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Market Research Report: Citric Acid & Sodium Citrate Industry in China 2024

Market Research Report: Citric Acid & Sodium Citrate Industry in China 2024

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🔍 Key Highlights:

  • China holds ~70% share of global citric acid production
  • 1.82 million tonnes citric acid output in 2024
  • Export volume rebounded to 1.25 million tonnes in 2024
  • Leading producers: Shandong Ensign, TTCA, Guoxin Union, RZBC, Seven Star Lemon
  • Sodium citrate output up 19% in two years

📉 Trends & Insights:

  • Oversupply and weak demand pressured prices downward
  • Companies boosted energy efficiency and vertical integration
  • New capacity of ~300,000 t/a citric acid expected by 2027
  • Export-driven growth fuels competitiveness abroad

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  • Supply, demand & pricing trends (2022–2024)
  • Producer profiles & capacity forecasts
  • Export destinations & profitability analysis
  • Expansion plans through 2027

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Corn Deep-processing China News

Corn Deep-processing China News in May 2025

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COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS       

CJ LIAOCHENG’S TWO PROJECTS

LONGJIANG FUFENG COMPLETED AMINO ACID PROJECT

SANYUAN BIOTECHNOLOGY’S RESPONSE TO ERYTHRITOL CVD AND AD INVESTIGATION

SHANDONG HENGREN’S 300,000 T/A CORN STARCH SUGAR UPGRADE PROJECT

HEBEI ZHAORANG COMPLETED GDL AND GLUCONATE PROJECT

NANLE YUNWEI’S LACTIC ACID PILOT PROJECT

QINHUANGDAO HUAHENG’S TRYPTOPHAN EXPANSION PROJECT

TIANYI HONGDA’S SA PROJECT AND BDO PROJECT

NINGXIA EPPEN’S VALINE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE PROJECT

GLOBAL BIO-CHEM FORMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY INNOVATION

BRIEF NEWS    

JINGYAN ZHIYUAN’S FUNCTIONAL SUGAR PROCESSING PROJECT

MICROCYTO QINHUANGDAO’S HEALTHY SUGAR PROJECT

FUYANG STARCH’S CANDIDA UTILIS PROTEIN PROJECT

JIANYIHONG HEALTHY INDUSTRY COMPLETED FUNCTIONAL FOOD PROJECT

DEZHOU HUIYANG’S TREHALOSE GREEN INTELLIGENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

SHENMAO BIO’S D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE PROJECT

TIANXIN PHARMA’S ALANINE PROJECT

INDIA CONTINUES ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON CHINESE SODIUM CITRATE

PRICE DATA    

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT      

EXPORT OF CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

 

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Anti-dumping Cases Involving Some Corn-related Products

Jilin Haina’s Corncob Comprehensive Utilization Project

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On 11 April, the Jilin Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment accepted and publicized the environmental impact report for 60,000 t/a corncob comprehensive utilization project by Haina Biotechnology (Jilin) Co., Ltd. (Jilin Haina).

Project overview

  • Nature: Technological renovation
  • Location: Petrochemical Industrial Recycling Economy Park, Songyuan City, Jilin Province
  • Total investment: USD3.6 million (RMB25.97 million), of which USD0.17 million (RMB 1.2 million) is for environmental protection
  • Product plan: 31,000 t/a of corncob sugar solution (on a pure basis) 27,000 t/a of crude lignin (by-product, on a pure basis)
  • Key raw material: 60,000 t/a of corncob
  • Labor quota: 95 employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days totaling 7,920 hours per year
  • Expected commissioning date: Jun. 2025

 

The crude lignin from this project will be sold directly, while the corncob sugar solution will be supplied to Hairui Biotechnology (Jilin) Co., Ltd. (Jilin Hairui) as a production raw material. Jilin Hairui, a brother company of Jilin Haina, is constructing a 10,000 t/a non-food bio-based butanol project.

Project overview

  • Nature: New construction
  • Location: Green Chemical Industrial Park, Petrochemical Industrial Recycling Economy Park, Songyuan City, Jilin Province
  • Total Investment: USD12.2 million (RMB87.61 million)
  • Product plan: 6,000 t/a of n-butanol, 3,000 t/a of acetone, 1,000 t/a of ethanol
  • Key raw material: Corncob sugar solution (from Jilin Haina)
  • Labor quota: 60 employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days totaling 7,920 hours per year.
  • Expected commissioning date: Jun. 2025

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Kezhimeng’s Anhydrous Glucose Reconstruction Project

Kezhimeng’s Anhydrous Glucose Reconstruction Project

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On 16 Apr., the local Ecological and Environmental Protection Bureau accepted and publicized the environmental impact report for the anhydrous glucose production line reconstruction project by Tangshan Kezhimeng Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. (Kezhimeng).

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Reconstruction
  • Location: Fengrun District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province
  • Total investment: 42 million (RMB 3 million)
  • Construction content:
    • Renovate the existing production line by removing the current natural gas thermal oil furnace and related facilities.
    • Switch drying to electric power by converting the existing hot air oven to electric heating.
    • Install 2 additional hot air circulation boxes, 1 twin-screw mixer, and 2 baghouse dust collectors.
    • Other production equipment remains unchanged. Diversify the existing product line (600 t/a of anhydrous glucose) based on product moisture content.
    • The final production capacity remains at 600 t/a.
  • Product plan: 400 t/a of anhydrous glucose (1% moisture content), 200 t/a of partially dehydrated glucose (approximately 5% moisture content)
  • Main raw material: 660 t/a of monohydrate glucose
  • Labor: No new employees
  • Working system: one 8hr shift per day, 300 working days per year
  • Construction period: 1 month

 

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Seven Star Lemon's citric acid

Phase of Seven Star Lemon’s Project Completed

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In Sept. 2018, the EI report for Seven Star Lemon Technology Co., Ltd. (Seven Star Lemon)’s 500,000 t/a food additive project was approved. Phase I passed the completion environmental protection acceptance in Sept. 2020. According to the completion environmental protection acceptance report publicized recently, Stage I of Phase II has been completed.

 

Overview of Stage 1 of Phase II

  • Nature: New construction
  • Location: Yishui Economic Development Zone, Linyi City, Shandong Province
  • Total investment: USD139.3 million (RMB1 billion), of which USD7.6 million (RMB54.287 million) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: New fermentation, plate and frame, extraction, ion exchange, and refining workshops with production facilities for citric and sodium citrate, and supporting facilities like wastewater treatment.
  • Product plan: 200,000 t/a food additives (88,000 t/a anhydrous citric acid, 88,000 t/a monohydrate citric acid, 24,000 t/a sodium citrate), 64,000 t/a corn starch residue, 34,300 t/a citric acid dregs, 231,700 t/a calcium sulfate.
  • Key raw material: about 330,000 t/a corn
  • Labor quota: 300 new employees (total 520 employees currently)
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days per year
  • Progress:
    • Starting construction: 25 Feb., 2023
    • Completion: 10 Jul., 2024
    • On-site acceptance monitoring: 2-5 Dec., 2024

 

Currently Seven Star Lemon can produce 132,000 t/a anhydrous citric acid, 132,000 t/a monohydrate citric acid, 36,000 t/a sodium citrate, 96,000 t/a corn starch residue, 51,500 t/a citric acid dregs, 347,500 t/a calcium sulfate. After completing Stage 2 of Phase II (under construction), the company will produce 500,000 t/a of food additives (220,000 t/a anhydrous citric acid, 220,000 t/a monohydrate citric acid, 60,000 t/a sodium citrate),160,100 t/a corn starch residue, 85,800 t/a citric acid dregs, and 579,200 t/a calcium sulfate.

 

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Zhoushan Huakang Completed Stage 1 of Phase I of the Corn Deep-processing Project

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According to the environmental protection acceptance monitoring report for the completion publicized n 2 Apr., Stage 1 of Phase I of the 1,000,000 t/a of corn deep-processing healthy food ingredient project of Zhoushan Huakang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Zhoushan Huakang) has been completed.

