Glycine route glyphosate shows competitiveness in China at present, according to CCM International’s May Issue of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/14/2012 -- With the increasing overseas orders and growing price in Q1 2012, some glyphosate technical manufacturers adopt glycine route resume expansion program, which has shown the remained competitiveness of glycine route in China, according to CCM International's May Issue of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report.

It's confirmed by CCM International that two glyphosate technical manufacturers, Sichuan Fuhua Tongda Agro-chemical Technology Co., Ltd. (Sichuan Fuhua) and Hubei Taisheng Chemical Co., Ltd. (Hubei Taisheng), are expanding glyphosate technical production lines with capacity of 50,000t/a respectively (please refers to relative stories in this issue).

The running production lines and expansion projects in the two companies all adopt glycine route. After the launch of the two expansion projects by the end of this year or next year, the proportion of glycine route in China will increase to 64.3% from 59.6% currently. And the top three glyphosate manufacturers—Sichuan Fuhua, Hubei Taisheng and Zhejiang Wynca all adopt glycine route then.

Both of the two companies claimed that the expansion is on the basis of the original plan and the future prospect. China had undergone a period of crazy glyphosate expansion in 2008, which results in the serious overcapacity and long-term gloomy glyphosate market, and many companies canceled or suspended new glyphosate plan. In late 2011 and Q1 2012, overseas orders increased and glyphosate price rose, and there is profit margin in glyphosate production.

Competitiveness of the three routes are determined by the technology maturity level, manufacturing cost and raw material accessibility. Since all the three routes are mature, competitiveness is mainly determined by comprehensive manufacturing cost.

Glycine route, the firstly commercialized and most popular one, has the dominance in the short-term future because of its comprehensive cost advantages resulted from the less sensitivity to petroleum price and recycled by-product monochloromethane.

It's a general rule that manufacturers with integrated downstream and upstream industries has cost advantage, and glyphosate technical production adopting glycine route is capable of integrating glyphosate industrial chain because of lower investment and technical thresholds.

Both Sichuan Fuhua and Hubei Taisheng have built a comprehensive industrial chain centered in glyphosate production, such as DMP production lines, glycine production lines and monochloromethane recycle.

"By utilizing natural resource and taking advantages of raw material supply, coupled with by-product utilization, Sichuan Fuhua could achieve 5-10% profit margin in glyphosate business at present, while many other glyphosate producers are surviving on the edge of profit loss." Mr. He, Sales Manager from Sichuan Fuhua said.

Source: Glyphsoate China Monthly Report 1205
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Content of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report 1205:
Zhejiang Wynca achieves lowest net profit since its listing in 2001
Sichuan Fuhua to expand 50,000t/a glyphosate capacity by Sept. 2012
Zhejiang Jinfanda to hold 132,000t/a glyphosate capacity by 2013
Three listed glyphosate companies' foreign operating revenue increased in 2011
Glyphosate hard to occupy the market share left by paraquat AS
Glycine route glyphosate shows competitiveness in China
Patent applications show nutrient-containing glyphosate products a new trend
Glyphosate price stays stagnant in May 2012
Glyphosate formulation export sets a new record in March 2012
Analysis of glyphosate export in Q1 2012

Glyphosate China Monthly Report, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 20th of every month, will keep track of latest dynamics, hotspots and competitiveness analysis, and forecasts on market trends of China's glyphosate industry.

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China's import volume of pesticides increases by 8.1% year on year in Q1 2012 to 16,000 tonnes, according to CCM’s May Issue of Fungicides China News.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/06/2012 -- China imported 16,000 tonnes of pesticides in the first quarter of 2012, up 8.1% over the same period of 2011. Meanwhile, the total import value of pesticides reached USD110 million, increasing by 22.1% year on year; the average price of imported pesticides was USD6,896/t in Q1 2012, according to the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GAS), according to CCM's May Issue of Fungicides China News.

Specifically, China's import volume of herbicides was the largest among all pesticides in Q1 2012, hitting 8,743 tonnes, accounting for 54.64% of the total volume of imported pesticides. Moreover, the YOY growth rate of herbicides' import volume in Q1 this year was 36.2%, much higher than those of other pesticide categories.

Meanwhile, the import volume of insecticides, the third largest imported pesticide category, increased by 16.5% year on year to 2,499 tonnes, and the average price of imported insecticides hit USD9,825/t.

China's import volume of fungicides ranked the second among all pesticide categories in Q1 2012, reaching 3,439 tonnes; the average price of imported fungicides was USD7,996/t, higher than that of other imported pesticides. However, the YOY growth rate of fungicides' import volume witnessed a slip of 5.0%.

In detail, Shanghai and Beijing are the top two cities by import volume of fungicides in the first quarter of this year, reaching 887 tonnes and 603 tonnes respectively. It is worth noting that these two cities' import volume of fungicides took up 43.3% of the total import volume of fungicides at the same time.

In terms of import origin, Germany, the US and France are the top three countries that exported fungicides to China, with export volumes of 679 tonnes, 587 tonnes and 399 tonnes respectively in Q1 2012. It is not hard to see from these figures mentioned above that fungicides' export volume of these three countries accounted for 48.4% of China's total import volume of fungicides in Q1 this year.

Besides, the average prices of imported fungicides from Germany, the US and France were USD6,423/t, USD7,477/t and USD9,815/t separately in the first quarter of 2012. Thereinto, the average price of fungicides from France was the highest among the three, USD1,819/t higher than that of imported fungicides from all import origins.

Fungicides with high efficiency, broad spectrum and low toxicity are still main import varieties by China in Q1 2012, such as tebuconazole, difenoconazole, azoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, trifloxystrobin and propiconazole.

It can be estimated that China's import volume of pesticides from overseas market will continue to go up in the second quarter of 2012 with the coming of pesticides' peak consumption season. Meanwhile, pesticide industry's competition will be more and more intense in China in the near future because a large number of imported pesticides are entering domestic market.

Source: Fungicides China News 1205
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Main content of Fungicides China News 1205:
Qianjiang Biochemical's net profit sharply drops in 2011
Noposion: net profit slides but fungicide revenue increases in 2011
Huifeng Agrochemical's net profit continues decrease in 2011
SYRICI successfully develops pyrametostrobin-thiram 25% SC
Xi'an MPC vigorously promotes cuppric nonyl phenolsulfonate
China's import volume of pesticides increases in Q1 2012
Domestic output of carbendazim technical exceeds 14,000 tonnes in Q1 2012
New policy beneficial to development of kasugamycin
Changqing Agrochemical successfully launches 500t/a fenoxanil technical production line
Azoxystrobin-prochloraz 30% ME to enjoy bright market prospect
Key crop diseases predicted to occur on large scale in Guangxi in H1 2012
Diseases and insect pests to seriously occur in middle and later stage of wheat
Azoxystrobin registrations keep hot in 2012
Registrations of tebuconazole formulation go hot in early 2012
Ex-factory price of tebuconazole 97% TC witnesses slip in early May 2012

Fungicides China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 10th of every month, provides a wealth of exclusive information and analysis, research and development dynamics of domestic competitors, analysis on import and export of key products, cooperative opportunities with domestic and foreign companies, and market information of foreign patent-expired products.

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China releases an announcement on 24 April, 2012 to further restrict paraquat, according to CCM International’s latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/06/2012 -- On 24 April, 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture of China (MOA) issued an announcement, namely Announcement No. 1745, deciding to take restrictive measures on the production and sales of paraquat, aiming to ensure the safety of production and use of paraquat in China, based on CCM International's latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

According to the announcement, the Chinese government will stop the approval of new plants for paraquat TK and formulation processing. The application for new field trial, registration and production permit will be ceased. The approval of registration and production permit of paraquat TK and aqueous products will also be terminated.

The registration and production permit of paraquat aqueous products will be revoked and all the production of these products shall be terminated from 1 July, 2014 , only maintaining the registration and production of paraquat aqueous products for export and use in foreign countries. From 1 July, 2016, policies of the all-out ban on the sales and use of paraquat aqueous products in China will be fully carried out.

Aiming to ensure the safe use of paraquat and provide a better after-sale service for poisoning treatment, several measures are proposed in the announcement to protect the users.

Emergency treatment telephone number and warnings shall be added in an eye-catching position of the labels on the products. Pesticide registration license and pesticide production permit document shall also be re-checked and added up the content of the name of paraquat TK production enterprise. Pesticide companies shall finish all these tasks before 1 Jan., 2013. Those products with initial labels which are already on sale are allowed to be sold until 31 Dec., 2013.

Moreover, the announcement requests paraquat producers to add in sufficient quantity of emetic, stench and colorant into their products. Providing good after-sale services such as use guide and poisoning treatment are also encouraged.

Although the rumor of banning paraquat has been spreading in China since the 4th China High-Level Forum on Pesticides held on 23 to 24 Sept., 2011, the release of the announcement still surprised many people in China. They believed that medium and small sized paraquat producers will suffer greatly, but those large ones will gain benefit.

"As most of the medium and small sized paraquat producers are technical suppliers of domestic formulation enterprises, their domestic market share will be lost after the ban on paraquat AS. But for those large enterprises, such as Nanjing Redsun Co., Ltd. (Nanjing Redsun) and Shandong Luba Chemical Co., Ltd. whose paraquat products are mainly produced for export will not be much affected," said Wei Ping, Product Manager of Nanjing Redsun.

Despite those enterprises will be affected by the ban on paraquat AS, peasants' interests may also be largely impacted. As far as it is concerned, it is still a problem that no good substitute for paraquat AS has been found. Even if there will be some new kind of paraquat formulation found in the future, the price of the product will not be as cheap as that of paraquat AS. Whether domestic peasants are willing to undertake a higher cost of using higher-priced herbicides or not is still a problem.

