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Production & Marketing
Corn Export Shipping Slowed Down
China has started to carry out export contracts signed in 2003 since late April. Because All the export task for in the year 2002 has been finished, shipping pressure has alleviated compared to the first quarter. Shipping speed thereby has also slowed down.
On the other hand, the international corn supply has changed due to the marketing of corn newly harvested in South America, corn buyers in Asia and other international suppliers are now facing much more options. This has affected China¡¯s implementation of corn export contracts.
Soybean Meal Price Dropped in China
The price of soybean meal dropped in many area of China. With more and more modern technical oil factories established, the price of soybean mill dropped in many area, especially in Shandong province. The oil factories in this area already readjust the price dropped from Monday continuous two days . At present, the price is 2000-2080RMB/ton. In fact the real price is 2000-2020 RMB/ton.
The pressure to the market of soybean meal increased continuously. The mail reason is that the demand for the raw materials provided for the oil factories are increasing greatly, either import soybean or Chinese soybean. An other reason is that the soybean supply is sufficient in the international market. So, from the end of February, with more and more oil factories established, the supply of soybean will exceed that of demand, the price of soybean meal will dropped fast gradually.
Demand for Breeding Stock will Increase
In 2002, the breeding stock is stable in China market, the local breeding stock farmers all get better benefit. It¡¯s estimated that this kind of farms will raise the quality, improve variety. The breeding stock market will increase slightly, but the competition of quality will be hard.
The development of Chinese breeding stock separate several steps. Firs, the customers pay more attention about outlook, but ignore the product function. Second, the customers already understand the importance of function. The third, the customers comprehensive pay attention of product function and outlook. The forth, all realized that the importance of health and safety. The fifth, the breeding stock farms that small, low technical will eliminated.
The specialist concerned that the production of meat will not increase fast this year, but the consumers will attach great importance to quality. For example, pesticide remains microbe, special flavor, that make the breeding stock farms revise variety. It is estimated the breeding stock will increase slightly in Chinese market. The large-scale, regularize, regularize, abundant technical national breeding stock farms will occupy more and more market portion.
The Largest Feed Market in South China will Found
The largest feed market in south of China will be founded in Xianinggang, Kai Fu District, Changsha.
The feed exchange market that belong National Bureau of Grain Reserves in Fu Rong Road, founded in 1992, the most deal means corn, wheat bran, soybean meal. The raw material come from Henan, Hebei and almost all the provinces in north of Yangzi River and along the Beijing Kowloon railway line. Selling covered all of the province of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi. In the last year, the total exchange of trade in the feed exchange market is 650 thousand tons, with the value of nearly 800 million RMB. The scale of this market is stand in the forefront of all the country.
The bureau of grain in Changsha will combine the transform traditional storage with the developing of National Grain Reserves, building the mordern storage and circulation. Based on the good tendency of the feed market, found the largest market in south of China in Xianninggang, Changsha.
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