China Vitamin Market Overview

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Brief Look

 

Growing History

Ø       1950s-1970s: Research stage

Ø       1980s: Pilot & small scale production

Ø       Early 1990s: Commercial production increasing, Domestic supply

Ø       End 1990s: Mass production, Import & Export

Ø       Early 2000s: Expansion, export focus

 

Vitamin Products: All are available in China!

 

Important Vitamins: (rough capacity, unit: MT/year)

         Vitamin C: 50,000

         Vitamin E:13,000

         Vitamin A: 1,800

         Vitamin B1 (HCL & Mono):2,600

         Vitamin B2: 1,200

         Vitamin B12 (1%): 7,000

         D-Calcium pantothenate (D-Calpan):4,000

          Carnitine:

 

Other Vitamins: (rough capacity, unit:MT/year)

         Nacotinamide: 5,000

         Vitamin B6: 1,200

         Vitamin P/Rutin:1,000

         Nicotinic acid: 700

         Folic acid: 500

         Vitamin U: 180

         Vitamin M:170

         Vitamin D (D2, D3): 100

         Vitamin K(K1,K3,K4):100

         Vitamin H/Biotin: less than 10

n       Inositol

n       Choline chloride

n       Lipoic acid

n       Unbiquinone/Coenzyme Q

n       Taurine

n       P-amino benzoic acid (PABA)


Introduction to Major Vitamins – Vitamin C

n       Total capacity: 50,000MT/year

n       Total producers:6

n       Active producers:

   - Jiangsu Jiangshan

   - NEPG

   - Shijiazhuang No.1

   - Hebei Welcome

n       Annual export: 40,000MT/year

n       Market Focus: overseas

n       Price competition is severe.

n       Price has been declining in the past.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Technology is mature.

 

Key raw materials: sorbitol

 


Introduction to Major Vitamins – Vitamin E

n       Total capacity: 13,200MT/year

n       Total producers: 7

n       Active producers

   - Xinchang Pharma (ZMC)

   - Xinchang Synthetic (NHU)

n       Annual export: 10,000MT/year

n       Market focus: overseas

n       Export character: oil=>powder

 

Price has been declining all the ways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Value Chain of Vitamin E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


n       Technology is mature.

n       Key raw materials:

   - Isophytol, linalool, MAA, acetone & acetylene, turpentine, …

   - TMHQ, TMQ, TMP, m-cresol

n       All are available and sufficient

 


Introduction to Major Vitamins – Vitamin A

v      Total Capacity: 1,800

 

v      Total producers: 4

 

v      Active producers:

    - Xinchang Pharma (NHU)

    - Xiamen Kingdomway

 

v      Domestic production started since 2000

 

v      Annual import: 1,300MT/year

 

v      Annual export: 1,500MT/year

 

v      Market focus: oversea & domestic

 

Introduction to Major Vitamins – Vitamin A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Introduction to Major Vitamins – Vitamin A

n       Technology is mature.

n       Major raw materials: beta ionone

   - imported

   - GZ Baihua, Xinchang Synthetic

 

 


Introduction to Major Vitamins – Vitamin B1

Total capacity: 2,600

 

Total producers: 3

 

Major producers:

   - Zhongjin

   - Huazhong

   - NEPG

 

Annual export: 1,800MT

 

Market focus: overseas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

*       Technology is mature.

*       Major raw materials:

   - Acetamidine HCL

   - Acetacetic ether

   - Acrylonitrile

   - Activated carbon

   - Alcohol

*       All are available except for acetacetic ether

 


Introduction to Major Vitamins – Vitamin B2

*       Total capacity: 1,200MT/year

 

*       Total producer: 3

 

*       Major producer: Guangji Pharma.

 

*       Annual export: 900MT

 

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