Source: Crop Protection China News 1209
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Content of Crop Protection China News 1209:
China to further restrict paraquat
China to support development of small-sized enterprises
Hubei Sanonda's reorganization plan released
Huapont to acquire 49% equities of Wanquan Hongyu
Zhejiang Wynca sees deficit in Q1 2012
CCPIA International Trade Committee founded
Pesticide formulation industry needs to make transformation
China to vigorously develop urban modern agriculture
Hunan runs pesticide industry base bigger and stronger

Crop Protection China News, a semimonthly publication issued by CCM International on 15th and 30th(31st) of every month, aims to gain a deep insight into Chinese market, supply the latest market data and strategy support, analyze the newest legislation and policy and grasp the future market trend.

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In 2012 diseases and insect pests of major crops, especially rice, will occur more seriously in Zhejiang Province (an eastern coastal province of China) over last year.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/31/2012 -- According to Zhejiang Plant Protection Station (ZPPS), in 2012 diseases and insect pests of major crops, especially rice, will occur more seriously in Zhejiang Province (an eastern coastal province of China) over last year, based on factors mainly including the cardinal number of overwintering diseases and insect pests, crop distribution, weather trend, etc., according to CCM International's May issue of Insecticides China News.

It is expected that the occurrence of diseases and insect pests of wheat and rape will moderately occur, while that of rice will be serious.

Among rice pests, the damage of migratory pests such as rice brown plant hopper and rice leaf folder will be as serious as that in 2011, and that of first generation of chilo suppressalis and rice sheath blight will be moderate.

The total stricken area of rice diseases and insect pests will accumulatively reach around 8.00 million ha. in Zhejiang in 2012 with 0.67 million ha. increase compared with 7.33 million ha. in 2011. And rice plant hopper is the most serious insect pest, followed by chilo suppressalis and rice leaf folder.

White-backed plant hopper and brown plant hopper will moderately to seriously occur, with occurrence area of about 1.33 million ha. and 1.67 million ha. respectively. And the areas in which rice leaf folder's occurrence will be moderate to serious will hit about 2 million ha. The occurrence of rice stem borer, especially chilo suppressalis, varies in different regions, covering stricken area of 0.67 million ha. In the north of Zhejiang, the population of sesamia inferens will very likely rise.

Recommended insecticides to control brown rice plant hopper mainly include pymetrozine, buprofezin, chlorpyrifos, DDVP and isoprocarb; those for white backed planthopper include imidacloprid, pymetrozine, buprofezin, nitenpyram and thiamethoxam; and those for control of rice leaf roller mainly include abamectin, emamectin benzoate, chloantraniliprole, indoxacarb, phenthoate and profenofos.

In addition, rice sheath blight will moderately to seriously hit paddy fields in Zhejiang, with area of 0.87 million ha. Rice false smut and rice virus diseases such as rice stripe diseases and rice black streaked dwarf will hit the fields at a moderate way.

The total stricken area of wheat diseases and insect pests will accumulatively hit about 0.16 million ha. in Zhejiang Province in 2012, more serious over last year. Among the pests, key species to strike wheat mainly including wheat aphid and wheat plant hopper will bring moderate or light damage to the main planting regions of wheat in Zhejiang this year. And gibberellin's damage will be moderate.

The total stricken area of rape diseases and insect pests is predicted to accumulatively hit 0.27 million ha. in Zhejiang this year. In particular, rape stem rot will moderately to seriously strike the main planting regions of rape in Zhejiang this year. Rape sclerotium disease is one of the most serious rape diseases.

Source: Insecticides China News 1205
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Main content of Insecticides China News 1205:
Flufiprole and ivermectin obtain formal registration
Jiangsu Yangnong: both revenue and net profit up in 2011
Hunan Haili presents slight performance growth in 2011
ABA Chemicals' BPP business works well in 2011
Jiangsu Fengshan expands chlorpyrifos technical capacity to 5,000t/a
Jiangsu Changqing to construct new 1,000t/a imidacloprid technical production line
Cycloxaprid developed by China to be released in 3-5 years
Banned methomyl, dicofol and endosulfan found in tea products
Rudong Huasheng to build pesticide technical and formulation prduction lines
Rice diseases and insect pests to seriously hit Zhejiang in 2012
Domestic occurrence of locusts to be light in 2012
China's insecticide import volume up 16.5% YoY in Q1
Beijing Yoloo gets second spinosad WG registration in China
Sinochem Ningbo (Lianyungang) registers 3 insecticide technicals since Jan. 2012

Insecticides China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 10th of every month, provides the latest and influential analysis on insecticide industry for you, including company dynamics, supply and demand, price analysis, policy, raw material and intermediate.

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Most listed pesticide companies in China have experienced another tough year in 2011, according to CCM’s April issue of AgriChina Investor.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/30/2012 -- China released a policy to consolidate domestic pesticide industry in 2009, which was expected to benefit listed pesticide companies in China. However, things haven't proceeded as smoothly as expected. Most of the listed pesticide companies had a tough year in 2010, and their performance was even worse in 2011, according to CCM's April issue of AgriChina Investor.

In Sept. 2009, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released the Draft for Pesticide Industry Policy, in order to consolidate the chaotic domestic pesticide industry. According to the policy, the number of China's pesticide companies would be cut down by 30% by 2015. Some other ambitious targets were also set like top 20 pesticide companies would take over 50% market share by 2015, and over 70% by 2020.

The policy was cheered by leading pesticide companies in China. After the release of the policy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in China's pesticide industry were expected, and leading pesticide companies, especially listed companies, were expected to benefit most from the policy. The stock price of domestic listed pesticide companies witnessed huge increase after the release of the policy.

However, the performance of over half of the listed pesticide companies in China showed a downtrend after the release of the policy.

In 2011, most listed pesticide companies in China have witnessed sales revenue increase, but over half of them have witnessed net profit decrease or even loss. Besides, for some companies with net profit increase, it can not be indicated that their operation was in a good condition. The net profit of Hunan Haili Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. is less than USD1 million in 2011. As for Anhui Huaxing Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., it received a subsidy of about USD11.81 million from the local government in 2011, which was counted into the company's profit in 2011. In fact, its operating profit was in a loss of USD14.15 million in 2011.

Almost all of these listed pesticide companies imputed their bad performance to the overcapacity, the increasing raw material price and labor cost, the RMB appreciation, the less occurrence of pests and diseases in China, etc.

In 2011, the production cost for most pesticides increased a lot. However, domestic companies dared not to raise their pesticide prices due to the overcapacity in the industry. As a result, gross profit margin dropped and net profit decreased.

The low price of glyphosate hugely impacted the key producers of this product, such as Zhejiang Wynca Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd., Anhui Huaxing Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. and Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals Co., Ltd. Besides, the low price of avermectin dragged down the net profit of Hebei Veyong Bio-Chemical Co., Ltd.

Overcapacity is still the major problem that hinders the development of domestic pesticide industry. The government hoped that M&A would do some help to solve this problem. However, three years after the release of the Draft for Pesticide Industry Policy, M&A cases are not as many as expected. Some listed pesticide companies even take the strategy to enter other business rather than strengthen their pesticide business by M&A. For example, Fujian Sannong Chemical & Pesticide Co., Ltd. entered the real estate business and its revenue from pesticide business accounted for less than 2% of the total sales revenue in 2011. Hebei Veyong Bio-Chemical Co., Ltd. entered energy business and its sales revenue from pesticide business accounted less than half of the total in 2011.

However, listed pesticide companies should not be too pessimistic, as things may turn better in 2012. Some small companies are withdrawing from this industry, and the overcapacity may be relieved to some degree. Besides, the occurrence of pests and diseases in 2012 is estimated to be more serious than that in 2011, which will increase demand for pesticide products.

Source: AgriChina Investor 1204
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Content of AgriChina Investor 1204:
R&D reform in domestic seed industry: a tough road ahead
China reduces corn-based fuel ethanol subsidy in 2012
Vegetable oil price soaring in early April
National purchasing price increase of wheat may restrict demand for feed wheat in 2012
CAY organizing coffee enterprises to purchase unmarketable coffee beans in Yunnan
Chuying Agro-Pastoral eyes high-end pig market
Chinese tea industry facing external quality standard challenge
CGLC may taken over by COFCO or Sinograin
Sumitomo to enter rice distribution business in China
Beef cattle industry shows investment prospect
2011: Another tough year for domestic pesticide elites
Jan. – Feb. 2012 import of agricultural produces surges in China
2012 China to meet robust demand for corn import

AgriChina Investor, periodically published on 25th every month, offers timely update and close follow up of agriculture investment in China, analyzing market data and trends, as well as related policies. Major columns include investment environment, investment dynamics, market watcher, market review etc.

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Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/30/2012 -- Jiangsu GPRO Group Co., Ltd. (GPRO Group) may inject the assets of its subsidiary Nanjing Titanium Dioxide Chemical Co., Ltd. (Nanjing Titanium) into Shanghai Lianhua Fibre Co., Ltd. (Lianhua Fibre), according to a statement released by Lianhua Fibre on April 18, 2012, according to CCM's April issue of TiO2 China Monthly Report.

In the statement, Lianhua Fibre revealed a preliminary restructuring plan to sell 100% stake in its wholly owned subsidiary Jiangsu Lianhua Garden Technology Co., Ltd. (Lianhua Garden) to unrelated third parties and purchase 100% stake in Nanjing Titanium from issuing shares to all the shareholders of Nanjing Titanium. The two transactions are premises for each other and inseparable—one of the two transactions will terminate automatically if the other can't be implemented.

Lianhua Fibre got listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) in 1992. Trading of Lianhua Fibre's stocks has been suspended since March 12, 2012. Verification of the assets and negotiation with several shareholders of Nanjing Titanium are under way.

Previously, GPRO Group attempted backdoor listing by restructuring CNNC Huayuan Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd. (CNNC Huayuan). It planned to inject its 78.14% stake in Nanjing Titanium, 100% stake in Nanjing Petro-chemical Co., Ltd. (now called GPRO New Materials Co., Ltd.) and 100% stake in GPRO Property Co., Ltd. (GPRO Property) into CNNC Huayuan, but failed at last in 2010.

Founded in 1957, Nanjing Titanium is the earliest TiO2 producer that produces rutile TiO2 and fiber grade TiO2 with sulfate process in China. It was transformed into a private company from a state-owned company in 2003 and became one main enterprise of GPRO Group in 2005 through restructuring.

Lianhua Fibre had bad financial performance during 2009~2011, with assets liabilities ratio of 225%, 226% and 433% for the years of 2009, 2010 and 2011. With a registered capital of USD26.5 million, the company got revenue of USD4.1million and net profit of USD2.6 million in 2011. By Dec. 31, 2011, Lianhua Fibre's total assets valued USD2.8 million with negative net assets.

Source: TiO2 China Monthly Report 1204
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Content of TiO2 China Monthly Report 1204:
China's TiO2 export and import situation in Feb. 2012
Leading TiO2 producers in China enjoy improved profitability
Pangang Group has strong titanium production in Q1 2012
Shandong Dongjia eagerly develops TiO2 production technology
Nanjing Titanium to be injected into Lianhua Fibre
Titanium feedstock import still strong in China in Feb. 2012
Kenmare turns losses into gains last year
SRL sees strong production of rutile and ilmenite in Q1 2012
Iluka sees output decline of all mineral sands except ilmenite in Q1 2012
Rio Tinto's titanium feedstock output grows in Q1 2012
PPG enters into technical collaboration with Argex
High cost pressurizes TiO2 downstream companies to raise product prices
Shandong Qifeng more than doubles net profit in Q1 2012
TiO2 prices continue to decrease in China in April 2012

TiO2 China Monthly Report, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 25th of every month, will penetrate into Chinese TiO2 market from a global view, deeply analyse TiO2 industrial chain and manufacturers' competitiveness and trace the latest industrial hotspots and dynamics, aiming to provide the most valuable information about China's TiO2 industry.

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MIIT issues interim measures for Entry Criteria of Ammonium Phosphate Industry to further eliminate the backward production capacity of phosphate fertilizer.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/30/2012 -- In order to completely carry out the previously announced Entry Criteria for Ammonium Phosphate Industry (Entry Criteria) (the details see page 4 issue 1 Vol. 1: MIIT to promulgate Entry Criteria for Phosphate and Ammonium Production), China's Ministry of Industrial and Information Technology (MIIT) issued Interim Measures of Entry Criteria for Ammonium Phosphate Industry (Interim Measures) on April 18th, 2012, according to CCM International's May issue of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report.

In accordance with the Interim Measures, provincial and municipal branches of MIIT are to pick out the qualified producers (in line with the criterion listed in Entry Criteria) among the local existing ammonium phosphate producers. Then a list of qualified ammonium phosphate producers will be published on the MIIT's official website. In addition, the list will be updated yearly mainly through reviewing the producers of the list and accepting new producers who live up to Entry Criteria.

For those producers failing to be included in the list, it'll become difficult for them to apply for loans from banks, obtain import and export qualification certificates from Ministry of Commerce, and even acquire sufficient electricity to satisfy production needs. Nonetheless, these unqualified producers can apply for entering this list next year as this list is updated yearly.

Obviously, the Interim Measures will drive ammonium phosphate producers to innovate their existing ammonium phosphate facility in line with the Entry Criteria. If ammonium phosphate producers still fail to meet the Entry Criteria at the end of 2013, they will be incapable of maintaining stable production.

In short, the Interim Measures will further promote energy saving and emission reduction and eliminate backward production capacity of phosphate fertilizer. Besides, along with the high cost of entry, it will also accelerate the integration in phosphate fertilizer industry.

Source: Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1205
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Content of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report 1205:
Phosphorus Ore
Company Dynamics: Replacement of cooperator promotes asset injection scheme of Hubei Xingfa
Industry Dynamics: Phosphorus ore moves closer to be feedstock of hydrogen fluoride
Policy & Legislation: Five new measures to further regulate phosphorus resources exploitation
Company Dynamics: Kailin Group preparing for expansion of phosphorus ore capacity
Yellow Phosphorus
New Application: Yellow phosphorus off-gas to show huge economic value
Phosphate Fertilizer
New Application: Phosphogypsum expected to be applied as soil conditioner in China
Company Dynamics: Kingenta's foreignshare holders to cash in stocks
Policy & Legislation: MIIT to further standardize existing ammonium phosphate producers
Fine Phosphate Chemical
Industry Dynamics: Booming semiconductor industry expect to drive high purity phosphoric acid
Industry Dynamics: Phosphorus chemicals alliance set up for making a breakthrough
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Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 15th of every month, provides you the latest information on company dynamic, industry dynamic, factors impacting the price fluctuation, technology improvement, supply & demand of China's phosphorus industry.

(Guangzhou China, May 15, 2012)

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Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/30/2012 -- On 30 March 2012, Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited (Global Sweeteners) announced that it has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Cargill, Incorporated (Cargill) to acquire 50% equity interest in Global Bio-chem-Cargill (Holdings) Limited (Global Bio-chem-Cargill, a subsidiary of Cargill) and 10% equity interest in GBT- Cargill High Fructose (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (GBT- Cargill) from the latter, with a total investment of USD4.2 million. In fact, GBT- Cargill was established in 2001 as a joint venture of Global Sweeteners and Cargill and it is engaged in producing F42. Upon the completion of the acquisition, these two companies will both become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Global Sweeteners, which will help Global Sweeteners to strengthen its operational efficiency and develop its high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) business, according to CCM's May issue of Sweeteners China News.

The following reasons are mainly responsible for Global Sweeteners' acquisition. Firstly, it's the increasing market demand for HFCS that drives the company to acquire equity interests in HFCS companies. HFCS has been widely used in the food and beverage industry. Especially because of the surge of sucrose price in China since 2011, many food and beverage companies have switched to other sweetening ingredients and HFCS is considered to be a good substitute for sucrose. HFCS tastes better than sucrose and its sweeteness will increase with the drop of temperature. Besides, it costs less than sucrose does as a food additive. Therefore, the strong demand for HFCS drives Global Sweeteners' acquisition. In fact, to meet the huge demand from China's food and beverage sector for sweetener products, except its previously existing F42 (F42 and F55 are two main kinds of HFCS) production facility in Shanghai, the company had also constructed a new F55 production line with capacity of 100,000t/a in the same production site and the construction was completed in Oct. 2011, and thus Global Sweeteners' capacity of HFCS was up to 220,000t/a.

Secondly, Global Sweeteners acquires HFCS companies in order to improve its product structure. In view of Global Sweeteners, the HFCS joint venture with Cargill was a success and had helped Global Sweeteners and Cargill to pioneer in China's HFCS market. However, F42 business of Global Sweeteners didn't perform well, and its gross profit fell from USD2.5 million in 2010 to USD 1.4 million in 2011. Besides, F55 is used more and more widely and many users are switching to F55. In consideration of this, Global Sweeteners revealed that it is considering a range of options to revamp the existing F42 facilities, in order to either complement other production lines or to adjust its product structure.

Thirdly, the acquisition will increase Global Sweeteners' cash level. According to the announcement, as of 29 March 2012, Global Bio-chem Cargill and GBT- Cargill have tangible assets of about USD4.4 million with no interest-bearing bank borrowing. The total cash balances in above two company amounted to about USD14.1 million while Global Bio-chem Cargill has dividend payable to Cargill which amounts to USD2.6 million. Thus directors of Global Sweeteners believe that the agreement will not only strengthen the management flexibility over the production planning, but also increase the company's cash level.

According to Mr. Kong, the chairman of Global Sweeteners, the termination of the joint venture agreement will free the company to develop HFCS business according to its own strategies and at its own pace. Moreover, the sales and purchase agreement will enable the company to have full control over the F42 plant, which will allow it to better utilize the production facility and strengthen the operational efficiency upon the completion of the agreement.

Source: Sweeteners China News 1205
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Content of Sweeteners China News 1205:
- Output of Chinese food additives reaches 7.62 million tonnes in 2011
- Nanning Sugar encounters net profit loss in Q1 2012
- Annual National Conference of Sucrose 2012 held in Yunnan
- Global sugar surplus to exceed 6 million tonnes
- Food additive glycyrrhiza may withdraw from Chinese market
- Shandong Longlive declares long-term development strategy
- High concentration may promote China's sucralose industry in 2012
- Saccharin facing possible elimination in China
- Mogroside may become second most popular natural sweetener
- Market overview of China's HFCS till April 2012
- Opinion solicitation for national standards of three sugar alcohols ongoing
- Cyclamate industry impervious to food safety incidents
- Sorbitol expansion of Tongchuang Biotechnology to complete in H2 2012
- Crystalline fructose to be Xiwang Sugar's key development focus
- Global Sweeteners acquires equity interests in HFCS from Cargill

If you are interested in CCM International's March issue of Sweeteners China News, please do not hesitate to contact us by +86-20-37616606, or email us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

(Guangzhou China, May 7, 2012)

Sweeteners China News is a monthly newsletter published by CCM International Limited. Based on China market, CCM offers timely update and close follow up of China's various kind of sweeteners market dynamics, analyze the market data and trends, Major columns include market dynamic, company dynamic, raw material supply, price update, import & export analysis, Consumption Trend & Competitiveness.

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Due to different kinds of reasons, some domestic large PPC producers delayed or slowed down the expansion projects. Nevertheless, the future of PPC industry will be better.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/29/2012 -- Now many domestic PPC (poly propylene carbonate) producers delayed or slowed down their expansion projects, which were planned in latest few years, according to CCM International's May issue of Biomaterials China News.

A project with the capacity of 3,000 t/a PPC plastic is abolished in 2011 attributed to the immature technology and facility. The production line is owned by China National Offshore Oil New Material Co., Ltd., (CNOOC New Material) a level-three subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). CNOOC New Material began this project's R&D in 2004, cooperated with Changchun Applied Chemistry Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Changchun Applied Chemistry Institute) , and started the construction on July 31, 2007. Before it was abolished, the project had been called off and examined twice. A staffer from the technology development department of CNOOC said the examinations were because the facility was out of order.

The start of an expansion project with the capacity of 10,000 t/a PPC plastic will delay to H2 2012 from March 2010. Mr. Zhang, Manager of Inner Mongolia Mengxi High-Tech Group Co., Ltd. (Mengxi High-Tech), said they planned to add a production line with capacity of 10,000 t/a on March 2, 2010, and they had already started R&D from 2002. However, the expansion hasn't begun by now. A salesman said the delay was because of technology; now the problem had been solved, so they planned to restart the expansion in H2 2012. The expansion would be divided into 3 phases, and at last, the capacity would increase to 50,000 t/a. In 2004, Mengxi High-Tech cooperated with Changchun Applied Chemistry Institute and constructed the first domestic PPC production line with the capacity of 3,000 t/a.

Another expansion production line with capacity of 25,000 t/a PPC resin of Jiangsu Jinlong-CAS Chemical Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Jinlong) also gives place to the company's another project. In 2009, Jiangsu Jinlong finished the PPC resin production line with capacity of 22,000 t/a. They planned to expand the capacity to 100,000 t/a in 2011, and the first phase with capacity of 25,000 t/a should be finished before 2012. They also made preparation to be listed thanks to the joint of VC fund. But on April 18, 2012, a staffer of Jiangsu Jinlong said the PPC resin program was slowed down, because the company wanted to speed up the construction of another program, and the PPC resin program would be completed in 2013. Jiangsu Jinlong cooperated with Guangzhou Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Guangzhou Institute) in technology.

Another new PPC plastic program's construction is very slow. The program belongs to Guangzhou Tiancheng chemical Co., Ltd., an especially new company for the PPC program, established by the cooperation of Guangzhou Honsea Sunshine Bio Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Tinci Holdings Ltd. and Sun Yat-sen University. They signed the contract in October 2007, whose planned capacity was 60,000 t/a. The first phase was 10,000 t/a, which should be completed in four years. But now, the program is still in foundation construction.

For these companies, the problems for them to delay, slow down or even give up their PPC programs are mainly from technology, market and cost.

Technology is the first barrier for PPC industry.

Both CNOOC New Material and Mengxi High-Tech have suffered the technology constraint. One of them gave up and the other spent 10 years on R&D. Currently, four domestic mainly carbon dioxide degradable plastics technology are developed by Changchun Applied Chemistry Institute, Guangzhou Institute, Sun Yat-sen University and Tianjin University. Based on their technology, both catalyst and raw material are expensive, and then the PPC cost is very high, which leads to the high sales price.

Source: Biomaterials China News 1205
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Main content of Biomaterials China News 1205:
- China PPC industry grows in twists and turns
- Overview of PLA import and export in China, 2007-2011
- Guangxi Guangwei to gain extra USD19.0 million to support the product line construction of bio-material PVC
- Zhejiang Fuling Plastic established academician workstation
- Kingfa works hard to promote its biodegradable shopping bags
- NatureWorks to expand PLA capacity in Thailand
- Xinfu Pharmaceutical changed its abbreviation to *ST Xinfu in SZSE
- Chinese cassava starch price remains at a low level
- China strengthens regulation of corn industry
- Largest domestic BDO project completed its first phase
- Bio-based and biodegradable plastic additives gain new breakthrough
- Ecomann PHA industrialization technology won Jining Awards for Science
- HTT to develop new degradable polyester

(Guangzhou China, May 10, 2012)

Biomaterials China News, with 12 to 14 topics in one issue, published on the 8th every month, will bring you the latest information on the latest market dynamics, company dynamics, new biomaterials products, new biomaterials technology development, new legislations and policies and raw material supply dynamics that are shaping the market.

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Driven by the booming market, resource advantage and Chinese government's encourage, Chinese fluoropolymer industry attracts more and more foreign investment in resent years.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/25/2012 -- The Chinese government has promulgated some policies and legislations, such as the Guided Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2011) and the 12th Five-year Development Plan of China Fluorine Chemical Industry (2011-2015), to encourage the development of fluoropolymer industry in China. CCM International's April Issue of China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report also indicates that driven by the booming market, resource advantage and Chinese government's encourage, Chinese fluoropolymer industry attracts more and more foreign investment in resent years. Especially in Chinese PVDF industry, some multinationals have planned to invest in it and it will maintain rapid growth in the 12th Five-year Plan Period.

Simultaneously, driven by the soaring price and tight supply of fluorite from 2010 to 2011, many fluoride companies are seeking for upstream integration. In March 2012, Dongyue Group claimed that the company is in the process of acquiring two mining areas' exploration licenses in Wulate Middle Banner, Bayannaoer City, Inner Mongolia. In addition, Zhejiang Yongtai released that the company had completed the acquisition of 20% share of Yongfei Chemical, who is specialized in the manufacturing and sale of HF.

However, influenced by the depression of economy at home and abroad, the market situation of fluorine chemical downstream industries is dismal, which leads to the week demand for most fluorite chemicals from January to March 2012. In March 2012, the prices of most fluorite chemicals keep falling.

How will China's PVDF industry develop during the 12th Five-year Plan Period? What is import situation of domestic PTFE fiber? How about the price trend of domestic PTFE? What was the import and export situation of fluoride chemicals in China in Feb. 2012? You might find all answers in April Issue of China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report.

The latest issue covers:
-Zhejiang Juhua planed to construct an HFC-125 production line with capacity of 10,000t/a with Honeywell International's production technique.
-The average price of aluminum fluoride in China remains low and it's unlikely to rise in a short time.
- Domestic price of HFC-134a will fall slightly in the second quarter of 2012.
- In 2011, DFD achieves USD16.58 million of operating profit, doubling that in 2010 and LiPF6 has been its new point of profit growth in the future.
- ANOKY plans to purchase Color Root Hubei, which is the only fluorine-containing reactive dyes producer in China.

China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report only costs you USD 2,325 per year. And it's in big promotion now. If you subscribe during 15th Apr. 2012 and 15th May. 2012, you can get one year with 2 extra free issues. If you need more information about it, please feel free to contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

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A free stevia sweetener webinar was held successfully by CCM International at 16:30 (GMT+8, Beijing Time) on Apr. 26, 2012. The webinar has achieved great success.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/25/2012 -- A free stevia sweetener webinar was held successfully by CCM International, a leading market research consulting company in China, at 16:30 (GMT+8, Beijing Time) on April 26, 2012. The webinar has achieved great success. 30 people registered this webinar and about 20 delegates from famous food & beverage giants, such as Tate & Lyle, Cargill, Danone, DSM, Roquette, Tampico etc. attended the event. Most of the attendees felt satisfied about the webinar and some showed great interested about the sweetener information.

Anson Chan, Speaker of this webinar, introduced the market and dynamic of China's sweetener market, focusing on the stevia sweetener market. By analyzing the drivers and barriers, he also indicated the future development of the stevia sweetener industry in China. "As for the stevia sweetener, It is estimated develop slowly in 2012 due to unfavorable demand. On one side, the demand from oversea market may continue to be weak. On the other side, domestic demand for stevia sweeteners may develop smoothly." Stevia sweetener is believed to have a prospect future in China.

CCM International has been systematically studying on sweeteners market in China and the world. We have very rich experience of the development of sweeteners industry. With five years' time, we have developed complete series of sweetener product, which mainly contains reports, newsletters and database of sweetener. Actually, all the market information shared during the webinar is from CCM International's report of the fifth edition report of Production and market of Stevia Sweetener in China.

The company is now launching an Extra Discount Program of sweetener from May 1 ~ June 1, 2012. In the sweetener promotion season, each sweetener product purchase of above USD 2000 can get USD 1000 coupon. If you need further information, please contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

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China plans to build up 26.67 million ha. of high standard farmland in the period of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015).

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/25/2012 -- Aiming to decrease the grain security risk brought up by the declining area of arable land and reinforce national grain security guarantee ability, China plans to increase the area of arable land by 1.6 million ha. during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), based on CCM International's latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

On 24 April, 2012, Ministry of Land and Resources of China (MLR) held a news briefing interpreting the policy released on 26 March, 2012, namely National Land Consolidation Planning (2011-2015). According to Dong Zuoji, an official from MLR, China will make great effort to the consolidation of land in the rural and city areas, especially those rural construction lands that are now abandoned, idle and inefficiently used. He said that within four years time from now on, China will increase effective area of arable land by 1.6 million ha. before 2015.

Moreover, despite the plan above, China also plans to build up high standard farmland of 26.67 million ha. during this period. This kind of farmland is with many advantages compared with normal farmland in China, such as well-equipped facilities, high and stable yield, good ecological environment, strong anti-disaster capacity. The total investment of the plan is predicted to reach USD95.24 million. After the construction of the high standard farmland project, China's grain production capacity is predicted to increase by 25,000,000t/a.

The plan will be executed in several stages in four years time. So far, the first stage of the plan has been issued to 31 provincial governments and municipal governments in China. The goal of the plan in first stage is to finish the construction of the high standard farmland with an area of 6.67 million ha. in 2012. The remaining 20 million ha. of the construction area is regulated to be finished in the coming three years. Actually, the construction of high standard farmland is also considered to be a different way for Chinese government to encourage large-scale plantations in China.

As the urbanization in China is speeding up, the arable land in China has been shrinking quickly in the past few years. Stopping the arable land shrinking and defending the red line of 120 million ha. of arable land have became urgent tasks for the Chinese government. Even though it has carried out policies to stimulate peasants' planting enthusiasm, the prices of main grains have been restrained by the Chinese government at a certain level to maintain the stablization of prices. Thus the peasants' income still remains at a relatively low level which leads to the continuous shrinking of arable land area.

Eyeing the area of arable land can't be efficiently increased, the quality of the arable land is considered to be a very important factor for improving grain capacity. It has been calculated by an agricultural department in Shandong Province that grain output will increase by about 2.25 tonnes while the area of high standard of basic farmland increases for one ha. With the prediction that Chinese population will reach the peak in 2030, China has to build up at least 66.67 million ha. of high standard farmland to meet the grain demand.

Source: Crop Protection China News 1208
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Content of Crop Protection China News 1208:
China to build up large areas of high standard farmland in 2011-2015
Jiangsu Yangnong: net profit surges by 40.73% in Q1 2012
Jiangsu Changqing to rebuild imidacloprid production line
Thaihot Group to accelerate expansion in organic fluorine industry
Nanjing Redsun to found a pesticide subsidiary
China: lots of work need to be done on pesticide residue
Agricultural enterprises show great interest in unmanned helicopter spraying market
Planting acreage of early rice in China realizes recovery growth
Wheat diseases and pests to seriously occur in 2012

Crop Protection China News, a semimonthly publication issued by CCM International on 15th and 30th(31st) of every month, aims to gain a deep insight into Chinese market, supply the latest market data and strategy support, analyze the newest legislation and policy and grasp the future market trend.

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Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/22/2012 -- As an important material of many chemicals, such as MDI and rubber ingredients, the R&D of aniline in China is started in 1958, by Jilin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. And it has kept a strong growth since the 1980s.

MDI industry and rubber ingredient industry is expected to be the largest two consumption fields of aniline in the next five years where opportunities lie. We can see that the consumption of aniline in MDI industry and rubber ingredient industry increased so fast in the past few years, they became the largest and second largest consumption field of aniline in China, with occupation of over 65% and 16% respectively. What's more, their occupation in aniline market increase faster than those of other downstream fields, so the occupation of other fields is expected to decline in the next few years.

In order to point out the facts of the aniline industry in China and discuss the future trend, CCM International presents you the 4th Edition Report of Production and Market of Aniline in China. The report focuses on the following aspects:

-Current capacity distribution among producers, including captive and non-captive capacity,
-Import/export situation of aniline and its raw material nitrobenzene,
-Price change of aniline in recent years,
-Consumption pattern of aniline by downstream fields,
-Key driving factors and barriers to aniline industry in the next five years

Aniline has enjoyed fast development since the 1980s. However, a large quantity of aniline was needed to be imported because that the production of aniline still failed to meet demand in domestic market before 2004.

Since 2004, the capacity of aniline in China soared sharply and little aniline was imported since then. After about three years' capacity expansion, China's aniline industry entered a stage of overcapacity in 2007. And impacted by the world economic crisis in 2008 and 2009, both the demand and output of aniline in China dropped during this period. Luckily, started in H2 2009, Chinese government carried out a series of stimulus package to support the development of aniline industry, the industry began to recover since then. And both the production and market of aniline in China enjoyed a prosperous time during H2 2009 to 2010, which drove many producers decide to enlarge their capacity of aniline. And these expansion plans have been proved irrational and inappropriate afterwards. Especially after Yantai Wanhua, the largest consumer of aniline in China, launches its own aniline production line in early 2011, the situation of overcapacity in China gets worse.

If you need more detail of this report, please feel free to contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

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April issue of Dairy Products China News covers a range of sector developments but stand outs are Wahaha seeking dairy farms in Australia and Fonterra looking to expand its dairy farms in China.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/22/2012 -- CCM International's April issue of Dairy Products China News has newly published recently. The latest issue covers a range of sector developments but stand outs are Wahaha seeking dairy farms in Australia and Fonterra looking to expand its dairy farms in China. Heading to farm in either direction demands deep pockets and political goodwill. The idea of partnerships to facilitate such ventures – whether between Fonterra and Shanghai Pengxin or others – may make a lot of sense.

Certainly producing milk in China has state support: the Chinese Government wants international dairy companies to establish industrial-style farms to produce high quality fresh milk for its consumers weary of food scares centred on dairy products. Ironically perhaps – although in truth this signifies a structural adjustment in the sector which should surprise no-one – the corollary of this is that for many dairy farmers in China life is getting harder. The recent reduced prices for milk being paid by Wondersun in Heilongjiang present a contrast to the April prices rises from Mead Johnson and Nestle. Such price rises appear to have limited impact on sales, reflecting the specifics of the product category.

At a wide level, unexpectedly low import figures for March 2012 reflect modest levels of domestic demand in China. These are figures to watch as private consumption needs to rise to reduce the need for investment spending. Doubters over the economy's future are not hard to find, although most private sector forecasters remain positive. The Asian Development Bank, for one, expects GDP to rise to 8.5% in 2012 and consumption to grow by 12% in 2012 and 2013, reflecting higher wages and rising government expenditure on social services. It believes the latter will encourage Chinese consumers to save less: going on price trends, they may well have to. Please check the April Issue of Dairy Products China News to discover more.

Headline News in the latest issue include:
-Recently, several large-scale grain & food processors have made steps towards further diversification – a sign of trends in the market which seem likely to accelerate in the future.
-In late February, the General Administration of Customs of China confirms a higher tariff on milk powder imported from New Zealand from 1 March.
-On 6 March, the State Council issues a new policy to support the development of leading agriculture enterprises in line with recent trends in the agribusiness sector.
-Yunnan launches a guideline for the formulation of local food safety standards which is being implemented from 1 April.
-On 14 March, Yili announces its investment programme and development goals for 2012, shortly after the release of its full report for 2011.
-On 3 March, Wahaha reveals its plans for dairy farming in Australia, in line with the company's diversification and integration strategies.

Dairy Products China News, is co-published by CCM International & Orrani Consulting, which is unique in combining genuinely global experience in the dairy industry. Dairy Products China News brings you the latest information on new market dynamics, company dynamics, new dairy products and consumption trend, new legislations and policies and raw milk supply dynamics that are shaping the market. If you need more information of this newsletter, please feel free to contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

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CCM International’s Survey of Global Mancozeb will present you the details of registeration, supply, demand, market price, key producer and future trend of mancozeb in global market.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/22/2012 -- Mancozeb, a broad-spectrum fungicide, introduced in 1962 but still plays a significant role in the world fungicide market. It is used on a wide variety of food/feed crops, including fruit trees, vegetable crops, field crops, etc. Mancozeb can control early blight, late blight, anthracnose, rust, downy mildew, etc. The demand of mancozeb is increasing year by year, and its global capacity increased largely during 2003 to 2009. With its market value reaching USD400 million in 2009, mancozeb's global capacity is estimated to exceed 220,000t/a in 2010. What is the overall information of mancozeb registration, supply, demand, international trade flows and market price in global market? What are the 2012 – 2016 future trends of above aspects respectively?

As one of the most popular bulk commodities of fungicides, mancozeb is manufactured concentrate on Asia-pacific, South America and Europe. In recent years, global market of mancozeb has had some changes. The Asia-pacific, shares the largest percent of global mancozeb market, and China and India are the largest producers of mancozeb in Asia-pacific. Furthermore, South America also has a big share of mancozeb market, but its production bases nearly serve for North America market. The U.S. is the represent country. Most of the mancozeb is exported to the U.S. European market deserves attention as it takes up a large part of total mancozeb market share in the world. About 80% of European mancozeb is consumed by itself. How does mancozeb industry develop in major countries, such as China, India, Australia, Thailand, USA etc? What are the registration, supply, demand, and future forecast of mancozeb in these countries?

In addition, some huge producers of mancozeb had some merger projects and there are some policies related to mancozeb in some countries, which would certainly have influence on the global market of mancozeb. For example, UPL purchased the fungicide business which including the mancozeb technical business in the world and related property from DuPont in June 2010. What's more, Dow AgroScience India was resisted by Indian government due to its bribe on pesticide registration. These factors probably make the global circulation situation of mancozeb change. What are the company dynamics of key mancozeb manufacturers in the world, including Dow AgroSciences, UPL, Bayer, Du Pont etc?

All questions will be answered in CCM International's upcoming report of Survey of Global Mancozeb. The report is expected to come out in May, 2012. If you need more detail of this report, please feel free to contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

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Domestic tomato processing industry sees continuous gloom mainly owing to overcapacity and slack sales in overseas market.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/22/2012 -- China, a world's leading tomato paste producer, apart from the U.S. and Italy, witnessed continuous gloom of tomato processing industry in 2011, mainly caused by domestic overcapacity and slack sales in overseas market. The sluggish tomato processing industry would probably reduce the operating rate of tomato processing enterprises and lower farmers' enthusiasm for planting processing tomato in 2012, according to CCM International's April Issue of Seed China News.

For tomato processing enterprises, 2011 was a tough year, with operating results inferior to previous years.

