Production & Market of Cornstarch in China

Cornstarch is processed and refined from the kernels of corn by using a series of steeping (swelling the kernel), separation, and grinding processes.

The production of cornstarch in China originated from 1950s. Now the corn planting and the production of cornstarch, and the related industries, are all rather prosperous in China. Cornstarch industry now is big and has many downstream application fields in China, and most of the producers are located in North China.

The competitiveness of Chinese cornstarch producers has been greatly enhanced in the past few years and has aroused the world's attention. Apparently, China's cornstarch industry will impact the world cornstarch industry more significantly in the future.

Even though the output of cornstarch is huge in China,the supply of cornstarch is still tight.It is because that cornstarch has so many downstream application fields. As the inflation in China becomes serious in 2007, the export subsidy to many important cash crops and related products, including the corn and the corn starch, have been cancelled.

The increasing production of corn starch will not stop in the short run. It is apparent that the China’s production of corn starch will have great impact on the world market.

CCM has ever done a lot of work on this subject and obtained considerable credible data. In this report, the consumption of cornstarch industry is analyzed by consumption segment breakdown. The production data of cornstarch are analyzed by province to ensure accuracy. And most of big producers are carefully researched. The other sections, including the technology and and production processes, are both presented in detail.

Report Highlights

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Executive Summary
Methodology & Sources
I. Production and Market Information
I-1 Brief Introduction to Corn industry in China
I-1.1 Role of Corn Among Grains
I-1.2 General Situation of Corn
I-1.3 Production & Plantation of Cornstarch in the Past Years
I-1.4 Distribution of Corn Production
I-1.5 Domestic Price
I-1.6 Application and Consumption
I-1.7 Brief Introduction to Major Consumption Areas of Corn
I-2 Corn-Milling Products & Starch Species in China
I-2.1 Composition of Corn
I-2.2 Brief Introduction to Starch Species and Their Raw Materials
I-2.3 Brief Introduction to Major Raw Materials for the Starch
I-3 Historic Development of Starch/Cornstarch in China
I-4 Situation of Cornstarch Industry Nowadays
I-4.1 General Situation
I-4.2 Summary of Chinese Manufacturers
I-4.3 Instruments
I-4.4 Distribution of Cornstarch Producers in China
I-4.5 Specifications of Cornstarch
I-4.6 Production Situations of Cornstarch in Major Provinces
I-4.6.1 Jilin Province
I-4.6.2 Hebei Province
I-5 Import & Export of Cornstarch in the Past Years
I-6 Application and Consumption Pattern of Cornstarch in China
I-7 Pricing of Cornstarch in China
I-8 Brief Introduction to the Production Technology of Cornstarch in China
I-8.1 Cornstarch Production Technology
I-8.1.1 General Situation of Cornstarch Production Technology
I-8.1.2 Major Technology in China
I-8.1.3 Instruments of wet milling
I-8.2 Wet Milling Technology level in China
I-8.3 Explanation of Cornstarch Production by Milling Process in China
I-8.3.1 Corn Clean and Storage
I-8.3.2 Steeping
I-8.3.3 Crude Milling and Plumula Separation
I-8.3.4 Fine Milling and Fiber Separation
I-8.3.5 Separating Gluten and Cornstarch
I-8.3.6 Washing
I-8.3.7 Dehydration
I-8.3.8 Drying
I-8.3.9 Final Product Process
I-8.4 Processing Water
I-8.5 Flow Chart of Cornstarch Production by Wet Milling Process
Flow Chart of Cornstarch Production by Dry Milling Process
I-9 Polices on Cornstarch Production
Conclusion
Recommendation
II. Manufacturers of Cornstarch in China
I-1 Active Manufacturers of Cornstarch (with capacity more than 100,000MTs/year)
II-1.001 Zhucheng Xingmao Corn Developing Co., Ltd.
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II-1.027 Hebei Huachen Starch Sugar Co., Ltd.
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Table I-1.1-1 Role of corn among grains
Table I-1.3-1 Production of corn from 1995 to 2003
Table I-1.4-1 Situation of corn plantation, production in different provinces in the year 2003-2004
Table I-1.5-1 Price of corn in 2002-2003
Table I-1.5-2 Price of corn in North China in recent years
Table I-1.6-1 Consumption situation of corn is listed as follow (million MTs)
Table I-2.1-1 Comparison of corn products yield between domestic and foreign producers
Table I-2.2-1 Production of different starches in China (MTs, %)
Table I-2.2-2 Import & export of different starches in the past years (kg)
Table I-2.2-3 Superficial consumption of various starched in 2000 and 2002
Table I-3.3-1 Production of cornstarch in the past years
Table I-4.6-1 Production situation of starches in different provinces in 2001
Table I-4.6-2 Summary of cornstarch production in different provinces in 2003-2004
Table I-5.1-1 Export of cornstarch in the past four years (Unit: kg)
Table I-5.1-2 Export situation of cornstarch in the past four years – by destination countries
Table I-5.2-1 Import of cornstarch in the past four years
Table I-5.2-2 Import situation of cornstarch in the past four years – by origin countries
Table I-5.2-3 Active exporter of corn starch in 2003(>500,000kg)
Table I-5.2-4 Active importers of importers in 2003 (>10,000kg)
Table I-6-1 Average consumption of cornstarch in China, for industrial application (kg/year per capita)
Table I-6-2 Proportion of deep processing cornstarch to the total cornstarch in the recent years
Table I-6-3 Consumption structure of cornstarch in China in the past years (Unit: million MTs)
Table I-7-1 Price of cornstarch in the domestic market in the past years
Table I-7-2 Export price of cornstarch during 2000-2003 (USD/kg FOB CMP)
Table I-7-3 Import price for cornstarch during 2000-2003 (USD/kg CIF CMP)
Table I-8.1.2-1 The comparison of yield in1993
Table I-8.2-1 Two index are used to evaluate the technology level
Table I-8.4-1 Processing water for cornstarch production
Table II-1.004 The cornstarch factories in Luzhou Group (Unit: MTs)
Table II-1.005 Cornstarch factories in Wanshunda Group (Unit: Mts)
Figure I-1.6-1 Breakeven of corn consumption in industrial areas in 2002
Figure I-6-1 Consumption structure of cornstarch in China in 2002
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