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Last Update: Dec 31st, 2001
Food Additives & Feed Additives
Sample of Market Analysis
 
I. News Collection
 
Tianjin Xinxing to Produce Colimycin Sulfate (Last update: 12/02/2001)
Tianjin Xinxing Animal Remedy Research Institute has developed colimycin sulfate, which broke the monopoly of Japanese product in China market. It is reported that Tianjin Xinxing has been carrying out the research since 1999. At present the price of colimycin from Tianjin Xinxing is around RMB30-35/kg, half that of the Japanese product.
 
High Purity L-Lactic Acid Launched in Jiangxi (Last Update: 11/29/2001)
The first stage of high optical purity lactic acid project in Jiangxi Wu Zang Ye Biochemical Co., Ltd. finished recently. The commercial production started. This company is a joint venture between Jiangxi Province Academic Institute Biological Technology Co., Ltd. and Wu Zang Ye Chemical Research Institute of Japan.
 
Citric Acid Marketing Keeps Declining (Last Update: 11/01/2001)
The price of citric acid drops to RMB6,000/MT in the early November 2001. There are a few reasons for this situation: 1) Supply surpasses the demand. At present the Chinese production of citric acid is about 500,000MT/year. In order to obtain an order, the Chinese manufacturers decrease the selling price each other . On the other hand the consumption from USA, Japan and European countries decreased this year. 2) The price of raw material increased. The price of corn was RMB0.8/kg last year but it is RMB1.18/kg in 2001. 3)India and Pakistan have set up citric acid production line these years and it impacts the already slack market.
 
New Type Sweetener in Guangzhou (Last update: 11/05/2001)
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical No.10 Factory has successfully done the research on neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, which which is 1,500-1,800 times the sweetness of sugar. The trial sample has been used and the result shows that it reaches the FEMA standard. In 1997 neohesperidin dihydrochalcone was listed in the category of food additive by central government.
 
Dongda Focuses on Sodium Benzoate Market (Last update: 10/22/2001)
In recent years the sodium benzoate market has been saturated. But the sodium benzoate in Tianjin Dongda Chemical Co., Ltd. can not meet the demand. In April 2001 Dongda conducted technical innovation on sodium benzoate production line, after when the production capacity of powder form and the granular form is 15,000MT/year and 3,000MT/year, respectively. The production cost has been decrease to a large extent. Now the sodium benzoate in Dongda is exporting to USA, Europe and Southeast Asia.
 
Sugar Production in 2001 is Expected to Be 7.75 Million MT/year (Last update: 10/19/2001)
In 2001 the plantation of sugar crops resumed and increased. The total plantation area of sugar crop in 2001 is 1.343 million hectares including 984,400 hectares of sugarcane and 346,400 hectares of sugarbeet. Among the total production of sugar the production in Guangxi province accounts to 45%. The other sugar production areas include Guangdong, Yunnan, Hainan, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang.