


                    TABLE 1: Different deposit margins on Thailand and Indonesia nucleotide enterprises in China
                                     Indonesia                                                          Thailand
                         Enterprises               Deposit rate                      Enterprises                    Deposit rate
                                                           16.90%            Ajinomoto	 Co.,	 (Thailand)	                      6.50%
                PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia
                                                                             Ltd.
                PT. Kirin Miwon Foods                           8.10%        All Others                                       29.70%

                All Others                                     29.70%        -                                                      -

                                                              Source: MOFCOM



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                        India: China’s largest citric acid export destination

I ndia has totally imported 48,814 tonnes
  citric	acid	from	China	in	the	first	eleven	
months of 2009(FIGURE 1), which was
                                                          FIGURE 1: Major	export	destinations	of	Chinese	citric	acid,	Jan.	~	Nov.	2009


                                                                     60,000
probably China’s largest citric acid export
destination in 2009.                                                               48,814
                                                                     50,000
Though China Customs hasn’t released the
export data for Dec. 2009, it is sure that                           40,000




                                                    (Unit: tonne)
India has witnessed large rise in import
                                                                                                   28,139        28,030         25,069        24,101
volume of Chinese citric acid in 2009.
In 2008, India totally imported 31,966
                                                                     30,000
tonnes citric acid from China, ranking the
fourth among all the export destinations of                          20,000
Chinese citric acid (TABLE 2).
                                                                     10,000
Before 2009, the US and some countries
of	 EU	 were	 major	 export	 destinations	
of Chinese citric acid and their import                                   0
volume	plummeted	in	2008.	The	US	just	                                                 India       Turkey         Japan         Holand         Russia
imported 9,123 tonnes citric acid in the                                                                                                     Federation
first eleven months of 2009, down 87%
year on year. EU and the US have levied
high anti-dumping duties on Chinese                                                              Source: China Customs
key citric acid producers respectively
since Jun. 2008 and Sep. 2008. This has         been	hit	heavily	by	global	financial	crisis.                    Overcapacity of citric acid industry
impaired the price advantage of Chinese         Besides, India, with the second largest                         in China has resulted in vicious price
products marketed in EU and US, leading         population in the world, has seen increase                      war among producers in recent years,
to export volume decrease of Chinese citric     in citric acid consumption in recent years.                     contributing to the low price to some
acid products.                                                                                                  extent. The low price has led to repeated
                                                China is the world’s largest citric acid                        anti-dumping investigation into domestic
After encountering anti-dumping duties          producer, constituting around 60% of                            citric acid producers from many countries
imposed by EU and US, Chinese citric            the world’s total output. Depending on                          in the last few years, such as Thailand,
acid producers have raised the exports in       lower production cost than that of other                        South Africa, India, Egypt, Ukraine,
other countries like India and Turkey and       countries, domestic producers export most                       etc. Among these countries, India and
developed some new markets in Africa            of their citric acid. China in Jan.~Nov.                        South Africa withdrew the investigation
and South America in 2009, which is one         2009 totally exported citric acid of 596,614                    at last but it is not sure whether India
of the reasons for the export increase to       tonnes that accounted for over 80% of                           will continue to launch anti-dumping
India.                                          China’s total output in 2009.                                   investigation into Chinese citric acid in the
                                                                                                                future.
Price advantage of Chinese citric acid,         However, heavy dependence on export
especially in 2009, is another key reason       of Chinese citric acid will do no good to                       Domestic citric acid price started to
for large export volume of Chinese citric       the industry development in the long                            increase in late Dec. 2009, resulting from
acid to many countries. Average export          run. In the near future, the government                         the intense domestic supply as demand
price of citric acid exported to India during   might take measures to boost domestic                           for overseas citric acid has been constantly
Jan.~Nov. 2009 was about USD701/t,              consumption and regulate domestic citric                        increasing. Monohydrate citric acid price
USD266/t lower than that in the same            acid industry through limiting blind                            has been up to USD951/t in late Dec.
period of 2008. Although corn price             capacity expansion like that in MSG or VC                       2009, up USD146/t over previous month.
has maintained at a high level in 2009,         industries. That might ultimately lead to                       Citric acid price will continue to increase
Chinese citric acid producers still cut the     citric acid capacity concentration in some                      driven by current increasing price of corn
price to boost exports as their business has    large-scale producers.                                          and sulphuric acid.

                                   TABLE 2: Top export destinations of Chinese citric acid, 2006~2008
                                       Export
                                                                    2008, tonne          2007, tonne        2006, tonne
                                     destinations
                                   US                                     71,739               67,603              64,189
                                   Japan                                  35,748               30,588              28,296
                                   Holland                               34,215                42,627              23,571
                                   India                                 31,966                34,465              26,072
                                   Belgium                               20,348                32,215              24,540
                                                                       Source: China Custom
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                                                       Gloomy xylitol exports in 2009
C   hinese xylitol exports have been
    gloomy in 2009, due to the global
weak demand for xylitol caused by global
                                                                                              FIGURE 2: Xylitol export volume and price in China, Jan. ~ Nov., 2009


                                                                                        2,000                                                                                                          2,900
economic crisis.
                                                                                         1,800                                                                                                         2,800
Both xylitol export volume and price                                                     1,600
                                                                                                                                                                                                       2,700
decreased during the first eleven months                                                 1,400




                                                                      (Unit: tonne)




                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (Unit: USD/t)
of 2009. According to statistics from                                                    1,200                                                                                                         2,600
China Customs, China totally exported                                                    1,000                                                                                                         2,500
15,293.07	tonnes	xylitol	in	the	first	eleven	                                                800                                                                                                       2,400
months of last year, down approximately
                                                                                              600
11% year on year. And xylitol export price                                                                                                                                                             2,300
                                                                                              400
kept downtrend during the first eleven
                                                                                              200                                                                                                      2,200
months of 2009. Average export price of
xylitol in Nov. 2009 hit USD2,380/t, down                                                       0                                                                                                      2,100
around 25% over the same period of 2008                                                                  Jan      Feb     Mar      Apr      May Jun          Jul       Aug      Sep     Oct    Nov
(FIGURE 2).
                                                                                                                                    Export volume                    Export price
The export volume drop is caused by
declined xylitol demand globally since early                                                                                       Source: China Customs
2009.                                                                                 FIGURE 3: Top ten export destinations of Chinese xylitol, Jan. ~ Nov., 2009

Xylitol as a low-energy sweetener is widely
                                                                                      4,500     4,219                                                                                                        3,500
used in chewing gums and health products.
With the public’s decreasing purchasing
                                                                                  4,000                                                                                                                      3,000
power to consume such products in H1                                                  3,500
                                                                                                                                                                                                             2,500
                                                            (Uni t: tonne)




                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (Uni t: USD/t)
2009, xylitol demand thus decreased.                                              3,000                        2,736
Though H2 2009 witnessed gradual                                                      2,500                                                                                                                  2,000
re b o u nd i n g l o b a l o v e r a l l e c o n o m i c
                                                                                  2,000                                  1,674     1,657                                                                     1,500
situation, xylitol demand still remained
unchanged. Actually, xylitol demand has                                               1,500
                                                                                                                                                974        828                                               1,000
been quite stable in recent years.                                                    1,000                                                                           720
                                                                                                                                                                                 448     290                 500
                                                                                       500                                                                                                       264
The export price downtrend of xylitol
                                                                                         0                                                                                                                   0
was mainly due to the depressed demand
for xylitol and vicious price competition                                                           US     Japan        South    Turkey Denmark Italy               Poland Holland Vietnam Thailand
among xylitol producers. Actually, xylitol                                                                              Korea
has seen overcapacity in China since 2007,                                                                                                 Export volume         Export price
thus leading to intense competition. Some
xylitol producers initiated export price cut                                                                                       Source: China Customs
to capture market shares in 2009.                                                                   FIGURE 4: Export regions of xylitol in China, Jan. ~ Nov., 2009

Apart from that, the government has raised
xylitol export tax rebate to 9% since Dec.                         Shijiazhuang                           186
2008 from original 5%, which also resulted
in the decrease in xylitol export price.                                                Tianjin           281


Additionally, decrease in raw material                                                 Qingdao                 429
price also counts. In China, most corn cob s
are used in xylitol and furfural production.                                            Anyang                          1,193
Owing to low furfural price during Jan. ~
Oct. 2009 that caused its low operation                                                Quzhou                                                                           4,663
rate, demand for corn cob declined and its
supply for xylitol production was abundant,                                             Dezhou                                                                                                               8,215
facilitating xylitol price drop.
                                                                                                     0          1,000      2,000         3,000        4,000      5,000          6,000    7,000       8,000         9,000
However, xylitol price has begun to rise                                                                                                               (Unit: tonne)
since this January, mainly attributed to
the increasing corn cob price. At present,                                                                                         Source: China Customs

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   furfural industry is rebounding, which largely pushes up corn cob                         Currently, China has about eleven xylitol producers (TABLE 3),
   demand.                                                                                   most	 of	 which	 are	 located	in	Shandong	 Province	 and	 Zhejiang	
                                                                                             Province ( FIGURE 4).
   China is the world’s largest xylitol producer, with over 50% of its
   products exported to such oversea countries as US, Japan, South                           Though xylitol consumption in China has been increasing in
   Korea and EU, etc. (FIGURE 3). The US is always the largest                               recent years as more and more people are aware of xylitol’s
   export destination, with its xylitol import volume of 4,219 tonnes                        benefits in decayed tooth prevention, many xylitol producers
   from China during Jan. ~Nov. 2009, down 9% year on year.                                  prefer	to	export	xylitol	for	higher	profit
   Japan is the second largest one, with total import volume of 2,735
   tonnes, down 20% over the same period of 2008.

                                                  TABLE 3: Ke y xylitol producers in China, 2009

                                        Producer                                        Capacity’ 09, tonne                     Location
                                                                                                        40,000
                     Futaste Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.                                                              Dezhou City, Shandong Province
                                                                                                        35,000
                     Shandong Longlive Bio-technology Co.,Ltd.                                                     Dezhou City, Shandong Province

                                                                                                        20,000
                     Zhejiang	Kaihua	Huakang	Pharmaceutical	Co.,	Ltd.                                              Quzhou	City,	Zhejiang	Province
                                                                                                         8,000
                     Shandong Gaomi Tongli Chemical Co., Ltd.                                                      Gaomi City, Shandong Province
                                                                                                     103,000
                     Total                                                                                         -

                                                                        Source: CCM International




Price Update
                                   Furfural price witnesses uptrend recently
   Domestic furfural price has witnessed                                FIGURE 5: Average price of furfural in North China, Oct. 2009~Jan. 2010
   uptrend since early November 2009, which
   stayed at a low price level in previous 10
                                                                        1,300
   months of 2009, boosted by price increase
                                                                                                                                                        1,245
   of furfuralcohol and corn cob.
                                                                                                                                                1,172
                                                                        1,200
   The price increase extent of furfural varies
                                                                                                                                      1,113
   in different areas. For instance, average
                                                        (Unit: USD/t)




                                                                                                                             1,077
   price of furfural in North China, the key                            1,100
   furfural production area, has increased                                      1,025        1,025                 1,025
                                                                                                     1,000
   to USD1, 245.06/t on Jan. 13th, 2010, up
                                                                        1,000
   21.43% over USD1, 025.34/t on Oct. 1st,
   2009 (FIGURE 5).
                                                                                                             962
                                                                         900
   The following two factors may contribute
   to furfural price increase.
                                                                         800
   Firstly, rising furfuralcohol price is                                  1-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 27-Oct-09 9-Nov-09 22-Nov-09 5-Dec-09 18-Dec-0931-Dec-09 13-Jan-10
   the key factor. In early October 2009,
   furfuralcohol price has begun to rise.
   On Jan. 13th, 2010, average price of
                                                                                                      Source: CCM International
   furfuralcohol in North China has increased
   to USD1,457/t, up 42.15% over that on            construction material, is the key factor                               of furfuralcohol is used to produce furan
   Oct. 1st, 2009 (FIGURE 6).                       driving furfuralcohol price up. With brisk                             resin.
                                                    market of real estate in China currently,                              Secondly, rising price of corn cob (FIGURE
   Active demand for furfuralcohol                  more than 50% furfural is used to                                      7), raw material of furfural, has increased
   from furan resin, one main building              produce furfuralcohol and around 85%                                   production cost of furfural, pushing