For example, Xinjiang Chalkis Co., Ltd. (Chalkis), a listed company specialized in tomato paste producing and marketing, predicted on 31 Jan. 2011 that it would have an unbelievably poor performance in 2011, with net loss hitting USD136.25 million (RMB880 million). Chalkis mainly contributes its heavy loss to the depressed export price of tomato paste and the soaring production cost.

COFCO Tunhe Co., Ltd. (COFCO Tunhe), the largest tomato processor in China, also suffered unsatisfactory performance in tomato processing business, with the operating profit margin decreasing from 20.31% in 2010 to 14.55% in 2011. The company blames its decreased profit in tomato paste to continuous price downturn, increasing cost and sluggish overseas market. In 2011, COFCO Tunhe totally achieved net profit of USD5.01 million (RMB32.38 million), thanks to considerable government subsidies and investment returns.

Gansu Dunhuang Seed Co., Ltd. (Gansu Dunhuang), a dominant seed company, also witnessed deficit in tomato paste business in 2011. Revealed by Gansu Dunhuang, its subsidiary engaged in tomato paste processing presents a net loss of USD1.28 million (RMB8.27 million) in 2011, heavier over the previous year, mainly owing to domestic overcapacity and decreased export.

Leading tomato processors were so depressed in 2011, not to mention small and medium ones which generally suffered serious deficits in 2011, even facing business failures.

According to industry insiders, tomato processing companies have made rapid capacity expansion during the past few years, causing the current overcapacity and intense competition. Since most tomato paste produced by domestic companies is sold abroad, the sluggish tomato paste market in Europe and the U.S. has made their performance even worse in 2011. Moreover, the depressed price and the soaring cost have posed greater challenges to domestic tomato processors.

In view of the slack sales and oversupply, tomato processing companies would significantly cut their production capacity in 2012. It is expected that most tomato paste manufacturers would have to deal with large stocks to return funds.

It is released that at present COFCO Tunhe Co., Ltd. (COFCO Tunhe) whose capacity of tomato paste is over 350,000t/a, still has a large number of stocks of tomato paste, with constant downturn in export. Actually, COFCO Tunhe has planned to put more efforts to enhance its sugar processing business in future.

As for Gansu Dunhuang Seed Co., Ltd. (Gansu Dunhuang), it has already transferred most of the investment originally in tomato processing project into corn seed business at the end of 2011.strong resistance and high quality will be continuously promoted for the protection of food security in China.

The gloomy tomato processing industry would seriously affect farmers' enthusiasm for planting processing tomato. It can be predicted that the planting area of processing tomato in 2012 would keep declining, following the significant decrease in 2011.

In China, processing tomato planting is mainly concentrated in Xinjiang, Gansu and Inner Mongolia. Xinjiang, as the largest production base of processing tomato at home, owns planting area of processing tomato of around 64,000 ha. In 2011, the output of processing tomato reached 4.35 million tonnes in Xinjiang, accounting for 15% of the world's total yield. With more than 110 tomato processing companies, Xinjiang annually exports over 700,000 tonnes of tomato paste to over 100 countries and regions in the world.

Source: Seed China News 1204
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Content of Seed China News 1204:
Winall Hi-tech vigorously expands business 2011
Shandong Denghai: both revenue and net profit increase in 2011
Hefei Fengle's net profit down 39.21% in 2011
WanXiang Doneed: sharp growth in net profit 2011
Domestic tomato processing industry sees overcapacity
Corn single-grain sowing technology promoted rapidly in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain
Longping High-tech suspends listing for asset restructuring
Grand Agriseeds to control a large rice seed company
Vegetable seed technological innovation incubator opened in Shouguang, Shandong
Domestic scientists successfully transplant oil palm plantlet

Seed China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 30th of every month, offers timely update and close follow-up of China's seed industry dynamics, analyzes market data and finds out factors influencing market development

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CCM International’s Second Edition Report of The Global Market of Yellow Phosphorus presents you the global flow of yellow phosphorus and its future trend.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/22/2012 -- As a non-renewable resource, yellow phosphorus is attracting more and more attention in the world. The global yellow phosphorus production is highly concentrated, mainly in China, the USA, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, India and Vietnam. Except the Netherlands and India, phosphate ore, the main raw material of yellow phosphorus in other countries, is supplied by themselves.

The global yellow phosphorus consumption is distributed in the major production countries and major import ones. Thermal phosphoric acid takes the largest share, and next are phosphorus trichloride and phosphorus pentasulfide. Has the situation remained in the past few years? What are the differences among major players in the world? How will the future scenario be in the world and in different countries?

How does the situation differ among the world major yellow phosphorus exporters, such as China, Kazakhstan, Netherlands and the USA? Same question to the major import countries, as Germany, Japan, Poland, Czech Republic, India and the USA?

With the restriction of yellow phosphorus export in some countries and the global economic depression, what is the situation of the global yellow phosphorus industry in 2011, and what will be its future prospect?

CCM International, a leading market research consulting company in China, will launch the Second Edition Report of The Global Market of Yellow Phosphorus, which is estimated to be published in May, 2012. The report mainly focus on China, USA, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, analyzing the supply/demand & production situation in these 4 countries. And it also presents you the major consumption fields of yellow phosphorus. Most importantly, the report will indicate the global flow of yellow phosphorus and its future trend. If you are interested in this report, please feel free to contact us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

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Driven by the booming market, resource advantage and Chinese government's encourage, China's PVDF industry will maintain rapid growth during the 12th Five year Plan Period (2011-2015).

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/18/2012 -- China's PVDF industry developed rapidly from 2006 to 2011 and it will maintain rapid growth during the 12th Five-year Plan Period, driven by the booming market, resource advantage and Chinese government's encourage, according to CCM's April Issue of China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report.

With a booming market, China's PVDF industry has grew rapidly from 2006 to 2011. In 2010, the total capacity of PVDF has reached 6,000t/a, sextuple of that in 2006. Simultaneously, the output of PVDF has soared from 300 tonnes in 2006 to 4,400 tonnes in 2010.

In 2011, because some new production lines of PVDF came into operation, the capacity of PVDF soared to 13,500t/a, and its output soared to 8,400 tonnes. In March 2011, Arkema (Changshu) Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Arkema Changshu) launched a new PVDF production line with capacity of 5,000t/a, accounting for 37% of the total in China. Moreover, the PVDF capacity of Shanghai 3F New Material Co., Ltd. (Shanghai 3F) has also reached 5,000t/a in 2011.

Nevertheless, driven by the booming market, resource advantage and government's encourage, it's foreseeable that China's PVDF industry will maintain rapid growth during the 12th Five-year Plan Period.

In order to meet the growing market demand for PVDF, some PVDF producers in China has planned to extend the production. On Jan. 6th, 2011, Arkema announced that intending to meet the fast-growing demand for PVDF resins, the company had decided to speed up the development of Arkema Changshu and to increase the plant capacity by 50% by the middle of 2012. It means that Arkema Changshu's PVDF capacity will reach about 7,000t/a in the middle of 2012.

On April 10th, 2012, Miss He, the securities services representative of Shanghai 3F claimed that in order to meet the gradually increasing demand for PVDF, the company will gradually extend the PVDF production capacity to 10,000t/a.

Apart from the booming market, resource advantage and Chinese government's encourage has attracted multinationals to invest in China's PVDF industry.

Kureha Corp. (Kureha), a Japan-based fluorochemical producer, announced in September 2011 that it is to invest USD78.74 million to construct a new factory in Changshu, Jiangsu Province. With a designed capacity of 5,000t/a for PVDF, the construction will start in the next summer and will complete in spring 2014.

Solvay Group, a Belgium-based high-performance specialty polymers producer, announced in June 2011 that it had launched a project to build a specialty polymers production plant for PVDF in China. The plant will be built at Solvay's industrial site in Changshu in Jiangsu Province and is scheduled to become operational at the beginning of 2014.

In recent years, Chinese government has restricted the fluorite export. Therefore, multinationals outside China are facing fluorite resource shortage, especially for those based in Japan. Simultaneously, Chinese government has promulgated some policies and legislations, such as the Guided Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2011) and the 12th Five-year Development Plan of China Fluorine Chemical Industry, to encourage the development of fluoropolymer industry in China.

Source: China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report 1204
http://www.cnchemicals.com/Newsletter/NewsletterDetail_241.html

Main content of China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report 1204:
Dongyue Group to acquire two mining areas' exploration licenses
Zhejiang Juhua to construct production line of HFC-125 with importing technique
Shanghai 3F launches the first phase of HFO-1234yf production for Dupont
Price of HFC-134a to fall in Q2 2012 in China
Zhejiang Yongtai completes the acquisition of 20% share of Yongfei Chemical
The average price of aluminum fluoride remains low in China
China's PVDF industry to maintain rapid growth in 12th Five-year Plan Period
Trend of domestic PTFE price is still downward
Sannong to construct 11,500t/a organic fluoride project
Domestic PTFE fiber to substitute for import product foot by foot
DFD achieves business growth in 2011, LiPF6 to be profit growth point
ANOKY plans to purchase Color Root Hubei
Import and Export analysis of fluoride chemicals in China in Feb. 2012

China Fluoride Materials Monthly Report, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 20th of every month, covers the sectors on policy & legislation, company dynamic, supply & demand, price update, etc. of China's fluoride material market. It will help you follow the dynamic throughout the whole value chain immediately.