Stage 1 of Phase I overview

  • Nature: New construction
  • Location: Zhoushan Grain Industrial Park, Dinghai Industrial Park, Zhejiang Province
  • Total investment: USD261.4 million (RMB1876.72 million), of which USD9.24 million (RMB66.3658 million) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: A crystalline sorbitol production line, with supporting facilities for bipolar membrane hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide production, methanol cracking for hydrogen, environmental protection facilities, and public utilities.
  • Product plan: 45,100 t/a of solid sorbitol and 1,300 t/a of liquid sorbitol
  • Key raw materials: DX glucose liquid.
    • Currently, the front-end production lines are in the gradual commissioning stage, so DX glucose liquid is purchased for production.
    • Hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, and hydrogen are self-produced.
  • Labor quota: 700 employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 300 working days per year
  • Progress:
    • Approval of EI report: 24 Feb., 2023
    • Commence: Oct. 2022
    • Completion: 30 Oct., 2024
    • Equipment Commissioning: 1 Nov., 2024 -28 Feb., 2025
    • On-site environmental monitoring: 20-21 Jan., 2025, and 6-11 Feb., 2025

 

Stage 2 of Phase I is under construction, including a corn starch slurry production line, a liquid maltitol production workshop, and a liquid sugar alcohol production line.

 

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Corn Deep-processing China News

Corn Deep-processing China News in April 2025

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Main content of Corn Deep-processing China News in April 2025

COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS       

THREE AHB-RELATED PROJECTS COMPLETED

DRAGON PHOENIX COMPLETED STARCH SUGAR DEEP PROCESSING PROJECT

LIAONING KINGFA COMPLETED L-LACTIC ACID PROJECT

ZHOUSHAN HUAKANG COMPLETED STAGE 1 OF PHASE I OF THE CORN DEEP-PROCESSING PROJECT

JILIN HAINA’S CORNCOB COMPREHENSIVE UTILIZATION PROJECT

PHASE OF SEVEN STAR LEMON’S PROJECT COMPLETED

JIANGXI VIABLIFE’S TWO PROJECTS

GRAIN RAIN COMPLETED ECOLOGICAL CO-PRODUCTION PROJECT

JILIN JIA’AO COMPLETED AN EXPANSION PROJECT

JIANYIHONG COMPLETED REFINED PRODUCTS PROJECT

BRIEF NEWS    

HEILONGJIANG GUOKE’S LINDIAN PILOT PROJECT

XINYE BIO’S AMINO ACID PROJECT

HENGTONG INNER MONGOLIA’S SPECIALTY AMINO ACID PROJECT (PHASE I)

HENAN JINYUFENG’S CRYSTALLINE GLUCOSE PROJECT

COFCO‘S STARCH SUGAR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

KEZHIMENG’S ANHYDROUS GLUCOSE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

PRICE DATA    

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT      

EXPORT OF CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

 

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Dragon Phoenix Completed Starch Sugar Deep Processing Project

Dragon Phoenix Completed Starch Sugar Deep Processing Project

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According to the monitoring report publicized on an environmental platform on 7 Apr., Heilongjiang Longfeng Corn Development Co., Ltd. (Dragon Phoenix) has completed starch sugar deep processing project.

Project overview

  • Nature: Expansion and Reconstruction
  • Location: Within Dragon Phoenix’s plant, Qinggang County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province
  • Total investment: USD7.66 million (RMB 55 million), of which USD0.17 million (RMB 1.2 million) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: The project utilizes the existing sodium gluconate production line, adding ion-exchange systems, saccharification tanks, plate and frame filters, evaporators, and other auxiliary equipment to produce starch sugar (the starch sugar production line operates 350 days a year, while sodium gluconate production is halted). It also adds equipment to the existing erythritol production line for valine production. Product plan: 100,000 t/a of maltose (meeting GB/T20883-2017 standards) produced from 148,600 t/a of self-produced starch slurry 20,000 t/a of valine produced from 25,400 t/a of self-produced glucose
  • Labor: No new personnel, relying on existing staff
  • Timeline:
    • Approval of EI report: 24 Apr., 2024
    • Starting construction: May 2024
    • Completion: Early Feb. 2025
    • Starting commissioning: Late Feb. 2025
    • On-site environmental monitoring: 4-5 March, 2025, and 18-19 March, 2025