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   furfural price up. At present, corn cob                              FIGURE 6: Furfuralcohol price in North China, Oct. 2009~Jan. 2010
   price in North China has increased.
   For instance, in Henan, the price has                                         1,500
   increased to USD65.91/t on Jan. 13th,
   2010, up 125% over that on Oct. 1st,                                                                                                                                    1,457
                                                                                 1,400
   2009. Jilin and Ningxia also witnessed                                                                                                                          1,392
   price increase, with respective growth




                                                                 (Unit: USD/t)
                                                                                                                                                           1,318
                                                                                 1,300
   rate of 96.36% and 100%.
                                                                                                                                                 1,260
                                                                                                                                         1,230
   Although furfural price has been                                              1,200
   increasing since early November 2009                                                                                       1,172
                                                                                                              1,143
   domestically, insiders predict that it will                                   1,100
                                                                                                    1,099
   maintain the current level or slightly
                                                                                            1,025
   increase in the near future, as Chinese                                       1,000
   government has always been working                                               1-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 27-Oct-09 9-Nov-0922-Nov-09 5-Dec-09 18-Dec-0931-Dec-0913-Jan-10
   hard on price control of house and
   formulated related policies to control
   the high price in late 2009, and the                                                                      Source: CCM International
   demand from furan resin may decline,
   thus pulling down the furfuralalcohol            FIGURE 7: Average price of corn cob in Hebei, Shandong and Ningxia,
   and furfural price.                                                                                        Oct. 2009 ~ Jan. 2010

                                                                   70

                                                                  60

                                                                   50
                                                 (Unit: USD/t)




                                                                  40

                                                                   30

                                                                  20

                                                                    10

                                                                         0
                                                                        1-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 27-Oct-09 9-Nov-09 22-Nov-09 5-Dec-09 18-Dec-09 31-Dec-09 13-Jan-10


                                                                                                                      Jilin           Henan      Ningxia

                                                                                                            Source: CCM International




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                                 Ex-factory prices of corn products in Jan. 2010
                                                               Price in January 2010                  Price in December 2009
                                     Products                (USD/t)              (RMB/t)            (USD/t)             (RMB/t)
                  Corn starch (North China)                           374                   2,550            359                   2,450
                  Corn starch (South China)                           409                   2,790            394                   2,690
                  Ethanol (Industrial grade)                          615                   4,200            586                 4,000
                  Ethanol (Food grade)                                842                   5,750            828                   5,650
                  80% Maltose syrup                                   396                   2,700            374                   2,550
                  70% Sorbitol                                        549                   3,750            535                   3,650
                  Monohydrate citric acid                             791                   5,400            755                   5,150
                  Oxidized starch(Food grade)                         821                   5,600            821                   5,600
                  68% Xylitol (Liquid)                                842                   5,750            850                   5,800
                  HFCS (Fructose: 42%)                                396                   2,700            381                   2,600
                  HFCS (Fructose: 55%)                                498                   3,400            498                   3,400
                  Crystal Isomaltitol                             3,326                    22,700         3,179                  21,700
                  Maltodextrin                                        527                   3,600            462                   3,150

                  75% Maltitol (Liquid )                              784                   5,350            777                   5,300
                  Anhydrous glucose (Food grade)                      718                   4,900            703                   4,800
                  Glucose Monohydrate                                 549                   3,750            491                   3,350
                  Itaconic acid                                    1,758                   12,000         1,788                  12,200
                  98.5% lysine                                    2,066                    14,100        2,308                   15,750

                                                             Source: CCM International



           FOB corn price in Dalian Port from Feb. 2009 ~ Jan. 2010

                               270


                               260


                               250
           (Unit: USD/t)




                               240


                               230


                               220


                               210
                                        19-Feb 18-Mar 13-Apr 14-May 11-Jun 20-Jul 20-Aug 20-Sep 20-Oct 20-Nov 14-Dec 19-Jan
                           Corn price    222    240    239      238         242      250       253     259         252     258       262   270



                                                             Source: CCM International




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                                       Maltose syrup price rises in Jan.
D    omestic maltose syrup price keeps
     rising in Jan. 2010 (FIGURE 8),
pushed by increasing price of corn and
                                                FIGURE 8: Ex-factory price of maltose syrup in China, Jul., 2009 ~ Jan., 2010


                                                                      380
sucrose. Maltose syrup price is estimated
to maintain uptrend to this February with                             360
Chinese New Year approaching.
                                                                      340




                                              (Unit: USD/t)
Current ex-factory price of 75% maltose
                                                                      320
syrup is USD344/t, up 7% over last month,
and nearly 12% higher than that in Oct.                               300
2009, quoted by Zhucheng Xingmao Corn
Developing Co., Ltd. (Zhucheng Xingmao),                              280
China’s leading maltose syrup producer.
                                                                      260
Maltose price reached the peak in Aug.
and Sep. 2009, mainly attributed to the                               240
consumption peak season of maltose syrup                               Jan-09Feb-09Mar-09Apr-09May-09Jun-09Jul-09Aug-09Sep-09Oct-09Nov-09Dec-09Jan-10
during this period in China.

Price increase of maltose syrup is mainly                                                            Source: CCM International
attributed to following reasons.
                                                                        FIGURE 9: Corn price in Shandong Province, Oct., 2009 ~ Jan., 2010
Firstly, increasing production cost results
in maltose syrup price up. Price of maltose                             276
syrup, a corn deep processing product,
is always influenced by corn price. With                                272
increased corn price caused by boosting
                                                                       268
demand from feedstuff industry in
                                                      (Unit: USD/t)




Northeast China, corn price in Shangdong                                264
slightly increased to USD272/t (FIGURE
9) in mid. Jan. 2009. In fact, most of                                 260
maltose syrup producers are located in
                                                                        256
Shandong. Additionally, current intense
logistics and transportation barrier caused                             252
by heavy snow have limited maltose
syrup producers to purchase corn from                                  248
Northeast China. As a result, they have to                                   2-Oct 12-Oct 22-Oct 1-Nov 11-Nov21-Nov 1-Dec 11-Dec 21-Dec31-Dec10-Jan20-Jan
purchase corn locally or in Hebei Province
with higher price, thus pushing up the
corn price.                                                                                          Source: CCM International

Secondly, pushed by increasing price                                  FIGURE	10:	Sucrose	forward	price	in	Beijing	city,	Oct.,	2009	~	Jan.,	2010
of sucrose, price of maltose syrup as a
substitute of sucrose also increases .                                840
                                                                                                                                                             820
Sucrose price has been up to USD812/
t on Jan. 15th, 2010, up 8% over early                                                                                            805        802     808

Dec. 2009 (FIGURE 10). Besides, the                                   800
speculation of sucrose output reduction
                                              (Unit: USD/t)




                                                                                                                         776
propelled many purchasers to increase
their purchasing volume, resulting in its                             760
price uptrend.                                                                                           729     732
                                                                                             720
Though China has released the stored                                  720
                                                                              703     703
sucrose to control the excessively high
sucrose price in the market since Dec.
2009, the measure didn’t take much                                    680
effect. According to some insiders, it is                               15-Oct      25-Oct   4-Nov     14-Nov   24-Nov    4-Dec   14-Dec    24-Dec   3-Jan   13-Jan
difficult for some enterprises to purchase
enough sucrose due to short supply .                                                                    Source: www.ifeng.com



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        Thirdly, increasing demand for candy and biscuit drives                will also rise.
        maltose syrup demand up. With approaching of Chinese
        New Year in mid Feb. 2010, demand for candy and biscuits               In China, there are two large-scale maltose syrup
        is increasing, which drives maltose syrup price up .                   producers, namely Zhucheng Xingmao and Qingyuan
                                                                               Foodstuff Co., Ltd., both located in Shandong. Maltose
        Maltose syrup price will continue increasing till February.            syrup is widely used in food like candy, biscuit and
        If sucrose price continues to go up, maltose syrup price               beverage as sweetener in China.




Market & Company Dynamic
                            COFCO develops whole-industry-chain strategy

  C    OFCO was working hard on developing
       its whole-industry-chain strategy in
  2009 and will continue so in 2010. Under
                                                  China News 0907, P12).
                                                  As for starch sugar industry, COFCO
                                                  successfully purchased Rongshi
                                                                                                     COFCO has become a senior sponsor of
                                                                                                     Expo 2010 Shanghai since July 2009, in
  this strategy, the company has experienced      Biotechnology Biological Technology Co.,           order to promote its self-brand reputation.
  reorganization and expansion in 2009.           Ltd. (Rongshi) on Jul. 24th, 2009, which           During the Expo 2010 Shanghai,
                                                  is one of the leading corn processing              COFCO will freely support its self-brand
  Mr. Ninggaoning, chairman of COFCO              enterprises	 in	 Middle	 China	 with	 major	       products like “Fortune” of edible oil and
  in 2009 put forward a strategy of whole-        products of starch sugar, corn oil, etc.           “Greatwine”.
  industry-chain development on the basis
  of its current businesses covering grain,       Besides, developing self-brand and new             In July, 2009, COFCO developed corn oil
  oil and foodstuff, signifying COFCO will        products is also parts of its whole-industry-      with 13,000ppm phytosterol, and then
  largely extend its industrial chain mainly      chain strategy. COFCO	firstly	marketed	its	        marketed it in many provinces of China.
  in grain and oil, its core business. “Whole-    self-brand	juice	drink	“Lohas”	in	China	in	        This new product has become a competitor
  industry-chain” means that COFCO will           2009, which is mainly distributed in high-         f or “Arowana” branded corn oil with
  supervise the whole production process          end beverage market. The raw material of           10,000ppm phytosterol of Yihai Kerry
  from raw materials to end products so as        “Lohas” was strictly controlled by COFCO           Investment Co, Ltd. (Yihai Kerry).
  to guarantee product quality.                   to ensure the quality of this self-developed
                                                  product.                                           In 2010, COFCO will continue the whole-
  COFCO has been dedicated to expand                                                                 industry-chain strategy, and is expected to
  and complete its industry chain. In order       Additionally, COFCO in Aug. 2009 set               get returns from the large investments in
  to march into dairy industry, COFCO             up a website for Business to Customer              2009. At present, COFCO is planning to
  cooperated with HOPU Investment                 service, called “Wo Mai Wang” in Chinese.          cooperate with Shaanxi Surea (Group) Co.,
  Management Co., Ltd. to purchase 20%            Customers can purchase almost all the              Ltd., who is the leading grain processing
  stake of China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.           products of COFCO conveniently through             enterprise in Northwest China. This
  (Mengniu), the leading dairy producer           logging in the website. Besides, Mengniu’s         cooperation	will	benefit	COFCO	to	further	
  in China on Jul. 6th, 2009, with total          dairy products have also been marketed in          carry out its whole-industry-chain strategy
  investment of USD1 billion (Corn Products       this website since Jan. 2010.                      in Northwest China in the near future.