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With the recent release of different policies in China, as one of strategic emerging industries, biomaterial industry will undoubtedly enter a stage of rapid development.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/18/2012 -- China announces to cut its GDP growth target to 7.5% in 2012, according to Premier Wen Jiabao's announcement in his government work report delivered to the National People's Congress on March 5th , 2012. This is the first time for the Chinese government to lower its economic growth target after its years-long efforts to maintain an 8% economic growth rate for seven consecutive years. The major reason of cutting GDP growth target is that the Chinese government plans to focus on accelerating the transformation of the pattern of economic development and making economic development more sustainable and efficient so as to achieve higher-level and higher-quality development over a longer period of time.

Meanwhile, the Chinese government has been releasing a series of "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", such as the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for New Materials Industry", the "Plan for Grain Processing Industry (2011-2020)", the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Industrial Technology Innovation (2011-2015)", the "Twelfth Five-Year Implementation Plan for Multiple Utilization of Crop Stalk", the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Clean Production", etc. Based on the above policies, as one of strategic emerging industries, biomaterial industry will undoubtedly enter a stage of rapid development.

The April Issue of Biomaterials China News published by CCM International covers all the information above. It provides you the latest policies, market trend, market dynamics, company dynamics, new biomaterials products and new biomaterials technology development of biomaterial industry. Followings are the headline news in the latest issue:
India Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) published a ban on cotton export on March 5, 2012, and then it was canceled on March 12, 2012, which has limited influence on Chinese cotton market.
On March 13, 2012, Shanghai Lyocell Fiber received ecological certification from Switzerland Validation Test Textile.
Yibin Hmei is making efforts to promoting its silkworm chrysalis protein fiber in domestic market.
Hayley Ann is growing fast currently, which may gain great success.
Jiangsu Xinmin is actively accelerating R&D of PBST
On March 29, 2012, Wuhan Huali starts to construct its new research & production base in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, and their capacity will expand to 100,000t/a in the next two years from 40,000t/a.
China Hi-tech Group will take more measures to support Bao Ding Swan to accelerate cellulosic fiber industrialization.
More and more domestic companies are investing in lignin production and domestic lignin product types are becoming diversified.
Corn price has kept increasing from November 2011, due to its loss of supply and demand balance in domestic market in the short period.

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Domestic MSG industry suffers a lower profit level in 2011 than 2010, majorly due to the significant increase in raw material cost.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/18/2012 -- Based on the 2011 annual report of Meihua Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (Meihua Group) and the Announcement of Annual Results for the Year Ended 31 Dec. 2011 of Fufeng Group Limited (Fufeng Group), top 2 monosodium glutamate (MSG) producers in China, as well as CCM International's latest report, Production and Market of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) in China, published in Feb. 2012, it's found that China's MSG industry suffered a lower profit level in 2011 than 2010, majorly due to the significant increase in raw material cost, according to CCM International's April issue of Corn Products China News.

In fact, the gross margins of Meihua Group and Fufeng Group both saw a decrease in 2011 over those in 2010, majorly caused by the poor performance of their MSG businesses. Specifically, the gross margin of Meihua Group's MSG and GA (glutamic acid) business declined to 22.8% in 2011 from 32.9% in 2010. And that of Fufeng Group's MSG segment including products of MSG, GA, fertilizers, threonine, corn oil, branched-chain amino acid, chicken powder, starch sweeteners, etc, also declined to 16.1% in 2011 from 22.7% in 2010. (TABLE)

As a matter of fact, the larger increase scale of raw material cost than that of MSG price is the key factor for MSG's lower profit level in 2011. In line with Fufeng Group, its average sales price of MSG only rose by 1% to USD1,250/t in 2011 over that in 2010 (FIGURE), while the average market price of MSG's key raw material, corn starch, grew by 16.5% to USD494/t in 2011 according to CCM International, resulting in the profit decline in its MSG business.

But actually, MSG's demand in 2011 performed well in accordance with CCM International's MSG report: its domestic apparent consumption volume enjoyed a 4.3% increase to over 2 million tonnes compared with that in 2010. In the mean time, its export volume also saw a 40.0% increase to about 290,000 tonnes. So it's believed that there were other reasons to explain the small increase scale of MSG price, such as Fufeng Group's low price strategy.

In accordance with Fufeng Group's claim, it intentionally adopted low price strategy in 2011, in order to accelerate the elimination of small and inferior MSG producers in order to further increase industry concentration and Fufeng Group's market share in the industry. As Fufeng Group is the largest MSG producer in China, together with its 30% market share in domestic MSG industry in 2011 as it claimed, Fufeng Group's low sales price restrained the overall average market price of MSG to head up. Therefore, small producers without cost advantage were driven to suspend or even stop production for the low profit. And in fact, through this low price strategy, MSG's sales volume in Fufeng Group enjoyed a 25% increase in 2011, amounting to 615,630 tonnes compared with that in 2010.

Fufeng Group believes that the company will enjoy absolute competitive advantages and maintain its leadership in domestic MSG market in the future, because the company's annual MSG production capacity will increase to 1 million t/a by Q2 2012. And the company plans to keep adopting the low price strategy in 2012, trying to further increase the company's market share.

All in all, it's believed that MSG's industry concentration will keep increasing, with market share focused in several leading producers, like Meihua Group and Fufeng Group. By then, MSG's profit will increase to a reasonable level and become relatively stable. Besides, governmental restriction can facilitate the progress. In view of MSG's high pollution and overcapacity situation, Chinese government has encouraged to increase the product's industry concentration through eliminating inferior capacity in 2010 and 2011. Actually, in 2010, about 234,000t/a of MSG capacity was eliminated by government, accounting for 8.2% of the total capacity all over the country. Moreover, according to the 2011 edition of Guideline Catalogue for Industrial Restructuring (the Guideline) published in April 2011 by the National Development and Reform Commission, MSG industry will maintain being restrained from 2011 to 2015.

Source: Corn Product China News 1204
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Content of Corn Products China News 1204:
VC's output in China rises by 7% in 2011
Domestic output of L-arginine increases 34.8% in 2011
Chinese corn products Imp. & Exp. analysis in February 2012
Domestic citric acid price witnesses stability in April 2012
Domestic MSG industry suffers lower profit level in 2011
Analysis into starch sugar business of Xiwang Sugar and Global Sweeteners in 2011
Global Sweeteners will wholly own HFCS joint venture
Lysine contributes most to Global Bio-chem's good performance in 2011
Corn starch in China performs slightly poorly in 2011
Tongchuang Biotechnology to increase its 70% syrup sorbitol capacity to 200,000t/a in 2012
Cassava starch's import volume increases by 18.1% in 2011
Domestic corn price's growth rate slows down in April 2012

Corn Products China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 20th of every month, reveals the driving force of news stories and deeply analyzes the influence of trends and dynamics on domestic and international corn deep processing industry.

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Decreasing monochloromethane price compresses profit of glyphosate adopting glycine route, according to CCM International’s April Issue of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/18/2012 -- It's often said by professionals that glyphosate technical production adopting glycine route has the strongest competitiveness among the three routes (glycine, DEA, IDAN) because of its cost advantage, attributed to the recovery of monochloromethane, the by-product. However, the decreasing price of monochloromethane has compressed the profit margin of glyphosate technical adopting glycine route, according to CCM International's April Issue of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report.

In April 2012, the ex-works price of monochloromethane has descended to USD350/t (RMB2,200/t), down 18.5% over March 2012. Compared with that in Oct. 2011, monochloromethane price in April 2012 decreased by 46.3%. In fact, monochloromethane price has witnessed a sharp decline in the past half year (from Q3 2011 to Q1 2012). The average ex-works price of monochloromethane in the first three quarters of 2011 is over USD800/t (RMB5,000/t).

"The stagnant demand in downstream industry has led to price downturn of monochloromethane in the past half year, and the sale of monochloromethane has become a problematic," a market insider said.

The main end use of monochloromethane is organic silicon. Now the low operating rate of organic silicon, resulting from the overcapacity and competition from overseas product, has led to the stagnant monochloromethane demand and then price downtrend.

The average recovery rate is about 500kg by-product monochloromethane when producing one tonne of glyphosate technical, and the recovery cost of monochloromethane is about USD80/t (RMB500/t). Thus, the gross profit from monochloromethane recovery and sales is about USD95/t (RMB600/t) from glyphosate technical production in April 2012, compared with more than USD160/t (RMB1,000/t) from that in H1 2011.

While other glyphosate technical manufacturers sell out monochloromethane, Zhejiang Wynca Chemicals Industry Group Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Wynca) developed combined production technologies of glyphosate and organic silicon, and its monochloromethane is for private use. Coupled with the higher recovery rate, Zhejiang Wynca could gain more value in monochloromethane recovery. Some other glyphosate manufacturers, such as Sichuan Fuhua Tongda Agro-chemical Technology Co., Ltd., Hubei Xingfa Group (its subsidiary Hubei Taisheng Chemical are operating 40,000t/a glyphosate capacity) plans to develop downstream industry of monochloromethane.

Monochloromethane is mainly generated at hydrolysis process of glyphosate synthesis. The recovery process of monochloromethane includes four steps: water scrubbing, alkaline washing, drying and condensation.

Source: Glyphsoate China Monthly Report 1204
http://www.cnchemicals.com/Newsletter/NewsletterDetail_14.html

Content of Glyphsoate China Monthly Report 1204:
Anhui Huaxing saved from ST marking
Nantong Jiangshan:Technology improvement ensures sustainable development
Chaotic market of glyphosate 41% IPA
China bans mixed glyphosate formulation with glyphosate content lower than 30%
Treated mother liquid used to produce 30% glyphosate SL
Decreasing monochloromethane price compresses glyphosate profit
China's glyphosate demand to grow at CAGR of 9.5% in 2012-2016
Mixed formulation containing glyphosate salt and fomesafen salt
Glyphosate price slightly decreases in April 2012
Glyphosate export volume in Feb. 2012 increases by 3.1% MoM

Glyphosate China Monthly Report, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on 20th of every month, will keep track of latest dynamics, hotspots and competitiveness analysis, and forecasts on market trends of China's glyphosate industry.