Dragon Phoenix, controlled by Zhucheng Xingmao Corn Development Co., Ltd., currently processes 1.5 million t/a of corn to produce 1.3 million t/a of starch, 20,000 t/a of erythritol, 100,000 t/a of maltose, 100,000 t/a of glucose syrup, 30,000 t/a of maltodextrin, 170,000 t/a of sprayed corn bran, 86,200 t/a of protein powder, 12,000 t/a of crude oil, and 57,000 t/a of germ.

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Jiaozuo Huakang’s Xylose Energy-saving Reconstruction Project

Jiaozuo Huakang’s Xylose Energy-saving Reconstruction Project

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Jiaozuo Huakang Sugar Alcohol Technology Co., Ltd. (Jiaozuo Huakang)’s 30,000 t/a of D-xylose green intelligent upgrade and transformation project started trial operation in April 2024 and completed acceptance in June 2024.

The project ran stably during trial operation.

  • By mid-June 2024, malfunctions occurred in the production equipment during operation.
  • Upon inspection, the membrane in the membrane filtration section was clogged.
  • After cleaning, it ran normally.
  • Later, it needed to stop production for cleaning every 8 hours, causing intermittent production halts and lack of continuity.
  • Technical personnel found that metal ions, salts, and large-molecule substances in the xylose hydrolysate accumulated, drastically reducing the flux in subsequent sections and preventing normal production.
  • According to the problems, technicians proposed adjusting the production process, mainly involving granular carbon filtration, continuous ion-exchange decalcification, and chromatographic desalting.
  • On 25 March, the local Ecological Environment Bureau accepted the environmental impact report of Jiaozuo Huakang’s Xylose Energy-saving Reconstruction Project and publicized it.

Project overview

  • Nature: Technological transformation
  • Location: Wuzhi County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province
  • Total investment: USD16.7 million (RMB 120 million), of which USD2.1 million (RMB 15.1 million) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: Building energy-saving production facilities in existing workshops.
  • Product plan: 30,000 t/a of D-xylose (capacity unchanged)
  • Raw materials: Corncob consumption increased from 150,638 t/a to 184,188 t/a due to origin changes. After reconstruction, all corncob will be purchased from Henan and Shanxi, instead of mainly from the Northeast with supplements from Henan and Shanxi as before.
  • Labor quota: No new staff, 500 existing employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days per year
  • Construction period: 12 months

As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhejiang Huakang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Huakang Pharma), Jiaozuo Huakang produces D-xylose mainly for Huakang Pharma to produce xylitol.

 

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Jiaozuo Huakang’s Xylose Energy-saving Reconstruction Project

Norchem Biotech’s Inositol and Liquid Sugar Project

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On 7 March, the local ecological environment bureau accepted and publicized the environmental impact report for the inositol and liquid sugar mixture project of Hunan Norchem Biotech Co., Ltd. (Norchem Biotech).

Project overview

  • Nature: Expansion and renovation
  • Location: Jinshi High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Hunan Province
  • Total investment: USD1.4 million (RMB 10 million)
  • Product plan: 1,000 t/a of inositol (feed grade) 30,000 t/a of 58.5% liquid sugar mixture (composition: sucrose 60%, fructose 20%, glucose 20%)
  • Process flow:
    • Utilizing enzymes produced by microbial fermentation to hydrolyze starch, followed by purification and refining processes to produce inositol.
    • Sugar juice (with 15% sugar content) undergoes a series of refining and purification processes, including high-temperature sterilization, adsorption decolorization, plate and frame filtration, and concentration, to obtain the liquid sugar mixture.
  • Labor quota: 30 new employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 300 working days per year.
  • Construction period: 6 months

 

Currently, Norchem Biotech can produce 10,000 t/a of saccharification enzyme, 300 t/a of adenosine, 2,000 t/a of feed-grade calcium pantothenate, 2,000 t/a of food-grade alanine, and 1,500 t/a of cytidine.

 

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