                                Anhui	BBCA	to	see	large	profit	rise	in	2009
  A    nhui BBCA Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Anhui BBCA), China’s
       leading biochemical enterprise, forecasts that its total net
  profit	in	2009	will	reach	USD35	million,	up	by	340%	over	2008,	
                                                                               production in 2009 has been cut by 7.4% and 3.4% respectively
                                                                               compared with that in 2008. Another reason for the production
                                                                               cost decline is that the company mainly purchases corn from
  thanks	 to	 decreased	 production	 cost	 of	 Anhui	 BBCA’s	 major	           North China and Huang-Huai area instead of Northeast China.
  product s like fuel ethanol, lysine and citric acid, as well as rising       Since the government purchased 40 million tonnes corn for
  demand for fuel alcohol in 2009.                                             storage in Northeast China from late 2008 to early 2009, corn
                                                                               price in Northeast China had maintained high level but the price
  Despite impacts from global economic crisis during 2009, Anhui               was still relatively low in North China and Huang-Huai area.
  BBCA still made great achievements, thanks to following several
  factors.                                                                     Secondly, Anhui BBCA successfully developed new market in
                                                                               Asia with price advantage after its citric acid encountered anti-
  Firstly, technology upgrade has largely cut down production cost.            dumping duties from US and EU, which has offset the loss of a big
  For example, grain consumption volume of lysine and citric acid              cut in citric acid exports to these areas.



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In	addition,	Anhui	BBCA,	as	one	of	the	national	four	major	fuel	          Considering great achievements of Anhui BBCA in 2009,
alcohol	 suppliers,	 had	 enjoyed	 fuel	 ethanol	 sales	 volume	 up	      China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited (China Agric, a listed
about 1.6% in 2009. Domestic fuel alcohol consumption has                 company of COFCO in Hong Kong, mainly engaged in the food
largely risen in 2009, driven by the increased consumption of             and processing industry) is likely to acquire Anhui BBCA in 2010.
car. In China, fuel alcohol is usually added to petrol with mixing        Both China Agric and Anhui BBCA are subsidiaries of COFCO,
proportion of 90% for oil and 10% for fuel alcohol. In 2009, China        and COFCO has given priority to China Agric for Anhui BBCA
issued related policies on boosting domestic car consumption              acquisition. But China Agric. had no intention before as Anhui
to stimulate economic development against the backdrop of                 BBCA’s	profitability	was	not	so	good	in	recent	years.
worldwide gloomy economic situation.
                                                                          Once Anhui BBCA is acquired by China Agric., Anhui BBCA will
Besides, Anhui BBCA can obtain subsidy of USD300/t for its fuel           enjoy	rapid	development	with	the	supports	from	China	Agric.
alcohol production in 2009 from the government, though the
subsidy amount declined from the previous USD319/t.                       Anhui BBCA mainly produces corn-based fuel alcohol, lysine and
                                                                          citric acid, with capacityof 440,000t/a, 45,000t/a and 180,000t/
                                                                          a separately.


                          China reduces fuel alcohol import tariffs to 5%
I  mport tariff of fuel alcohol in China has been reduced to 5%
   from Jan. 1st, 2010, from previous 30%, according to the
promulgation by Tariff Commission of the State Council (TCSC)
                                                                          Longing for entering Chinese fuel alcohol arket for a long time,
                                                                          Brazil	will	be	a	main	beneficiary	from	this	tariff	reduction,	since	it	
                                                                          is the largest fuel alcohol producer and exporter in the world, with
in late December 2009.                                                    output and export volume of 28.50 million tones and 3.0 million
                                                                          tonnes	respectively	in	2009.	Major	export	destinations	of	Brazil’s	
This reduction is in accordance with the agreement made in 2001           fuel are the US, Venezuela and Nigeria, etc.
with	China’s	entry	into	WTO,	and	all	the	WTO	members	can	enjoy	
this tariff privilege.                                                    China has large market potential for fuel alcohol. According to the
                                                                          plan of ‘Medium and Long-term Development Plan for Renewable
Insiders view that the tariff reduction will attract more foreign         Energy’ made in June 2007, China has planned to increase fuel
producers to export fuel alcohol to China, which will bring               alcohol consumption to 2.5 million tonnes by the end of 2010.
impacts on domestic immature fuel alcohol industry since                  However, there were only 10 provinces using fuel ethanol with
overseas producers have advantages in fuel alcohol production             alcohol content of 10% in China in 2009, with total consumption
technology. Taking this into consideration, they also predict that        volume of 1 million tonnes (PICTURE 1).
Chinese government may levy 5% excise tax on imported fuel
alcohol to protect domestic fuel alcohol industry in the future.

                            PICTURE 1: Distribution of fuel alcohol production and consumption in China




                                                       Source: CCM International




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                                      Baolingbao to enlarge erythritol capacity to 4,000t/a
B   aolingbao is planning to enlarge its erythritol capacity to 4,000t/a by mid 2010 from the current 1,000t/a. The expansion plan has been
    approved	by	major	stockholders	of	Baolingbao	during	the	company’s	Third	Extraordinary	Shareholders'	General	Meeting	for	2009	on	
Dec. 24th, 2009.

The	company	expands	the	capacity	mainly	through	technology	upgrade	on	its	original	production	line.	At	present,	the	project	is	undergoing	
Environmental Impact Assessment . The construction is expected to begin in early 2010 and completed by mid 2010. After the launch of this
project,	Baolingbao	will	become	the	second	largest	erythritol	producer	in	China	with	total	capacity	of	4,000t/a	(TABLE	4),	and	expects	to	
achieve	sales	revenue	of	USD17	million	from	the	project.	The	erythritol	produced	in	this	plant	will	be	mainly	exported	to	Japan,	South	Korea,	
EU, etc.
                                         TABLE 4: Main erythritol producers in China, 2009~2010
                                                                                                                                    Start time of
                                                        Company                                 Capacity’ 09     Capacity’ 10
                                                                                                                                     production
                                       Zibo Zhongshi Green Biotech Co., Ltd.                           4,500           4,500                  2003

                                       Shandong Baolingbao                                             1,000           4,000                  2003
                                                                                                       2,000           2,000                  2008
                                       Binzhou Sanyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
                                       Qingdao Langyatai (Group) Co., Ltd.                               800             800                  2007

                                       Total                                                          8,300           11,300                      -

                                                                                     Source: CCM International

Baolingbao plans to totally invest USD12                              from home and abroad is the main driver                   Sanyuan) built up a 2,000t/a erythritol
million	 in	 this	 project.	 It	 will	 upgrade	 its	                  for Baolingbao to expand its erythritol                   production line in late 2008 and Dezhou
previous production technology of erythritol,                         capacity. As one of the most popular low-                 Fuyuan Biological Starch Co., Ltd. (Dezhou
and additionally purchase 358 sets of                                 energy sweeteners in the world, more and                  Fuyuan) claimed to build 5,000t/a erythritol
advanced facilities such as fermenters and                            More people have become aware of its                      plant which is to be completed in May,
membrane filtration facilities. Meanwhile,                            benefits to the body in recent years, thus                2010.
0.5 hectare will be newly expanded to                                 boosting demand for erythritol year by year.
build assorted workshops and supporting                               Baolingbao has witnessed relatively good                  In China, only three erythritol producers
facilities.                                                           sales performance for its erythritol during               have achieved capacity of over 1,000t/a,
                                                                      2006 ~ H1 2009 (FIGURE 11).                               which is quite different from some overseas
Baolingbao will adopt self-developed                                                                                            producers such as that from Japan, the US
technology of erythritol production in this  The expansion plan will greatly enhance the                                        and EU with over 10,000t/a capacity for
project.	 In	 2003,	 the	 company	 used	 its	overall competitiveness for Baolingbao in the                                      single producer. Large-scale production has
own erythritol production technology in its  long term. Baolingbao targets to become the                                        enabled them to lower production cost. For
first 1,000t/a erythritol production line in world’s leading functional sugar producer.                                         Chinese producers, cutting down production
Yucheng City, Shandong Province. It has      Since late Aug. 2009 when Baolingbao got                                           cost will be the most effective way to boost
upgraded this technology and has got the     listed, it has publicly claimed its future                                         erythritol industry development in China.
patent of the technology now.                three	 projects,	 including	 a	 new	 10,000t/a	                                    In addition, most Chinese people still know
                                             oligofructose production line and 30,000t/a                                        little about erythritol and its high price has
Thriving demand for erythritol both          high-purity	soluble	dietary	fiber	production	                                      resulted in small consumption.
                                                                     line, as well as
   FIGURE 11: Erythritol output of Baolingbao, 2006~ H1 2009         expansion of current                                       Erythritol is used in many areas, including
                                                                     erythritol capacity to                                     food industry, beverage industry, medicine
      1,200                                             120.00%      4,000t/a.                                                  industry and cosmetics industry, etc, in the
                                                      991
                                                                                                                                US, EU and Japan currently. Food industry
                    1,000
                                                                                      100.00%     However, Baolingbao           is	the	biggest	consumption	filed,	accounting	
                              843
                                                                                                  may face great                for about 75% of the total erythritol
                     800
    (Unit: tonne)




                                                     99.10%                           80.00%      competition from new          consumption	in	the	world.	Application	fields	
                                         525
                      600    84.30%                                                               entrants of erythritol.       of erythritol is becoming wider and wider.
                                                                            46.20%    60.00%      As investigation
                      400                                                                         shows, another                Baolingbao is one of the leading corn
                                         52.50%                       231
                                                                                      40.00%      two enterprises               processing enterprises in China, with
                      200
                                                                                                  have begun to                 major	 production	 lines	 like	 170,000t/a	
                       0                                                              20.00%      build erythritol              high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), 50,000t/
                             2006        2007        2008              H1 2009                    plants since 2007.            a isomaltooligosaccharide and 1,000t/a
                                                                                                  Binzhou Sanyuan               erythritol currently. In 2010, Baolingbao is
                                         Output      Operating rate
                                                                                                  Biotechnology                 expecting to diversify its products structure
                                                                                                  Co., Ltd. (Binzhou            by developing more functional sugars.
                             Source: Baolingbao’ announcement


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                                    China Corn Oil gets listed in HK

C   hina Corn Oil Co., Ltd. (China Corn Oil), Chinese leading
    edible corn oil producer with capacity of 182,000t/a in
2008, successfully got listed in Hong Kong on Dec. 18th, 2009,
                                                                        these	measures	will	efficiently	enhance	the	competitiveness	of	
                                                                        China Corn Oil in China.

and expects to raise about USD58~73 million for further                 China Corn Oil is planning to enlarge corn oil sales areas
development in the following three years.                               by further covering 80% second-tier cities in China in the
                                                                        following three years. Currently, China Corn Oil is selling corn
It is the second time for China Corn Oil to go public in the            oil mainly in first-tier cities in China, with seven field offices,
market.	China	Corn	Oil	had	been	firstly	listed	in	Paris’	Growth	        fifty-five	agencies	and	thirty-three	retail	stores	etc.
Enterprises Market (GEM) on Mar. 25th, 2008, but soon
withdrawn from it in H2 2008, mainly resulting from the                 China Corn Oil will continue to raise reputation of its brand
announcement of zero export tax rebate for Chinese corn oil in          corn oil by varieties of promotions. Currently, China Corn Oil
Jul. 2008 (TABLE 5). The zero export tax rebate for Chinese             owns self-brand corn oil called “Longevity Flower” brand, and
corn oil caused sharp decrease of Chinese corn oil exports since        15% of the total sales revenue of China Corn Oil is from product
Jul. 2008, and many domestic corn oil producers endeavored              retail and wholesale. And China Corn Oil expects its “Longevity
to increase their corn oil sales volume in domestic market to           Flower” branded corn oil to constitute 50% of total sales
offset the loss of depressed export situation, such as China            revenue in the following three years.
Corn Oil (TABLE 6) and Shandong Xiwang Foodstuff Co., Ltd.
(Xiwang Foodstuff), etc.                                                China Corn Oil is now expanding its total edible corn oil
                                                                        capacity to 280,000t/a from current 182,000t/a. After
   TABLE 5: Corn oil export tax rebate in China, 2004~2010
                                                                        investigation, China Corn Oil has been building 100,000t/
                    Period            Export tax rebate                 a edible corn oil production line currently, which may be
                                                 11.00%                 launched in 2010~2011. After the launch, After the launch,
          Jan. 2004~Sep. 2006                                           China Corn Oil's leading position in Chinese corn oil market
                                                 13.00%                 will be further consolidated.
          Oct. 2006~Jul. 2007
                                                  5.00%                 Besides, China Corn Oil also will continuously develop new
          Aug. 2007~Jun. 2008
                                                                        kinds of corn oil in the near future. In late 2009, China Corn
                                                 0.00%
                                                                        Oil has successfully developed corn oil with 15,000ppm
          Jul. 2008 till now
                                                                        phytosterol, the third corn oil producer with high phytosterol in
   Source: China Customs & State Administration of Taxation             China, following COFCO and Yihai Kerry.

