Editor's Note
The average price of domestic DDGS decreased in Nov.
Policy
- On 2 Nov., China Customs updated the list of approved Brazilian corn exporters. About 136 corn export facilities were approved to export Brazilian corn to China.
Market Analysis
- Boosted by the drastic increase in Q3 profits, some listed hog-producing enterprises have been out of the red. But some hog producers are still losing money.
- Meihua Group's revenue increased while that of LHG dropped, as per their Q3 reports published at the end of Oct.
- On 1 Nov., the EI report of Shengtai Medicine's functional starch-based sugar production lines retrofitting and expansion project (Phase I) was accepted and publicised.
Company Dynamics
- On 28 Oct., the introduction and EIA information of Zhoukou Yihai Kerry's 2 million t/a corn deep-processing project was publicised.
- In Nov., the EI report of BBCA Biochemical's 5,000 t/a D-Lactic acid industrialisation demonstration project was publicised; the completion and acceptance inspection report of completed environmental protection facilities of Ningxia Qiyu's 100,000 t/a high-purity L-lactic acid technological upgrading project was publicised.
- In Nov., the EI report of Changling Jiarun's 60,000 t/a modified starch project was publicised.
Import and Export
In the first three quarters of 2022, China's corn imports volume decreased, but import prices rose, compared to the same period of last year.
The USD/CNY exchange rate in this newsletter is USD1.00=CNY7.2081 on 1 Nov. 2022, sourced from the People's Bank of China. All the prices mentioned in this newsletter will include the VAT, unless otherwise specified.
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Governmental Direction
- China Customs updates list of approved Brazilian corn exporters
Market Analysis
- Some hog producers see turnaround
- Meihua Group & LHG publish Q3 reports
- Shengtai Medicine plans to build and retrofit starch-based sugar production lines
Company Dynamics
- Zhoukou Yihai Kerry initiates corn deep-processing project
- Jindan New Material launches 75,000 t/a PLA biodegradable new material project
- BBCA Biochemical's D-Lactic acid project & Ningxia Qiyu's L-lactic acid project
- Changling Jiarun's 60,000 t/a modified starch project
Import and Export
- Chinese corn products Imp. & Exp., Sept. 2022
- China's corn imports in Q1-Q3 see decreased volume but high price
Price Update
- Price update of corn products, Nov. 2022
- Average price of domestic DDGS declines in Nov.
News in Brief
- CASDE for Nov. 2022
- Keyuan's 200,000 t/a lactic acid and 130,000 t/a PLA project starts construction
- COFCO Corporation and China Baowu sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
- Lianyungang Sethness Roquette's common method production line project approved
- Tieling Danforth Feed to build feed production lines
- Keyuan's 200,000 t/a lactic acid and 130,000 t/a PLA project starts construction
- Shanxi province: soybean-corn strip compound planting mode realises goal of maintaining basically stable grain output
- DBN plans to provide additional investment to Chuangzhong Technology
- Chinese scientists successfully clone high protein gene of wild corn
- Haocheng Biotech's peptide, gluten meal & inositol project (Phase I)
- EI report of Eppen Biotech's 2,500 t/a yeast extract project approved


