| I.
Industry Policy |
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| Taxation Management
on Import Feed Additives (Last update: Sept 2000) |
| State Customs
Administration published the Regulation on Feed and Feed Additives
recently. This regulation has been approved by State Council and will
be executed in the near future. This regulation emphasizes on the
management of import feed and import feed additives. The details include.
1) From August 1st, 2000, all the importer of feed and feed additives
must get Registration License from Ministry of Agriculture. The customs
can not pass over the goods before seeing the copy of this license.
2) Some regulation on the classification and the execution of tax
rate. For the import of methionine (HS 29304000), lysine (HS29224110),
lysine and its ester (HS 29224190), threonine (HS 29224910), the importer
must provide the above mentioned copy of license, as well as Property
License for Import Feed Additves issued by the feed test center that
is appointed by Ministry of Agriculture. If these two licenses are
ready, the customs will levy on the above amino acids in terms of
"made-up" feed additives. If the importer can not provide these two
licenses, the customs will levy on the above amino acid in terms of
the original HS code assigned. The levy on the other feed additives
that are allowed to import but do not belong to the above items follows
the assigned HS code. 3) This action is to execute from August 1st,
2000. (Source:China Chemicals Industry News) |
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| II.
News |
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| China
will Release the Sugar Stock Once More in the Future (Last update:
August 2000) |
| The first phase
of sugar release (400,000Mt) was finished in 25th August. The price
of sugar stops going up and stays at RMB3,900/Mt. An officer from
central government disclosed that China will release once more the
sugar stock in order to maintain the stability of sugar market. (Source:
Chian Food Quality News) |
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| Selenium-enriched
Yeast Line in GD Jiangmen (Last update: August 2000) |
| The production
line of selenium-enriched yeast with capacity of 2,000Mt/year was
set up in Guangdong Jiangmen Biological Development Center. The total
investment for this project is RMB19 millions. At present the yeast
production in this company is over 10,000Mt/year. Seeing that a lot
of Chinese people are lack of the intake of selenium, GD Jiangmeng
Biological Development Center uses modern technology to convert the
inorganic selenium into organic-combining product which is easy to
digest by human beings. (Source: Fine & Special Chemicals) |
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| Xylose
in Tangshan (Last update: July 2000) |
| Tangshan Akedibu
Xylose Co. Ltd. was set up in April 2000. This is an joint venture
of Longxiang company and a Japanese company. It will use xylose from
Longxiang as raw material and make it into the powder & crystalline
xylose. The final product is expected to sell in Japan. (Source: Fine
& Sepcial Chemicals) |
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| Bayer
Invested in Chengdu (Last update: July 2000) |
| Bayer invested
USD9.4 million in Chengdu to build the production line of animal nutrient.
The joint venture is Bayer Sichuan Animal Nutrient Company. Bayer
shares 70% of stock and Chinese shares 30% of stock. Bayer decides
to produce Paraciticides in the JV and supply the Chinese market.
(Source: Fine & Special Chemicals) |
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| GMO
Good Entering Guangzhou (Last update: July 2000) |
| The Chinese consumers
are eating GMO foods! News from CCIB Guangzhou shows that among the
14 kinds of import food tested, three of them are GMO food from America.
They are samp, pop corn and soybean. According to the CCIB, samp contains
35S and cry, pop corn contains 35S and npt II; while soybean contains
35S, NOS and EPSPS. So far there is no report claiming whether these
GMO food will threaten the Chinese people or not. (Source: China Food
Quality News) |
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| Alpha-L-aspartic-L-phenylalanine
Methyl Pilot Production (Last update: July 2000) |
| CAS Chengdu Organic
Research Institute passed the pilot production of alpha-L-aspartic-L-phenylalanine
methyl, a sweetener with sweetness of 200 times that of sugar. The
raw materials for the synthesis of alpha-L-aspartic-L-phenylalanine
methyl include 88% formic acid, aspartic acid and aldehyde. The scale
of the pilot production is 200Mt/year. |
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| New
Technique for Sodium Benzoate Production (Last update: July 2000)
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| Wuhan Organic
Industrial Company succeeded in the new production technology for
sodium benzoate. At present, the production capacity of sodium benzoate
in Wuhan Organic Industrial Company reaches to 30,000Mt/year. The
experts from Wuhan city commented that the new technology is practical
and reliable. But so far no more details of this technology is disclosed.
(Source: Chemical Technical Market) |
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| Natural
Gardenin Extraction Technology Succeeded (Last update: March 2000)
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| A new technology
for natural gardenin extraction was developed in Jiangxi Jingdezhen.
Different from the extraction technology in the oversea countries,
this technology results in the gardenin free of synthetic chemical
substance. It is reported that this technology was awarded by State
Economic & Planning Committee and RMB1.5 millions was invested in
order to begin the commercial production of gardenin in Jiangxi Province.
(Source: Shanghai Chemical Industry) |
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| 15
Import Feed Free of VAT (Last update: Jan 2000) |
| Customs Bureau
issued notice stating that the following feed products are free of
VAT when imported during July 1999 to Oct 2000: born meal, fish meal,
corn bran, rice bran, wheat bran, soybean meal, peanut meal, rapeseed
meal, etc. (Source: China Commercial Industry) |