Actually, domestic demand for corn oil has been increasing              In China, there are two large-scale corn oil producers namely
year by year in recent years. With awareness of corn oil’s              China Corn Oil and Xiwang Foodstuff, both with corn oil
benefits	to	human	health,	demand	for	corn	oil	will	continuously	        capacity of over 150,000t/a. Many insiders estimate that the
see uptrend in the near future. Particularly COFCO and Yihai            listing of China Corn Oil in Hongkong will promote other key
Kerry Group Shanghai Plants (Yihai Kerry), both of whom                 corn oil enterprises to get listed in the future, such as Xiwang
developed corn oil with over 10,000ppm phytosterol in 2009,             Foodstuff, and will also boost the whole corn oil industry in
are assiduously promoting corn oil in China, which attracts             China.
more consumers’ focus on corn oil.
                                                                 China Corn Oil, located in Zouping City, Shandong Province,
China Corn Oil getting listed in Hongkong is mainly driven by    has achieved edible corn oil output approximately 65,500
bright prospect of corn oil industry in China. Actually, China   tonnes and 76,600 tonnes respectively in 2007 and 2008.
Corn Oil has seen good performance in corn oil sales volume in TABLE 6: Sales revenue structure of China Corn Oil, 2006~2009
China in H1 2009, which is estimated to continuously increase
in H2 2009. In H1 2009, China Corn Oil has sold 68,000                  Period    Domestic             Oversea
tonnes corn oil, accounting for 89% of the total capacity in                        50.00%                     50.00%
H1 2008. At present, China Corn Oil has seized around 30%              2006
market share of total corn oil consumption in China, and is                         55.00%                     45.00%
expecting to seize more market share in the future.                    2007
                                                                                             70.00%                       30.00%
                                                                              2008
In the following three years, China Corn Oil will focus on
                                                                                             98.80%                        1.20%
raising corn oil market share in domestic market by carrying                  H1 2009
out such favorable measures as enlarging sales areas, increasing
advertisements investment, expanding corn oil capacity, etc. All                          Source: CCM International




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              Henan Agric. becomes Henan Lianhua’s biggest stockholder

H    enan Agric. Synthesis Exploitation Co., Ltd. (Henan Agric.)
     purchased 5.08% stock of Henan Lianhua Monosodium
Glutamate Co., Ltd. (Henan Lianhua) from Henan Lotus
                                                                            Currently, Henan Lianhua needs 200,000 tonnes glutamic acid
                                                                            (GA) annually to produce MSG while it can only produce 100,000
                                                                            tonnes GA and thus has to outsource the remaining 100,000
Gourmet Powder Group Co., Ltd. (Lotus Group), original biggest              tonnes. The increasing price of GA in recent years and the high
stockholder of Henan Lianhua, in mid Dec. 2009, and became the              dependence on raw material outsourcing have resulted in the
biggest stockholder of Henan Lianhua (TABLE 7).                             higher MSG production cost for Henan Lianhua. For other big
                                                                            producers, like Meihua Group and Shandong Fufeng, they can
Henan Lianhua is one of the largest MSG producers in China with             produce GA to satisfy their own needs.
total output of 220,000 tonnes in 2009. Its ‘Lianhua’ branded
MSG is well-known both at home and abroad.                                  It	is	expected	that	a	great	fund	will	be	injected	by	Henan	Agric.	
                                                                            to relieve Henan Lianhua’s plight and speed up its development,
Henan Agric. is a wholly state-owned investment institution                 especially when the government is strengthening supervision
in China, with main function of guaranteeing sustainable and                of MSG industry. The government will eliminate more
healthy development of the leading agricultural enterprises in              backward capacities in 2010, aiming to reduce environmental
Henan. The stock purchase of Henan Agric. is actually supported             pollution. Therefore, domestic MSG capacity will continue to be
by the government in order to accelerate development of Henan               concentrated in several large-scale MSG producers, which can
Lianhua in the future.                                                      benefit	Henan	Lianhua’s	development.

Henan Lianhua is domestic leading agricultural enterprise with              After Henan Agric. acquires Henan Lianhua, Henan Lianhua has
7,000	staff.	The	company	has	witnessed	low	profitability	in	recent	         drawn great attention from many inventors because of the Henan
years, caused by fund shortage and debts disputes for its original          Agric.’s participation and large increase of MSG price in recent
biggest shareholder, namely Lotus Group.                                    three months (Corn Products China News 0912, P6).

In fact, the 5.08% stock of Henan Lianhua was sold through                  In 2010, as the biggest stockholder of Henan Lianhua, Henan
auction. Owing to heavy debts caused by establishment of too                Agric. is expected to purchase more stocks of Henan Lianhua
many	new	projects,	Lotus	Group	has	continuously	sold	its	stocks	            in 2010. Meanwhile, it will avoid foreign-owned enterprises’
in recent years, thus leading to its controlling stocks of Henan            participation, as the government always shows great concerns for
Lianhua decreasing from 66.667% in 1998 to the current 5.59%.               development of the national key industries.

Henan Lianhua’s production cost of monosodium glutamate                     Henan Agric. has promised that it will not change Henan
(MSG) is higher than that of other MSG producers in China,                  Lianhua’s current key businesses, or sell related assets and
like Meihua Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd. (Meihua Group) and                reorganize with other enterprises during 2010.
Shandong Fufeng Group Co., Ltd. (Shandong Fufeng).

                           TABLE 7: Stockholding situation of Henan Lianhua’s top three stockholders, 2009


                                      Stockholder              Before middle December    After middle December

                                                                                 6.82%                    11.90%
                              Henan Agric.

                                                                                 7.37%                     7.37%
                              Tianan Scie. & Tech. Co., Ltd.

                                                                                11.03%                     5.59%
                              Lotus Group

                                                      Source: Notice of Henan Lianhua




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Corn Products China News                                                                                   Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010



      Nantong Jiuding obtains governmental funds for PLA expansion

         N    antong Jiuding Biological Engineering Co.,
              Ltd. (Nantong Jiuding) has successfully
         obtained funds of USD1.4 million for its 20,000t/
                                                                      Chinese PLA industry is expected to develop rapidly
                                                                      in 2010, as China is intensifying supports for PLA
                                                                      industry. PLA, as a kind of important biodegradable
         a	 PLA	 project	 from	 National	 Development	 and	           material which can substitute oil-based material,
         Reform Commission on Dec. 24th, 2009, signifying             is now drawing increasing attention from the
         that China is intensifying supports for PLA industry.        government and invertors, particularly at a time
                                                                      when China targets a low-carbon economy in 2010.
         The capital received by Nantong Jiuding comes
         from the special fund for high-tech industrialization        Bright future prospects of PLA have attracted many
         of bio-material engineering from the government.             inventors to enter PLA industry in recent years.
         Early in late 2007, China has announced to                   Besides Nantong Jiuding, it is reported that COFCO
         support high-tech industrialization of bio-material          is	 joining	 hands	 with	 China	 Petrolem	 Chemical	
         engineering. In May, 2009, Nantong Jiuding’s                 Corporation to build a 5,000~10,000t/a PLA plant
         20,000t/a	PLA	project,	with	investment	of	USD19	             in Yushu County, Jilin Province currently, and
         million, was listed by the State as a demonstration          expects to launch the plant in late 2010.
         project	 for	 high-tech	 industrialization	 of	 bio-
         material engineering. PLA produced in this new               However, Chinese PLA industry still encounters
         plant is mainly for export.                                  some problems currently.

         Nantong Jiuding’s breakthrough into PLA                      Firstly, despite of constant encouragement of
         production technology is a key reason for the                PLA application, China hasn’t released detailed
         company receiving fund supports from the                     policies to promote PLA application in China. In
         government.                                                  many developed countries like Japan and EU, PLA
                                                                      application	is	compulsory	in	many	fields,	while	it	is	
         Backward technology hampers PLA development in               not in China.
         China, thus the government has been encouraging
         PLA production technology upgrade. At present,               Secondly, high cost of PLA also impedes the
         Nantong Jiuding’s self-developed PLA production              industry development in China. Though PLA is one
         technology has reached national-leading level and            kind of biodegradable and environmentally friendly
         has been granted five national patents. With this            material, its price would be almost twice higher
         technology, the company can produce high-quality             than that of oil-based similar materials when crude
         PLA and has relieved requirements on purity of               oil price is lower than USD80~90/barrel.
         polymeric monomers, thus reducing needed time
         for polymerization and simplifying production                In China, there is only one PLA producer that has
         process.                                                     achieved	 the	 industrialization,	 namely	 Zhejiang	
                                                                      Hisun Group Co., Ltd. with total capacity of 5,000t/
         Meanwhile, this technology is suitable to be applied         a. And currently, there are two producers engaged
         in PLA industrialization. As tested, quality of PLA          in the pilot production, namely Nantong Jiuding
         adopting this technology has reached the same level          (1,000t/a	pilot	production)	and	Shanghai	Tong-jie-
         as US-based NatureWorks LLC (the world’s largest             liang	 Biomaterials	 CO.,	 Ltd.	 (Shanghai	 Tong-jie-
         PLA producer)’s similar products.                            liang, 300t/a pilot production). Production scale
                                                                      of Chinese PLA industry largely differs from that
         At present, Nantong Jiuding is accelerating                  of oversea countries where there are many PLA
         construction	 of	 its	 20,000t/a	 PLA	 project	 under	       producers with capacity of over 10,000t/a. PLA
         the governmental fund supports, and expecting to             application is common in Japan, the US and EU etc.
         complete	this	project	in	H2	2010.	Actually,	Nantong	
         Jiuding	 started	 to	 build	 the	 project	 in	 2007	 and	    Nantong Jiuding, located in Rugao City, Jiangsu
         initiated a 1,000t/a pilot production line in 2008.          Province, and established and funded by Jiangsu
         Nantong Jiuding mainly produces varieties of grade           Jiuding Group in 2005, is a high-tech enterprise
         PLA	as	injection	molding	grade,	blown	grade	and	             engaged in R&D, production and marketing of PLA.
         fibre grade. Most of the company’s output will be
         exported to overseas countries like Japan.




