Welcome to the January issue of Sweeteners China News 202501
Policy
Food field adds three new additives/auxiliaries including enzymatically produced steviol glycosides, Glucoamylase, and chitosan.
Most-favored-nation tariff rates for "aqueous solution of cane sugar or beet sugar containing flavouring and colouring matter" and "simple solid mixtures of cane sugar, beet sugar and and other food ingredients, cane suger wt.>50%" will increase.
Market dynamics
Sucralose price increased by USD1,391/t (RMB10,000/t).
Company dynamics
Completed project
Bailong Chuangyuan's 15,000 t/a crystalline sugar project
Henan Yihengyuan's 2,000 t/a of D-tagatose project
New project
- Dezhou Huiyang's 60,000 t/a trehalose project
- Hangzhou Xinfu's 1,000 t/a oligosaccharides project
- Changmao Biochemical's 2,000 t/a lactose project
- GFS Biotech's 390 t/a of mogrosides powder project
Price update
The annual average price of white sugar in China declined in 2024.
In this monthly report, the USD/CNY exchange rate is USD1.00=CNY7.1879 (Source: The People's Bank of China, 2 Jan., 2025). Unless otherwise stated, all prices involved in this report include VAT.

