The world is facing a demographic change currently. This is affecting the western hemisphere, this is affecting China. China is even more special, due to the former one-child, now two-child policy, implemented by the government and the expected amount of ...
This infographic shows the market trends of important food ingredients and additives like amino acids, vitamins, sweeteners, and starch in China. This will be helpful before visiting the Food Ingredients China (2017) in Shanghai on March 24 to 26.
The Food Ingredients China 2017 (FIC 2017), held from March 24-26 in Shanghai, is an international brand show in the food industry with a huge influence on the development of the food ingredients and additives market in China. Highlights of this exhibitio...
China’s lysine price has been facing a huge fluctuation throughout the year 2016, with the bottom in April and the peak in December. According to market intelligence firm CCM, the fluctuations are mainly the result of changing corn prices and new transpor...
The MOC finalized the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imported DDGS from the US. CCM believes that this move will further reduce Chinese DDGS import volume, strengthen demand for corn and soybean meal, and stimulate the supply of alcohol.
China’s cheese manufacturers are advancing fast to get their share in the high-speed spreading cheese market in China. However, the main sales channels are still in the food service sector, leaving a high potential for manufacturers to penetrate into Chin...
After an almost constantly growth of the sugar price in China since the beginning of 2016, the first month of 2017 has already shown a decline of the cane sugar price in China, back to the level of November 2016.
The price of live pigs in China was marked by many fluctuations throughout the year 2016. Governmental policies had a huge impact on the business of manufacturers, including relocations, which regulations are going to be even stricter in 2017, according t...
The Chinese government has gathered in January 2017 to reveal the newest issue of the Development Plan for the Milk Industry in 2016-2020. The plan focuses on to strengthen the domestic infant formula manufacturers as well as improve the standards, laws a...
The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has revealed stricter regulations for base powder and misleading marketing strategies for China’s dairy enterprises in December. According to CCM, the effects are likely to wipe out a decent amount of small an...
The China National Committee for the for the Wellbeing of the Youth, as well as AC Nielsen, have published the so-called Blue Book of the China Infant Industry in December 2016.
CCM has analysed this report and gives a brief summary of the most importa...
In H1 2016, China imported 310.888 million liters, up 40.2% YoY. Specifically, 8,326.9 liters of beer was imported in June 2016, up 51.7% YoY, hitting a highest record regarding a single month, which was mainly due to the European Football Championship he...
The total import of bottled wine to China reached an amount of 12.35 million liters in the first six months of the year 2016, according to Tranalysis researchers. This represents actually a decrease of about 3% compared to the first half-year of 2015. The...
Export rebates rate for corn starch and alcohol has been re-adjusted back to 13% since Sept. 1 2016 in China. However, the adjustment on export rebates will not save the corn starch market in China, according to analyst CCM
Recently the Ministry of Agriculture in China released their 13th five-year plan for the years 2016 to 2020 for the feed industry. The key points of this plan mainly affect the outputs, enterprise numbers and raw materials, according to CCM’s analysts. Fo...
On 4th November, the China Association for Quality (CAQ) has published the 2016 National Consumer Satisfaction Research on Liquid Milk. The study reveals, that the satisfaction of Chinese consumers is decreasing, compared to 2015 and demands for the quali...
TranalysisGuangzhou: In H1 2016, import value of dairy products reached USD1.89 billionin China, up 8.12% YoY. The top 10 countries in import value of dairy productswere New Zealand, Australia, France, Germany, the US, Holland, Poland, Finland,Ireland and...
Inthe past 16 years, China’s demand for soybean has been growing continuously,with the amount increasing from 11 million tonnes in 1990 to 93 million tonnesin 2015. However, China’s soybean output is far from its demand. Plus theinfluence of China’s polic...
InAug. 2016, a hearing about anti-dumping and anti-subsidy actions on importedDDGS was held by the MOC (Ministry of Commerce). And whether the DDGSproduced by the US would be determined as dumped products and how muchanti-dumping duty would be levied on t...
PepsiCoInc. (PepsiCo) recently announced that high-intensity sweetener aspartamewill be re-used in its Coke (Diet / Light) in the USmarket. In retrospect, the company decided to remove this artificial sweetenerlast August due to safety concerns made by so...