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  • 1. Corn Products China News Corn Products Vol.3 Issue 1, 2010 Copyright © CCM International Limited
  • 2. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Publication date: 20 January, 2010 CONTENTS News in Berief 1 NDRC to release grain and oil reserve when necessary 1 Global Bio-chem witnesses poor performance 1 Riboflavin Plant of Guangji Pharmaceutical to launch 1 EU continues to impose anti-dumping tax on furfuryl alcohol 1 Miller Biotechnology launches 5,000t/a furfural plant Supply & Demand 2 China imposes deposits on nucleotide imports 3 India: China’s largest citric acid export destination 4 Gloomy xylitol exports in 2009 Welcome to the January issue of Corn Price Update Products China News, specially published 5 Furfural price witnesses uptrend recently by CCM International. 7 Ex-factory prices of corn products in Jan. 2010 7 FOB corn price in Dalian Port from Feb. 2009 ~ Jan. 2010 With ultimate establishment of China- 8 Maltose syrup price rises in Jan. ASEAN Free Trade Zone (including such ten Market & Company Dynamic members as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, 9 COFCO develops whole-industry-chain strategy Singapore, Philippine, Thailand, Vietnam, 9 Anhui BBCA to see large profit rise in 2009 Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia ), zero tariff 10 China reduces fuel ethanol import tariffs to 5% for 90% products has been implemented 11 Baolingbao to enlarge erythritol capacity to 4,000t/a since Jan.1st, 2010, which is a double- 12 China Corn Oil gets listed in HK edged sword for Chinese corn processing 13 Henan Agric. becomes Henan Lianhua’s biggest stockholder industry, bringing in both opportunities 14 Nantong Jiuding obtains governmental funds for PLA expansion and challenges, with benefit more than detriment. Competitiveness 15 Corn-based edible alcohol price decreases Export volume of Chinese corn processing Corn Supply products such as alcohol, citric acid, MSG 16 Overview of Chinese corn exports in 2009 and VC will witness increase. For some 16 Chinese seed companies eye transgenic corn products heavily depending on export to Corn Products Use Monitoring US and EU, the zero tariffs will inevitably 18 “Vita Sugar” formally launched in China relieve their dependence. Some corn processing products with overcapacity may be shifted to ASEAN, since New Report Announcement China has taken measures to curb excessive expansion of some corn processing products Production and Market of Stevia Sweeteners capacity since late 2009. Therefore, the ultimate formation of China-ASEAN will in China- 5th edition attract more Chinese investors to build plants there. Combines CCM’s 7-year expertise in stevia market research Besides, Chinese imports of cassava, a raw Give you an overview from stevia planting, material of fuel alcohol, will see increase, stevia sweeteners to stevia consumption since ASEAN is the major planting area of cassava, such as Thailand. As cassava is Key analysis includes: a non-grain crop, increasing imports will ☆ Output & Distribution contribute a lot to Chinese grain safety, since ☆ Supply & Demand most fuel ethanol in China is made from ☆ Opportunities & Forecast corn. ☆ Major producers etc. To view the main content and sample pages here Increasingly intense competition will stand out among Chinese corn processing Please also keep close eyes at CCM’s coming report: enterprises. Enzyme China Report Xylose China Report Contact us for more information at econtact@cnchemicals.com
  • 3. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Corn Products China News at a glance News in Berief China has made its preliminary determination to impose deposits on nucleotide food additives imported from Thailand and Indonesia since early January. NDRC to release grain and oil reserve India might become the largest export destination of Chinese citric acid in when necessary 2009. Chinese xylitol exports have been gloomy in 2009, due to the global weak demand for xylitol caused by global economic crisis. N ational Development and Reform Committee (NDRC) announced on 10th January 2010 that the grain and oil reserve will be released if their prices rise sharply resulting from Furfural price has seen uptrend in recent two months. transportation barrier caused by heavy snow and rain. According Maltose syrup price keeps rising in Jan. 2010, thanks to climbing price of to NDRC, all local pricing departments should make efforts to corn and sucrose. keep the adequate supply of vital goods, such as grain and oil, and maintain their prices at a relatively stable level. COFCO was working hard on developing its whole-industry-chain strategy in 2009 and continues this strategy in 2010. Anhui BBCA predicts that its total net profit in 2009 will soar by 340% Global Bio-chem witnesses poor over 2008. performance China reduces fuel alcohol import tariffs to 5% from previous 30% in 2010. Baolingbao is planning to enlarge its erythritol capacity to 4,000t/a by G lobal Bio-chem Technology Group Company Limited (Global Bio-chem) is anticipated to see poor performance in 2009, coinciding with its brothers Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited mid 2010 from current 1,000t/a. (Global Sweeteners), with reduced orders and price caused by China Corn Oil got listed in Hong Kong in Dec. 2009, in order to raise global financial crisis. However, this situation has improved to funds for its further development in the following three years. some extent, since prices of sucrose and corn starch have increased Henan Agric. has become the biggest stockholder of Henan Lianhua in by 50% and 38% respectively. mid Dec. 2009. Nantong Jiuding received funds of USD1.4 million for its 20,000t/a PLA Riboflavin Plant of Guangji project from NDRC in late December, 2009. Pharmaceutical to launch Corn-based edible alcohol price has witnessed decrease since early Jan. 2010, pulled down by declined molasses-based edible alcohol price. China has seen weak exports of corn during 2009. H u b e i G u a n g j i P h a r m a c e u t i c a l C o . , L t d . ( G u a n g j i Pharmaceutical) launched its riboflavin project with capacity of 2,500 t/a on 19 Dec. 2009. This project is invested by Guangji Chinese leading seed companies have more confidence in enlarging Pharmaceutical (Mengzhou) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Guangji investments in transgenic corn industry as China has formally approved Pharmaceutical, which will enhance the competitiveness of production and application safety certificate to phytase transgenic corn riboflavin for Guangji Pharmaceutical. recently. “Vita Sugar” has been formally launched in China since late 2009. EU continues to impose anti- Main companies mentioned in this issue dumping tax on furfuryl alcohol E uropean Commission has reportedly decided to continue the anti-dumping tax imposed on Chinese furfuryl alcohol until 10th December 2011, with tax rate ranging from €84 to €250 per tonne. Miller Biotechnology launches 5,000t/a furfural plant O n 23 December 2009, Qingtongxia Miller Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Miller Biotechnology) launched its 5,000 t/a furfural plant in Qingtongxia City, Ningxia Province, which will consume 75,000 tonnes corn cobs per year and generate annual sales revenue of USD6.6 million for Miller Biotechnology. The products produced in this plant are mainly used in medical and chemical industries. CCM International Limited 1 www.cnchemicals.com 1
  • 4. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Supply & Demand China imposes deposits on nucleotide imports T he Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM), on Jan. 4th, 2010, announced its preliminary nucleotide market shares left by Thailand and Indonesia nucleotide enterprises. Since Mar. 2009, products can be exempted from the deposits. In the world, there are three largest determination to impose deposits on nucleotide enterprises of Thailand nucleotide producers, including nucleotide food additives, important and Indonesia have begun to largely South Korea CJ Group with capacity flavor enhancer, imported from cut nucleotide exports to China due of 9,000t/a, Japan Ajinomoto Group Thailand and Indonesia from Jan.5th, to the antidumping investigation. Co., Ltd. (Japan Ajinomoto) with 2010 . Star Lake thus could take up over capacity of 8,000t/a and Stake Lake. 50% of domestic total nucleotide MOFCOM launched anti-dumping consumption in 2009. Actually, South Korea CJ Group and investigations into the nucleotide food Japan Ajinomoto have encountered additives originated from Thailand Star Lake used to suffer great pressure China’s anti-dumping investigations and Indonesia on Mar. 24th, 2009 f r o m t h e l o w - p ri c e d n u c l e o t i d e twice. Stake Lake first applied for and confirmed that the imported products imported from Thailand and antidumping investigation into South products had caused great damages to Indonesia. To protect its own benefits, Korea CJ Group and Japan Ajinomoto domestic sector. Star Lake applied for antidumping in 2005 and Stake Lake won the investigation into imported nucleotide case. The result was that nucleotide In the preliminary determination, in Feb. 2009. food additives from South Korea and nucleotide food additives with Japan imported by South Korea CJ deposits imposed include disodium At present, Star Lake is planning Group and Japan Ajinomoto was 5'-Inosinate (IMP) , disodium to expand its nucleotide capacity imposed deposits. After then, the two 5'-Guanylate(GMP) and disodium to improve competitiveness. For companies shifted their production 5'-Ribonucleotide (I+G). Actual example, the company will expand to Thailand and Indonesia to avoid required deposits will be decided I+G capacity to 4,000t/a in Zhaoqing antidumping measures from China according to the dumping margin of City, Guangdong Province, by and continued to dump the products different producers (TABLE 1). utilizing the fund of USD70 million into China, which drove Stake Lake raised from its non-publicly issued to apply for a second antidumping Although the deposit is relatively 50 million shares, as demand for investigation. low, it certainly will impair the I+G is thriving. It was estimated price advantage of nucleotide from that domestic I+G demand was up Star Lake, a state-owned fermentation Indonesia and Thailand to some to 11,000 tonnes in 2009 and will company established in 1992 in extent and cut the exports, thus increase in 2010. However, total Guangdong Province of China, is leaving some market shares to nucleotide capacity in China is only China’s leading nucleotide and domestic enterprises. 9,000t/a in China currently. threonine producer. After this anti-dumping measure is To cope with the antidumping Established in 2004, Liaocheng CJ, carried out, Guangdong Zhaoqing Star measure, South Korea CJ Group, wholly owned by South Korea CJ Lake Bioscience Co., Inc. (Star Lake), whose nucleotide food additives (a leading food company in South domestic largest nucleotide producer sourced from Indonesia and Thailand Korea), is engaged in lysine and with capacity of 6,000t/a, will be plants have been imposed deposits, nucleotide production, with the most able to gain price advantage and has built a 3 ,000t/a nucleotide advanced fermentation technology in become the biggest beneficiary, who production line in Liaocheng City, the world. has endeavored to capture domestic Shandong Province in 2006, thus its TABLE 1: Different deposit margins on Thailand and Indonesia nucleotide enterprises in China Indonesia Thailand Enterprises Deposit rate Enterprises Deposit rate 16.90% Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) 6.50% PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia Ltd. PT. Kirin Miwon Foods 8.10% All Others 29.70% All Others 29.70% - - Source: MOFCOM CCM International Limited 2 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 5. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 India: China’s largest citric acid export destination I ndia has totally imported 48,814 tonnes citric acid from China in the first eleven months of 2009(FIGURE 1), which was FIGURE 1: Major export destinations of Chinese citric acid, Jan. ~ Nov. 2009 60,000 probably China’s largest citric acid export destination in 2009. 48,814 50,000 Though China Customs hasn’t released the export data for Dec. 2009, it is sure that 40,000 (Unit: tonne) India has witnessed large rise in import 28,139 28,030 25,069 24,101 volume of Chinese citric acid in 2009. In 2008, India totally imported 31,966 30,000 tonnes citric acid from China, ranking the fourth among all the export destinations of 20,000 Chinese citric acid (TABLE 2). 10,000 Before 2009, the US and some countries of EU were major export destinations of Chinese citric acid and their import 0 volume plummeted in 2008. The US just India Turkey Japan Holand Russia imported 9,123 tonnes citric acid in the Federation first eleven months of 2009, down 87% year on year. EU and the US have levied high anti-dumping duties on Chinese Source: China Customs key citric acid producers respectively since Jun. 2008 and Sep. 2008. This has been hit heavily by global financial crisis. Overcapacity of citric acid industry impaired the price advantage of Chinese Besides, India, with the second largest in China has resulted in vicious price products marketed in EU and US, leading population in the world, has seen increase war among producers in recent years, to export volume decrease of Chinese citric in citric acid consumption in recent years. contributing to the low price to some acid products. extent. The low price has led to repeated China is the world’s largest citric acid anti-dumping investigation into domestic After encountering anti-dumping duties producer, constituting around 60% of citric acid producers from many countries imposed by EU and US, Chinese citric the world’s total output. Depending on in the last few years, such as Thailand, acid producers have raised the exports in lower production cost than that of other South Africa, India, Egypt, Ukraine, other countries like India and Turkey and countries, domestic producers export most etc. Among these countries, India and developed some new markets in Africa of their citric acid. China in Jan.~Nov. South Africa withdrew the investigation and South America in 2009, which is one 2009 totally exported citric acid of 596,614 at last but it is not sure whether India of the reasons for the export increase to tonnes that accounted for over 80% of will continue to launch anti-dumping India. China’s total output in 2009. investigation into Chinese citric acid in the future. Price advantage of Chinese citric acid, However, heavy dependence on export especially in 2009, is another key reason of Chinese citric acid will do no good to Domestic citric acid price started to for large export volume of Chinese citric the industry development in the long increase in late Dec. 2009, resulting from acid to many countries. Average export run. In the near future, the government the intense domestic supply as demand price of citric acid exported to India during might take measures to boost domestic for overseas citric acid has been constantly Jan.~Nov. 2009 was about USD701/t, consumption and regulate domestic citric increasing. Monohydrate citric acid price USD266/t lower than that in the same acid industry through limiting blind has been up to USD951/t in late Dec. period of 2008. Although corn price capacity expansion like that in MSG or VC 2009, up USD146/t over previous month. has maintained at a high level in 2009, industries. That might ultimately lead to Citric acid price will continue to increase Chinese citric acid producers still cut the citric acid capacity concentration in some driven by current increasing price of corn price to boost exports as their business has large-scale producers. and sulphuric acid. TABLE 2: Top export destinations of Chinese citric acid, 2006~2008 Export 2008, tonne 2007, tonne 2006, tonne destinations US 71,739 67,603 64,189 Japan 35,748 30,588 28,296 Holland 34,215 42,627 23,571 India 31,966 34,465 26,072 Belgium 20,348 32,215 24,540 Source: China Custom CCM International Limited 3 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 6. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Gloomy xylitol exports in 2009 C hinese xylitol exports have been gloomy in 2009, due to the global weak demand for xylitol caused by global FIGURE 2: Xylitol export volume and price in China, Jan. ~ Nov., 2009 2,000 2,900 economic crisis. 1,800 2,800 Both xylitol export volume and price 1,600 2,700 decreased during the first eleven months 1,400 (Unit: tonne) (Unit: USD/t) of 2009. According to statistics from 1,200 2,600 China Customs, China totally exported 1,000 2,500 15,293.07 tonnes xylitol in the first eleven 800 2,400 months of last year, down approximately 600 11% year on year. And xylitol export price 2,300 400 kept downtrend during the first eleven 200 2,200 months of 2009. Average export price of xylitol in Nov. 2009 hit USD2,380/t, down 0 2,100 around 25% over the same period of 2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov (FIGURE 2). Export volume Export price The export volume drop is caused by declined xylitol demand globally since early Source: China Customs 2009. FIGURE 3: Top ten export destinations of Chinese xylitol, Jan. ~ Nov., 2009 Xylitol as a low-energy sweetener is widely 4,500 4,219 3,500 used in chewing gums and health products. With the public’s decreasing purchasing 4,000 3,000 power to consume such products in H1 3,500 2,500 (Uni t: tonne) (Uni t: USD/t) 2009, xylitol demand thus decreased. 3,000 2,736 Though H2 2009 witnessed gradual 2,500 2,000 re b o u nd i n g l o b a l o v e r a l l e c o n o m i c 2,000 1,674 1,657 1,500 situation, xylitol demand still remained unchanged. Actually, xylitol demand has 1,500 974 828 1,000 been quite stable in recent years. 1,000 720 448 290 500 500 264 The export price downtrend of xylitol 0 0 was mainly due to the depressed demand for xylitol and vicious price competition US Japan South Turkey Denmark Italy Poland Holland Vietnam Thailand among xylitol producers. Actually, xylitol Korea has seen overcapacity in China since 2007, Export volume Export price thus leading to intense competition. Some xylitol producers initiated export price cut Source: China Customs to capture market shares in 2009. FIGURE 4: Export regions of xylitol in China, Jan. ~ Nov., 2009 Apart from that, the government has raised xylitol export tax rebate to 9% since Dec. Shijiazhuang 186 2008 from original 5%, which also resulted in the decrease in xylitol export price. Tianjin 281 Additionally, decrease in raw material Qingdao 429 price also counts. In China, most corn cob s are used in xylitol and furfural production. Anyang 1,193 Owing to low furfural price during Jan. ~ Oct. 2009 that caused its low operation Quzhou 4,663 rate, demand for corn cob declined and its supply for xylitol production was abundant, Dezhou 8,215 facilitating xylitol price drop. 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 However, xylitol price has begun to rise (Unit: tonne) since this January, mainly attributed to the increasing corn cob price. At present, Source: China Customs CCM International Limited 4 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 7. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 furfural industry is rebounding, which largely pushes up corn cob Currently, China has about eleven xylitol producers (TABLE 3), demand. most of which are located in Shandong Province and Zhejiang Province ( FIGURE 4). China is the world’s largest xylitol producer, with over 50% of its products exported to such oversea countries as US, Japan, South Though xylitol consumption in China has been increasing in Korea and EU, etc. (FIGURE 3). The US is always the largest recent years as more and more people are aware of xylitol’s export destination, with its xylitol import volume of 4,219 tonnes benefits in decayed tooth prevention, many xylitol producers from China during Jan. ~Nov. 2009, down 9% year on year. prefer to export xylitol for higher profit Japan is the second largest one, with total import volume of 2,735 tonnes, down 20% over the same period of 2008. TABLE 3: Ke y xylitol producers in China, 2009 Producer Capacity’ 09, tonne Location 40,000 Futaste Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Dezhou City, Shandong Province 35,000 Shandong Longlive Bio-technology Co.,Ltd. Dezhou City, Shandong Province 20,000 Zhejiang Kaihua Huakang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province 8,000 Shandong Gaomi Tongli Chemical Co., Ltd. Gaomi City, Shandong Province 103,000 Total - Source: CCM International Price Update Furfural price witnesses uptrend recently Domestic furfural price has witnessed FIGURE 5: Average price of furfural in North China, Oct. 2009~Jan. 2010 uptrend since early November 2009, which stayed at a low price level in previous 10 1,300 months of 2009, boosted by price increase 1,245 of furfuralcohol and corn cob. 1,172 1,200 The price increase extent of furfural varies 1,113 in different areas. For instance, average (Unit: USD/t) 1,077 price of furfural in North China, the key 1,100 furfural production area, has increased 1,025 1,025 1,025 1,000 to USD1, 245.06/t on Jan. 13th, 2010, up 1,000 21.43% over USD1, 025.34/t on Oct. 1st, 2009 (FIGURE 5). 962 900 The following two factors may contribute to furfural price increase. 800 Firstly, rising furfuralcohol price is 1-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 27-Oct-09 9-Nov-09 22-Nov-09 5-Dec-09 18-Dec-0931-Dec-09 13-Jan-10 the key factor. In early October 2009, furfuralcohol price has begun to rise. On Jan. 13th, 2010, average price of Source: CCM International furfuralcohol in North China has increased to USD1,457/t, up 42.15% over that on construction material, is the key factor of furfuralcohol is used to produce furan Oct. 1st, 2009 (FIGURE 6). driving furfuralcohol price up. With brisk resin. market of real estate in China currently, Secondly, rising price of corn cob (FIGURE Active demand for furfuralcohol more than 50% furfural is used to 7), raw material of furfural, has increased from furan resin, one main building produce furfuralcohol and around 85% production cost of furfural, pushing CCM International Limited 5 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 8. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 furfural price up. At present, corn cob FIGURE 6: Furfuralcohol price in North China, Oct. 2009~Jan. 2010 price in North China has increased. For instance, in Henan, the price has 1,500 increased to USD65.91/t on Jan. 13th, 2010, up 125% over that on Oct. 1st, 1,457 1,400 2009. Jilin and Ningxia also witnessed 1,392 price increase, with respective growth (Unit: USD/t) 1,318 1,300 rate of 96.36% and 100%. 1,260 1,230 Although furfural price has been 1,200 increasing since early November 2009 1,172 1,143 domestically, insiders predict that it will 1,100 1,099 maintain the current level or slightly 1,025 increase in the near future, as Chinese 1,000 government has always been working 1-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 27-Oct-09 9-Nov-0922-Nov-09 5-Dec-09 18-Dec-0931-Dec-0913-Jan-10 hard on price control of house and formulated related policies to control the high price in late 2009, and the Source: CCM International demand from furan resin may decline, thus pulling down the furfuralalcohol FIGURE 7: Average price of corn cob in Hebei, Shandong and Ningxia, and furfural price. Oct. 2009 ~ Jan. 2010 70 60 50 (Unit: USD/t) 40 30 20 10 0 1-Oct-09 14-Oct-09 27-Oct-09 9-Nov-09 22-Nov-09 5-Dec-09 18-Dec-09 31-Dec-09 13-Jan-10 Jilin Henan Ningxia Source: CCM International CCM International Limited 6 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 9. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Ex-factory prices of corn products in Jan. 2010 Price in January 2010 Price in December 2009 Products (USD/t) (RMB/t) (USD/t) (RMB/t) Corn starch (North China) 374 2,550 359 2,450 Corn starch (South China) 409 2,790 394 2,690 Ethanol (Industrial grade) 615 4,200 586 4,000 Ethanol (Food grade) 842 5,750 828 5,650 80% Maltose syrup 396 2,700 374 2,550 70% Sorbitol 549 3,750 535 3,650 Monohydrate citric acid 791 5,400 755 5,150 Oxidized starch(Food grade) 821 5,600 821 5,600 68% Xylitol (Liquid) 842 5,750 850 5,800 HFCS (Fructose: 42%) 396 2,700 381 2,600 HFCS (Fructose: 55%) 498 3,400 498 3,400 Crystal Isomaltitol 3,326 22,700 3,179 21,700 Maltodextrin 527 3,600 462 3,150 75% Maltitol (Liquid ) 784 5,350 777 5,300 Anhydrous glucose (Food grade) 718 4,900 703 4,800 Glucose Monohydrate 549 3,750 491 3,350 Itaconic acid 1,758 12,000 1,788 12,200 98.5% lysine 2,066 14,100 2,308 15,750 Source: CCM International FOB corn price in Dalian Port from Feb. 2009 ~ Jan. 2010 270 260 250 (Unit: USD/t) 240 230 220 210 19-Feb 18-Mar 13-Apr 14-May 11-Jun 20-Jul 20-Aug 20-Sep 20-Oct 20-Nov 14-Dec 19-Jan Corn price 222 240 239 238 242 250 253 259 252 258 262 270 Source: CCM International CCM International Limited 7 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 10. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Maltose syrup price rises in Jan. D omestic maltose syrup price keeps rising in Jan. 2010 (FIGURE 8), pushed by increasing price of corn and FIGURE 8: Ex-factory price of maltose syrup in China, Jul., 2009 ~ Jan., 2010 380 sucrose. Maltose syrup price is estimated to maintain uptrend to this February with 360 Chinese New Year approaching. 340 (Unit: USD/t) Current ex-factory price of 75% maltose 320 syrup is USD344/t, up 7% over last month, and nearly 12% higher than that in Oct. 300 2009, quoted by Zhucheng Xingmao Corn Developing Co., Ltd. (Zhucheng Xingmao), 280 China’s leading maltose syrup producer. 260 Maltose price reached the peak in Aug. and Sep. 2009, mainly attributed to the 240 consumption peak season of maltose syrup Jan-09Feb-09Mar-09Apr-09May-09Jun-09Jul-09Aug-09Sep-09Oct-09Nov-09Dec-09Jan-10 during this period in China. Price increase of maltose syrup is mainly Source: CCM International attributed to following reasons. FIGURE 9: Corn price in Shandong Province, Oct., 2009 ~ Jan., 2010 Firstly, increasing production cost results in maltose syrup price up. Price of maltose 276 syrup, a corn deep processing product, is always influenced by corn price. With 272 increased corn price caused by boosting 268 demand from feedstuff industry in (Unit: USD/t) Northeast China, corn price in Shangdong 264 slightly increased to USD272/t (FIGURE 9) in mid. Jan. 2009. In fact, most of 260 maltose syrup producers are located in 256 Shandong. Additionally, current intense logistics and transportation barrier caused 252 by heavy snow have limited maltose syrup producers to purchase corn from 248 Northeast China. As a result, they have to 2-Oct 12-Oct 22-Oct 1-Nov 11-Nov21-Nov 1-Dec 11-Dec 21-Dec31-Dec10-Jan20-Jan purchase corn locally or in Hebei Province with higher price, thus pushing up the corn price. Source: CCM International Secondly, pushed by increasing price FIGURE 10: Sucrose forward price in Beijing city, Oct., 2009 ~ Jan., 2010 of sucrose, price of maltose syrup as a substitute of sucrose also increases . 