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Demand for fluorine products is estimated to keep increasing steadily in the coming five years, which is considered to be the most important driven factor to China's fluorine chemical industry.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/18/2012 -- There is no doubt that fluorine industry has been one of the fastest developing and most promising chemical industries in China and China is the second largest economy in the world. Thus, fluorine chemicals, such as inorganic fluoride, refrigerant, fluor-polymer and fluor-intermediate four main sectors, are absolutely worth investigating.

In order to have a comprehensive understanding of fluorine industry, lots of investigation have been made. To inorganic fluoride, a widely investigation is made and not only traditional products, but also lithium hexafluorophosphate which is fast developed in the past two years, is further investigated. To fluor-refrigerant, HCFC-22, HFC-134a and HFC-410A are deeply surveyed and some valuable analysis has been done. To fluor-polymer, both resin and rubber is researched and a whole graphic is drawn. To fluor-intermediate, major synthesis routes are investigated and some exclusive opinions are raised. In the new report of CCM International's Survey of Fluorine Industry in China (Edition 2), details, analysis and forecast about each sector of fluorine industry in China mentioned above are presented.

As we know, after ten years of development and with the appreciated policies implemented, China has formed a complete industrial chain, from fluorite supply to each sector in downstream industry. However, most China's production of fluorine chemical concentrates in primary products so far, and there is a high proportion of these primary products for export.

Central Government adopts a series of policies to protect the fluorite resources and upgrade the industry structure. For example, exploitation quota has been set up since 2010 and it is predicted that the quota will be generally reduced in the coming five years. Moreover, fluorine chemical industry has been listed as a sub-plan in Twelfth Five Years Plan. A series of polices in restriction of fluorite and hydrogen fluoride production has been put forward and integration of fluorite resources forcefully becomes the hot point after 2010. As a result, the prices' of many fluorine chemicals have increased a lot since 2010 and price of fluorite rises to the peak in June 2011.

Domestic demand for fluorine products is estimated to keep increasing steadily in the coming five years, which is considered to be the most important driven factor to China's fluorine chemical industry. So it is crucial to find out the consumption, as well as the supply/demand, technology, key player analysis, investment opportunities etc. of China's fluorine industry.

In this report, you will discover:
- Fluorite supply situation
- Policies analysis related to fluorine industry
- Production situation of inorganic fluoride, refrigerant, fluor-polymer
- Technique route for synthesis of fluor-intermediates
- Main application for inorganic fluoride, fluor-refrigerant, fluor-polymer and fluor-intermediate
- In-depth analysis including
(1) Industrial chain analysis
(2) Key players' analysis
(3) Investment analysis using Poter's Five Force Model

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The crop protection market in South America is developing faster and faster. There are huge potential business opportunities in this boosting market.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/14/2012 -- South America is the fastest growing area for pesticide consumption in the world. As one of the most important agricultural area in the world, South America increases its soybeans planting area. In 2011, the planting area of soybeans has been over 46 million hectares, which becomes the rigid support for huge pesticide demand. Its total pesticide market value is estimated at USD10.5 billion in 2011, up 30% year on year. At the same time, it has accounted for 22% of the total market value in the world.

South America's key role in international pesticide industry has drawn more and more attention in the world, especially when South America crop protection market has entered a phase of rapid development and transform. This rapid development of crop protection market was aligned with the increase of main crops areas and their yields evolution, sugarcane and cotton high global demand and growing economies in the region. The evolution in crops production was also due to the implementation of new technologies as direct planting that needs more chemicals before planting, use of fertilizers and treated areas with chemicals to protect crops from diseases as Soybean Rust during last campaign in Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay or pests as MOR in Brazil & Argentina in order to optimize yields.

How to seize the potential opportunities in this boosting market? South America Crop Protection Monthly Report, newly published by CCM International might be your best choice. It can offer you the latest information of the South American market, including company dynamics, new policies, new market trends, new technology, International trade.

This newsletter is released on the 30th/31st every month. It can help you identify the new business opportunities in South America – where and when YOU should invest. Provided the latest market trends and new development of technology, you may find out where the South America crop protection market will go next and how your business can get involved. Keeping track of your competitor's action, you can also gain vital business intelligence from outside of South America to get ahead of the competition.

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CCM International has newly launched South America Crop Protection Monthly Report, helping you seize hidden opportunities in the boosting market.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/14/2012 -- Since South America is one of the fastest growing area of crop protection market in the world, there is huge potential in this promising market. It is necessary to dig deeply about the South American market so that you can make wiser business investment in the fierce competition.

Recently, CCM International, a leading market research consulting company in China, has newly launched South America Crop Protection Monthly Report. Focusing the latest market trends, new technology development, and updated company dynamics etc. in South America crop protection market, this newsletter may help you seize hidden opportunities in the boosting market.

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- How requirements from distributors, farmers, diseases, pests, genetic modified organism, pesticide resistance, crop price and climate are influencing the South America market
- Advanced technology, new crop protection products and formulations that South America is pursuing
- Breaking news on joint ventures, foreign-owned enterprises and local companies
- Corporations, merges, and acquisitions between South America crop protection companies
- Market price dynamics, causal analysis and trend forecast
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Recently, several large-scale grain & food processors have made steps towards further diversification – a sign of trends in the market which seem likely to accelerate in the future.

Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/03/2012 -- Recently, a number of leading grain and food processors have moved towards increasing diversification and vertical integration. This is a signal of the growing integration of China's food industry, a trend which is expected to pick up pace in the future and impact dairy markets as a result, according to CCM International's April issue of Dairy Products China News

The prime example is Yihai Kerry, a leading agribusiness and food company processing oilseeds, grains, edible oils, palm and laurics into a wide range of high-quality food products, feed ingredients and oleochemicals at ~170 plants. The company is a leading player in multiple market segments in China, such as oilseed crushing, edible oil refining and consumer cooking oils as well as rice and wheat flour milling, etc.

On 3 March, Yihai Kerry announced the commissioning of its production lines for soy milk powder and liquid soy milk with capacities of 8,000 t/yr and 12,000 t/yr respectively: the resulting products will be launched in the East China market first, during June.

This is the group's first involvement with liquid soy milk. It originally entered the soy milk industry early in 2009 when it acquired a soy milk powder processor in Heilongjiang with a capacity of 6,000t/yr; later, in 2011, it set up an 8,000t/yr soy milk powder production line in Qinhuangdao City, Shandong Province.

There are other similar examples, such as V V Group. On 9 March this leading grain and food processor announced that it will participate in the reconstruction of a white spirits company in Guizhou: it is to hold a 51% share of the new company once the deal is completed, which will be by the end of April. Investors seem supportive: after releasing the news, the company's share price rocketed, reaching the upper circuit limit (10% in China) in the following days.

Also in March, the beverage giant Wahaha indicated its intention to expand into dairy farming in Australia, as well as to grow its health food and beverage business and supermarket operations in China (please see the following article in this issue, Wahaha to Invest in Dairy Farming in Australia?).

Previously we have seen COFCO buying into China's largest liquid milk processor Mengniu. In July 2009 it acquired a leading stake of about 20% together with Hopu Investment Management– and this year has stepped this up to 28.09% after the quality scare hit Mengniu's products. This has been the key example of diversification affecting China's dairy sector: its involvement since then has undoubtedly allowed Mengniu to accelerate its expansion in China and overseas (please see Dairy Products China News Vol.2 August Issue, p7 & Vol.4 January Issue, p9).

The key goal of these large-scale grain & food companies is to optimise their product mix and increase their profitability and competitiveness: such diversification builds an increasingly integrated supply chain. There are also varying specific motives behind the expansion of these large-scale companies into new sectors. For example, for Yihai Kerry,the launch into liquid soy milk can help the company take full advantage of its upstream soy processing. For V V Group, its efforts to develop its white spirit business since 2009 have played an increasingly important role in the company's development. In H1 2011, the company's liquor business achieved sales of USD158.64 million – 41% of its total revenues and equaling the proportion of sales made up by its soy milk powder and soy milk business!

Expansion of this type exemplifies the integration of China's food industry over the last 2 years, and fits well with the 12th Food Industry 5-Year Plan released on 31 December 2011. According to that document, the government plans to perfect food companies' organisational structure in order to help them become more competitive, to enhance consolidation in the sector and to eliminate businesses with outdated technology. The government also plans to "foster" around 23 food companies with annual sales in excess of USD1.58 billion (RMB10 billion) and 300 famous food brands. It plans for integration to be accelerated in the next 4 years, and the larger agribusiness companies will be the main beneficiaries of this approach (please see Dairy Products China News Vol.5 February Issue, p6, Launch of the 12th Food Industry Five-Year Plan (5YP)).

Source: Dairy Products China News 1204
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Content of Dairy Products China News 1204:
Diversification of Large-scale Grain & Food Processors
New Zealand Exceeds Trigger Levels Again
Government to Support Leading Agriculture Enterprises
Yunnan Launches Management Measures for Local Food Safety Standards
Yili's Investment Programme for 2012
Wahaha to Invest in Dairy Farming in Australia?
North Dairy Expands in Ningxia
Xiaoxiniu Biological Faces Challenge to Go Public
Companies Increasingly Target Milk Production
Avante International Launches Infant Formula Products
OZ Care Formula Launch
Auscow Launches New UHT Milk

Dairy Products China News, a monthly publication issued by CCM International on the 30th/31st of every month, brings you the latest information on new market dynamics, company dynamics, new dairy products and consumption trend, new legislations and policies and raw milk supply dynamics that are shaping the market.

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