Editor's Note
Welcome to the June issue of Corn Products China News
Governmental Direction
On 11 June 2025, the Department of Agricultural and Rural Technology of Hebei Province issued a guidance document for the production of summer corn in 2025.
Company Dynamics
- On 6 June, 2025, Jindan Tech's polylactic acid project once again announced a delay.
- On 4 June, 2025, Huakang Shares released the Investor Relations Activity Record Sheet for the investor relations activities held from April 2025 to May 2025.
- On 14 June, 2025, Star Lake Science disclosed details of the new construction amino acids project.
Project Update
- Chambroad Sinopoly's 10,000 t/a bio-based itaconate ester project
- Xiwang Foodstuffs's corn oil project postponed
- Tianxi Bio-tech's one million t/a corn bio-manufacturing industrial park project
Price Update
- In mid-June 2025, the amino acids market showed different performances across various types. Valine and tryptophan, as minor varieties, saw a slight increase in prices, while lysine and threonine, as major varieties, remained relatively stable.
Import and Export
- In June 2025, the divergent import-export pattern in China's corn starch market highlighted dual characteristics of domestic supply tension and international market substitution.
1. The USD/CNY exchange rate in this newsletter is USD1.00=CNY7.1869 on 3 June, 2025, sourced from the People's Bank of China. All the prices mentioned in this newsletter will include the VAT, unless otherwise specified.
2. Except for the import & export analysis, other % changes in this newsletter are calculated in RMB.
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Governmental Direction
- Hebei Province issues guidance for summer corn production in 2025
Market Analysis
- Citric acid market performs flatly in May
- Operating load of deep-processing enterprises may decrease in Q3 2025
Company Dynamics
- Jindan Tech's PLA project postponed
- Baolingbao expects stable corn price
- Huakang Shares' sorbitol production line commences operations
- Chambroad Sinopoly's 10,000 t/a bio-based itaconate ester project
- Star Lake's 450,000 t/a amino acids project
Price Update
- Price update of corn products, May 2025
- Price of 98% lysine continue to decline in June
Import and Export
- Chinese corn products Imp. & Exp., May 2025
- Corn starch imports continue to rise in June
News in Brief
- CASDE monthly update–June 2025
- Xiwang Foodstuffs's corn oil project postponed
- US launches anti-dumping probe on lysine from China
- Tianxi Bio-tech's one million t/a corn bio-manufacturing industrial park project
- Meihua Group and Tianjin University launch strategic cooperation
- Progress of Baolingbao's HMO project
- Heilongjiang issues subsidy plan for crop R&D and promotion
- NHU's methionine project enters trial production
- Huaheng Bio releases its reply to inquiry letter from Shanghai Stock Exchange
- Shuangqiao Guangzhou plans to upgrade and expand its starch sugar production line