840 820 Sucrose price has been up to USD812/ t on Jan. 15th, 2010, up 8% over early 805 802 808 Dec. 2009 (FIGURE 10). Besides, the 800 speculation of sucrose output reduction (Unit: USD/t) 776 propelled many purchasers to increase their purchasing volume, resulting in its 760 price uptrend. 729 732 720 Though China has released the stored 720 703 703 sucrose to control the excessively high sucrose price in the market since Dec. 2009, the measure didn’t take much 680 effect. According to some insiders, it is 15-Oct 25-Oct 4-Nov 14-Nov 24-Nov 4-Dec 14-Dec 24-Dec 3-Jan 13-Jan difficult for some enterprises to purchase enough sucrose due to short supply . Source: www.ifeng.com CCM International Limited 8 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 11. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Thirdly, increasing demand for candy and biscuit drives will also rise. maltose syrup demand up. With approaching of Chinese New Year in mid Feb. 2010, demand for candy and biscuits In China, there are two large-scale maltose syrup is increasing, which drives maltose syrup price up . producers, namely Zhucheng Xingmao and Qingyuan Foodstuff Co., Ltd., both located in Shandong. Maltose Maltose syrup price will continue increasing till February. syrup is widely used in food like candy, biscuit and If sucrose price continues to go up, maltose syrup price beverage as sweetener in China. Market & Company Dynamic COFCO develops whole-industry-chain strategy C OFCO was working hard on developing its whole-industry-chain strategy in 2009 and will continue so in 2010. Under China News 0907, P12). As for starch sugar industry, COFCO successfully purchased Rongshi COFCO has become a senior sponsor of Expo 2010 Shanghai since July 2009, in this strategy, the company has experienced Biotechnology Biological Technology Co., order to promote its self-brand reputation. reorganization and expansion in 2009. Ltd. (Rongshi) on Jul. 24th, 2009, which During the Expo 2010 Shanghai, is one of the leading corn processing COFCO will freely support its self-brand Mr. Ninggaoning, chairman of COFCO enterprises in Middle China with major products like “Fortune” of edible oil and in 2009 put forward a strategy of whole- products of starch sugar, corn oil, etc. “Greatwine”. industry-chain development on the basis of its current businesses covering grain, Besides, developing self-brand and new In July, 2009, COFCO developed corn oil oil and foodstuff, signifying COFCO will products is also parts of its whole-industry- with 13,000ppm phytosterol, and then largely extend its industrial chain mainly chain strategy. COFCO firstly marketed its marketed it in many provinces of China. in grain and oil, its core business. “Whole- self-brand juice drink “Lohas” in China in This new product has become a competitor industry-chain” means that COFCO will 2009, which is mainly distributed in high- f or “Arowana” branded corn oil with supervise the whole production process end beverage market. The raw material of 10,000ppm phytosterol of Yihai Kerry from raw materials to end products so as “Lohas” was strictly controlled by COFCO Investment Co, Ltd. (Yihai Kerry). to guarantee product quality. to ensure the quality of this self-developed product. In 2010, COFCO will continue the whole- COFCO has been dedicated to expand industry-chain strategy, and is expected to and complete its industry chain. In order Additionally, COFCO in Aug. 2009 set get returns from the large investments in to march into dairy industry, COFCO up a website for Business to Customer 2009. At present, COFCO is planning to cooperated with HOPU Investment service, called “Wo Mai Wang” in Chinese. cooperate with Shaanxi Surea (Group) Co., Management Co., Ltd. to purchase 20% Customers can purchase almost all the Ltd., who is the leading grain processing stake of China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. products of COFCO conveniently through enterprise in Northwest China. This (Mengniu), the leading dairy producer logging in the website. Besides, Mengniu’s cooperation will benefit COFCO to further in China on Jul. 6th, 2009, with total dairy products have also been marketed in carry out its whole-industry-chain strategy investment of USD1 billion (Corn Products this website since Jan. 2010. in Northwest China in the near future. Anhui BBCA to see large profit rise in 2009 A nhui BBCA Biochemical Co., Ltd. (Anhui BBCA), China’s leading biochemical enterprise, forecasts that its total net profit in 2009 will reach USD35 million, up by 340% over 2008, production in 2009 has been cut by 7.4% and 3.4% respectively compared with that in 2008. Another reason for the production cost decline is that the company mainly purchases corn from thanks to decreased production cost of Anhui BBCA’s major North China and Huang-Huai area instead of Northeast China. product s like fuel ethanol, lysine and citric acid, as well as rising Since the government purchased 40 million tonnes corn for demand for fuel alcohol in 2009. storage in Northeast China from late 2008 to early 2009, corn price in Northeast China had maintained high level but the price Despite impacts from global economic crisis during 2009, Anhui was still relatively low in North China and Huang-Huai area. BBCA still made great achievements, thanks to following several factors. Secondly, Anhui BBCA successfully developed new market in Asia with price advantage after its citric acid encountered anti- Firstly, technology upgrade has largely cut down production cost. dumping duties from US and EU, which has offset the loss of a big For example, grain consumption volume of lysine and citric acid cut in citric acid exports to these areas. CCM International Limited 9 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 12. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 In addition, Anhui BBCA, as one of the national four major fuel Considering great achievements of Anhui BBCA in 2009, alcohol suppliers, had enjoyed fuel ethanol sales volume up China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited (China Agric, a listed about 1.6% in 2009. Domestic fuel alcohol consumption has company of COFCO in Hong Kong, mainly engaged in the food largely risen in 2009, driven by the increased consumption of and processing industry) is likely to acquire Anhui BBCA in 2010. car. In China, fuel alcohol is usually added to petrol with mixing Both China Agric and Anhui BBCA are subsidiaries of COFCO, proportion of 90% for oil and 10% for fuel alcohol. In 2009, China and COFCO has given priority to China Agric for Anhui BBCA issued related policies on boosting domestic car consumption acquisition. But China Agric. had no intention before as Anhui to stimulate economic development against the backdrop of BBCA’s profitability was not so good in recent years. worldwide gloomy economic situation. Once Anhui BBCA is acquired by China Agric., Anhui BBCA will Besides, Anhui BBCA can obtain subsidy of USD300/t for its fuel enjoy rapid development with the supports from China Agric. alcohol production in 2009 from the government, though the subsidy amount declined from the previous USD319/t. Anhui BBCA mainly produces corn-based fuel alcohol, lysine and citric acid, with capacityof 440,000t/a, 45,000t/a and 180,000t/ a separately. China reduces fuel alcohol import tariffs to 5% I mport tariff of fuel alcohol in China has been reduced to 5% from Jan. 1st, 2010, from previous 30%, according to the promulgation by Tariff Commission of the State Council (TCSC) Longing for entering Chinese fuel alcohol arket for a long time, Brazil will be a main beneficiary from this tariff reduction, since it is the largest fuel alcohol producer and exporter in the world, with in late December 2009. output and export volume of 28.50 million tones and 3.0 million tonnes respectively in 2009. Major export destinations of Brazil’s This reduction is in accordance with the agreement made in 2001 fuel are the US, Venezuela and Nigeria, etc. with China’s entry into WTO, and all the WTO members can enjoy this tariff privilege. China has large market potential for fuel alcohol. According to the plan of ‘Medium and Long-term Development Plan for Renewable Insiders view that the tariff reduction will attract more foreign Energy’ made in June 2007, China has planned to increase fuel producers to export fuel alcohol to China, which will bring alcohol consumption to 2.5 million tonnes by the end of 2010. impacts on domestic immature fuel alcohol industry since However, there were only 10 provinces using fuel ethanol with overseas producers have advantages in fuel alcohol production alcohol content of 10% in China in 2009, with total consumption technology. Taking this into consideration, they also predict that volume of 1 million tonnes (PICTURE 1). Chinese government may levy 5% excise tax on imported fuel alcohol to protect domestic fuel alcohol industry in the future. PICTURE 1: Distribution of fuel alcohol production and consumption in China Source: CCM International CCM International Limited 10 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 13. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Baolingbao to enlarge erythritol capacity to 4,000t/a B aolingbao is planning to enlarge its erythritol capacity to 4,000t/a by mid 2010 from the current 1,000t/a. The expansion plan has been approved by major stockholders of Baolingbao during the company’s Third Extraordinary Shareholders' General Meeting for 2009 on Dec. 24th, 2009. The company expands the capacity mainly through technology upgrade on its original production line. At present, the project is undergoing Environmental Impact Assessment . The construction is expected to begin in early 2010 and completed by mid 2010. After the launch of this project, Baolingbao will become the second largest erythritol producer in China with total capacity of 4,000t/a (TABLE 4), and expects to achieve sales revenue of USD17 million from the project. The erythritol produced in this plant will be mainly exported to Japan, South Korea, EU, etc. TABLE 4: Main erythritol producers in China, 2009~2010 Start time of Company Capacity’ 09 Capacity’ 10 production Zibo Zhongshi Green Biotech Co., Ltd. 4,500 4,500 2003 Shandong Baolingbao 1,000 4,000 2003 2,000 2,000 2008 Binzhou Sanyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Qingdao Langyatai (Group) Co., Ltd. 800 800 2007 Total 8,300 11,300 - Source: CCM International Baolingbao plans to totally invest USD12 from home and abroad is the main driver Sanyuan) built up a 2,000t/a erythritol million in this project. It will upgrade its for Baolingbao to expand its erythritol production line in late 2008 and Dezhou previous production technology of erythritol, capacity. As one of the most popular low- Fuyuan Biological Starch Co., Ltd. (Dezhou and additionally purchase 358 sets of energy sweeteners in the world, more and Fuyuan) claimed to build 5,000t/a erythritol advanced facilities such as fermenters and More people have become aware of its plant which is to be completed in May, membrane filtration facilities. Meanwhile, benefits to the body in recent years, thus 2010. 0.5 hectare will be newly expanded to boosting demand for erythritol year by year. build assorted workshops and supporting Baolingbao has witnessed relatively good In China, only three erythritol producers facilities. sales performance for its erythritol during have achieved capacity of over 1,000t/a, 2006 ~ H1 2009 (FIGURE 11). which is quite different from some overseas Baolingbao will adopt self-developed producers such as that from Japan, the US technology of erythritol production in this The expansion plan will greatly enhance the and EU with over 10,000t/a capacity for project. In 2003, the company used its overall competitiveness for Baolingbao in the single producer. Large-scale production has own erythritol production technology in its long term. Baolingbao targets to become the enabled them to lower production cost. For first 1,000t/a erythritol production line in world’s leading functional sugar producer. Chinese producers, cutting down production Yucheng City, Shandong Province. It has Since late Aug. 2009 when Baolingbao got cost will be the most effective way to boost upgraded this technology and has got the listed, it has publicly claimed its future erythritol industry development in China. patent of the technology now. three projects, including a new 10,000t/a In addition, most Chinese people still know oligofructose production line and 30,000t/a little about erythritol and its high price has Thriving demand for erythritol both high-purity soluble dietary fiber production resulted in small consumption. line, as well as FIGURE 11: Erythritol output of Baolingbao, 2006~ H1 2009 expansion of current Erythritol is used in many areas, including erythritol capacity to food industry, beverage industry, medicine 1,200 120.00% 4,000t/a. industry and cosmetics industry, etc, in the 991 US, EU and Japan currently. Food industry 1,000 100.00% However, Baolingbao is the biggest consumption filed, accounting 843 may face great for about 75% of the total erythritol 800 (Unit: tonne) 99.10% 80.00% competition from new consumption in the world. Application fields 525 600 84.30% entrants of erythritol. of erythritol is becoming wider and wider. 46.20% 60.00% As investigation 400 shows, another Baolingbao is one of the leading corn 52.50% 231 40.00% two enterprises processing enterprises in China, with 200 have begun to major production lines like 170,000t/a 0 20.00% build erythritol high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), 50,000t/ 2006 2007 2008 H1 2009 plants since 2007. a isomaltooligosaccharide and 1,000t/a Binzhou Sanyuan erythritol currently. In 2010, Baolingbao is Output Operating rate Biotechnology expecting to diversify its products structure Co., Ltd. (Binzhou by developing more functional sugars. Source: Baolingbao’ announcement CCM International Limited 11 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 14. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 China Corn Oil gets listed in HK C hina Corn Oil Co., Ltd. (China Corn Oil), Chinese leading edible corn oil producer with capacity of 182,000t/a in 2008, successfully got listed in Hong Kong on Dec. 18th, 2009, these measures will efficiently enhance the competitiveness of China Corn Oil in China. and expects to raise about USD58~73 million for further China Corn Oil is planning to enlarge corn oil sales areas development in the following three years. by further covering 80% second-tier cities in China in the following three years. Currently, China Corn Oil is selling corn It is the second time for China Corn Oil to go public in the oil mainly in first-tier cities in China, with seven field offices, market. China Corn Oil had been firstly listed in Paris’ Growth fifty-five agencies and thirty-three retail stores etc. Enterprises Market (GEM) on Mar. 25th, 2008, but soon withdrawn from it in H2 2008, mainly resulting from the China Corn Oil will continue to raise reputation of its brand announcement of zero export tax rebate for Chinese corn oil in corn oil by varieties of promotions. Currently, China Corn Oil Jul. 2008 (TABLE 5). The zero export tax rebate for Chinese owns self-brand corn oil called “Longevity Flower” brand, and corn oil caused sharp decrease of Chinese corn oil exports since 15% of the total sales revenue of China Corn Oil is from product Jul. 2008, and many domestic corn oil producers endeavored retail and wholesale. And China Corn Oil expects its “Longevity to increase their corn oil sales volume in domestic market to Flower” branded corn oil to constitute 50% of total sales offset the loss of depressed export situation, such as China revenue in the following three years. Corn Oil (TABLE 6) and Shandong Xiwang Foodstuff Co., Ltd. (Xiwang Foodstuff), etc. China Corn Oil is now expanding its total edible corn oil capacity to 280,000t/a from current 182,000t/a. After TABLE 5: Corn oil export tax rebate in China, 2004~2010 investigation, China Corn Oil has been building 100,000t/ Period Export tax rebate a edible corn oil production line currently, which may be 11.00% launched in 2010~2011. After the launch, After the launch, Jan. 2004~Sep. 2006 China Corn Oil's leading position in Chinese corn oil market 13.00% will be further consolidated. Oct. 2006~Jul. 2007 5.00% Besides, China Corn Oil also will continuously develop new Aug. 2007~Jun. 2008 kinds of corn oil in the near future. In late 2009, China Corn 0.00% Oil has successfully developed corn oil with 15,000ppm Jul. 2008 till now phytosterol, the third corn oil producer with high phytosterol in Source: China Customs & State Administration of Taxation China, following COFCO and Yihai Kerry. Actually, domestic demand for corn oil has been increasing In China, there are two large-scale corn oil producers namely year by year in recent years. With awareness of corn oil’s China Corn Oil and Xiwang Foodstuff, both with corn oil benefits to human health, demand for corn oil will continuously capacity of over 150,000t/a. Many insiders estimate that the see uptrend in the near future. Particularly COFCO and Yihai listing of China Corn Oil in Hongkong will promote other key Kerry Group Shanghai Plants (Yihai Kerry), both of whom corn oil enterprises to get listed in the future, such as Xiwang developed corn oil with over 10,000ppm phytosterol in 2009, Foodstuff, and will also boost the whole corn oil industry in are assiduously promoting corn oil in China, which attracts China. more consumers’ focus on corn oil. China Corn Oil, located in Zouping City, Shandong Province, China Corn Oil getting listed in Hongkong is mainly driven by has achieved edible corn oil output approximately 65,500 bright prospect of corn oil industry in China. Actually, China tonnes and 76,600 tonnes respectively in 2007 and 2008. Corn Oil has seen good performance in corn oil sales volume in TABLE 6: Sales revenue structure of China Corn Oil, 2006~2009 China in H1 2009, which is estimated to continuously increase in H2 2009. In H1 2009, China Corn Oil has sold 68,000 Period Domestic Oversea tonnes corn oil, accounting for 89% of the total capacity in 50.00% 50.00% H1 2008. At present, China Corn Oil has seized around 30% 2006 market share of total corn oil consumption in China, and is 55.00% 45.00% expecting to seize more market share in the future. 2007 70.00% 30.00% 2008 In the following three years, China Corn Oil will focus on 98.80% 1.20% raising corn oil market share in domestic market by carrying H1 2009 out such favorable measures as enlarging sales areas, increasing advertisements investment, expanding corn oil capacity, etc. All Source: CCM International CCM International Limited 12 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 15. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Henan Agric. becomes Henan Lianhua’s biggest stockholder H enan Agric. Synthesis Exploitation Co., Ltd. (Henan Agric.) purchased 5.08% stock of Henan Lianhua Monosodium Glutamate Co., Ltd. (Henan Lianhua) from Henan Lotus Currently, Henan Lianhua needs 200,000 tonnes glutamic acid (GA) annually to produce MSG while it can only produce 100,000 tonnes GA and thus has to outsource the remaining 100,000 Gourmet Powder Group Co., Ltd. (Lotus Group), original biggest tonnes. The increasing price of GA in recent years and the high stockholder of Henan Lianhua, in mid Dec. 2009, and became the dependence on raw material outsourcing have resulted in the biggest stockholder of Henan Lianhua (TABLE 7). higher MSG production cost for Henan Lianhua. For other big producers, like Meihua Group and Shandong Fufeng, they can Henan Lianhua is one of the largest MSG producers in China with produce GA to satisfy their own needs. total output of 220,000 tonnes in 2009. Its ‘Lianhua’ branded MSG is well-known both at home and abroad. It is expected that a great fund will be injected by Henan Agric. to relieve Henan Lianhua’s plight and speed up its development, Henan Agric. is a wholly state-owned investment institution especially when the government is strengthening supervision in China, with main function of guaranteeing sustainable and of MSG industry. The government will eliminate more healthy development of the leading agricultural enterprises in backward capacities in 2010, aiming to reduce environmental Henan. The stock purchase of Henan Agric. is actually supported pollution. Therefore, domestic MSG capacity will continue to be by the government in order to accelerate development of Henan concentrated in several large-scale MSG producers, which can Lianhua in the future. benefit Henan Lianhua’s development. Henan Lianhua is domestic leading agricultural enterprise with After Henan Agric. acquires Henan Lianhua, Henan Lianhua has 7,000 staff. The company has witnessed low profitability in recent drawn great attention from many inventors because of the Henan years, caused by fund shortage and debts disputes for its original Agric.’s participation and large increase of MSG price in recent biggest shareholder, namely Lotus Group. three months (Corn Products China News 0912, P6). In fact, the 5.08% stock of Henan Lianhua was sold through In 2010, as the biggest stockholder of Henan Lianhua, Henan auction. Owing to heavy debts caused by establishment of too Agric. is expected to purchase more stocks of Henan Lianhua many new projects, Lotus Group has continuously sold its stocks in 2010. Meanwhile, it will avoid foreign-owned enterprises’ in recent years, thus leading to its controlling stocks of Henan participation, as the government always shows great concerns for Lianhua decreasing from 66.667% in 1998 to the current 5.59%. development of the national key industries. Henan Lianhua’s production cost of monosodium glutamate Henan Agric. has promised that it will not change Henan (MSG) is higher than that of other MSG producers in China, Lianhua’s current key businesses, or sell related assets and like Meihua Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd. (Meihua Group) and reorganize with other enterprises during 2010. Shandong Fufeng Group Co., Ltd. (Shandong Fufeng). TABLE 7: Stockholding situation of Henan Lianhua’s top three stockholders, 2009 Stockholder Before middle December After middle December 6.82% 11.90% Henan Agric. 7.37% 7.37% Tianan Scie. & Tech. Co., Ltd. 11.03% 5.59% Lotus Group Source: Notice of Henan Lianhua CCM International Limited 13 www.cnchemicals.com
  • 16. Corn Products China News Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2010 Nantong Jiuding obtains governmental funds for PLA expansion N antong Jiuding Biological Engineering Co., Ltd. (Nantong Jiuding) has successfully obtained funds of USD1.4 million for its 20,000t/ Chinese PLA industry is expected to develop rapidly in 2010, as China is intensifying supports for PLA industry. PLA, as a kind of important biodegradable a PLA project from National Development and material which can substitute oil-based material, Reform Commission on Dec. 24th, 2009, signifying is now drawing increasing attention from the that China is intensifying supports for PLA industry. government and invertors, particularly at a time when China targets a low-carbon economy in 2010. The capital received by Nantong Jiuding comes from the special fund for high-tech industrialization Bright future prospects of PLA have attracted many of bio-material engineering from the government. inventors to enter PLA industry in recent years. Early in late 2007, China has announced to Besides Nantong Jiuding, it is reported that COFCO support high-tech industrialization of bio-material is joining hands with China Petrolem Chemical engineering. In May, 2009, Nantong Jiuding’s Corporation to build a 5,000~10,000t/a PLA plant 20,000t/a PLA project, with investment of USD19 in Yushu County, Jilin Province currently, and million, was listed by the State as a demonstration expects to launch the plant in late 2010. project for high-tech industrialization of bio- material engineering. PLA produced in this new However, Chinese PLA industry still encounters plant is mainly for export. some problems currently. Nantong Jiuding’s breakthrough into PLA Firstly, despite of constant encouragement of production technology is a key reason for the PLA application, China hasn’t released detailed company receiving fund supports from the policies to promote PLA application in China. In government. many developed countries like Japan and EU, PLA application is compulsory in many fields, while it is Backward technology hampers PLA development in not in China. China, thus the government has been encouraging PLA production technology upgrade. At present, Secondly, high cost of PLA also impedes the Nantong Jiuding’s self-developed PLA production industry development in China. Though PLA is one technology has reached national-leading level and kind of biodegradable and environmentally friendly has been granted five national patents. With this material, its price would be almost twice higher technology, the company can produce high-quality than that of oil-based similar materials when crude PLA and has relieved requirements on purity of oil price is lower than USD80~90/barrel. polymeric monomers, thus reducing needed time for polymerization and simplifying production In China, there is only one PLA producer that has process. achieved the industrialization, namely Zhejiang Hisun Group Co., Ltd. with total capacity of 5,000t/ Meanwhile, this technology is suitable to be applied a. And currently, there are two producers engaged in PLA industrialization. As tested, quality of PLA in the pilot production, namely Nantong Jiuding adopting this technology has reached the same level (1,000t/a pilot production) and Shanghai Tong-jie- as US-based NatureWorks LLC (the world’s largest liang Biomaterials CO., Ltd. (Shanghai Tong-jie- PLA producer)’s similar products. liang, 300t/a pilot production). Production scale of Chinese PLA industry largely differs from that At present, Nantong Jiuding is accelerating of oversea countries where there are many PLA construction of its 20,000t/a PLA project under producers with capacity of over 10,000t/a. PLA the governmental fund supports, and expecting to application is common in Japan, the US and EU etc. complete this project in H2 2010. Actually, Nantong Jiuding started to build the project in 2007 and Nantong Jiuding, located in Rugao City, Jiangsu initiated a 1,000t/a pilot production line in 2008. Province, and established and funded by Jiangsu Nantong Jiuding mainly produces varieties of grade Jiuding Group in 2005, is a high-tech enterprise PLA as injection molding grade, blown grade and engaged in R&D, production and marketing of PLA. fibre grade. Most of the company’s output will be exported to overseas countries like Japan. CCM International Limited 14 www.cnchemicals.com