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Wuhan COFCO Completed Maltose Syrup Project

Wuhan COFCO Completed Maltose Syrup Project

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On 21 Aug., the completion environmental protection acceptance monitoring report for Wuhan COFCO Food Technology Co., Ltd. (Wuhan COFCO)’s maltose syrup construction project was published on an environmental protection website.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Expansion and renovation
  • Location: Yangluo Economic Development Zone, Xinzhou District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province
  • Total investment: USD2.21 million (RMB15 million)
  • Construction content: Technical renovation based on the existing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) facility. The existing liquefaction process remains unchanged, while maltose saccharification, filtration, decolorization, ion exchange, mixed bed, evaporation, and packaging processes are added.
  • Product plan: 80 t/a maltose syrup
  • Main raw material: 68 tons/day of starch
  • Labor quota: No new employees
  • Working system: three 8hr shifts per day, 300 working days totaling 7,200 working hours per year
  • Progress:
    • Approval of EI report: Jan. 2020
    • Started construction: Feb. 2016
    • Completion: Jun. 2016
    • On-site acceptance monitoring: 15-16 May, 2026

 

Currently, Wuhan COFCO has a total daily syrup output of 410 tons, comprising 330 tons/day of high-fructose syrup and 80 tons/day of maltose syrup.

 

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Jiangsu Huaijin’s Amino Acid Series Products Project

Jiangsu Huaijin’s Amino Acid Series Products Project

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On 12 Aug., the environmental impact assessment (EIA) information for Jiangsu Huaijin New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Huaijin)’s 5,100t/a bio-based material monomers and amino acid series products project was published on relevant websites for the 2nd time.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Expansion
  • Location: Industrial Park, Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province
  • Total investment: USD29.45 million (RMB199.99 million)
  • Construction content:
    • Utilizing existing workshops to construct the project, with the installation of fermentation tanks, seed tanks, and other equipment.
    • Theanine, serine, and histidine will share production lines; putrescine and the amino acid series will share fermentation section equipment, while putrescine purification will use dedicated equipment.
  • Product plan: 1,000 t/a theanine, 1,000 t/a serine, 1,000 t/a histidine, 2,000 t/a putrescine, 100 t/a carnosine
  • Main raw materials: Glucose monohydrate, arginine, etc.
  • Labor quota: 85 employees
  • Working system: three 8hr shifts per day, 350 working days totaling 8,400 working hours per year
  • Construction period: 12 months

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Jianye Chemical’s Citric Acid Ester Project

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On 14 Aug., the Hangzhou Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau approved the environmental impact report for Zhejiang Jianye Chemical Co., Ltd. (Jianye Chemical)’s annual 80,000 t/a citric acid ester project.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Renovation
  • Location: Jiande Economic Development Zone, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
  • Total investment: USD7.21 million (RMB48.95 million)
  • Construction content: To be constructed in two phases
    • Phase I: Utilizing the site of the former 20,000 t/a plasticizer Phase I facility (diisobutyl phthalate) to construct a 40,000 t/a tributyl citrate (TBC) unit, with supporting utilities.
    • Phase II: Utilizing the site of the former 20,000 t/a plasticizer Phase II facility (dibutyl phthalate) to construct a 38,150 t/a TBC unit, with supporting utilities.
    • Phase II: Converting the former 5,000 t/a trioctyl trimellitate facility into a 20,000 t/a acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC) unit (consuming 18,150 t/a TBC; product includes 5,000 t/a acetic acid), with supporting utilities.
  • Product plan:
    • Phase I: 40,000 t/a TBC
    • Phase II: 20,000 t/a TBC, 20,000 t/a ATBC, 5,000 t/a acetic acid
  • Process technology:
    • TBC: Produced by esterification, using citric acid and n-butanol as raw materials under concentrated sulfuric acid catalysis, via esterification reaction.
    • ATBC: Produced by co-acetylation, using tributyl citrate and acetic anhydride as raw materials under concentrated sulfuric acid catalysis, via acetylation to yield ATBC and acetic acid.
    • The process package and design are provided by Shandong Branch of Liaoning Fangda Engineering Design Co., Ltd., employing the most advanced semi-continuous process technology available domestically.
  • Labor quota: 45 new employees
  • Working system: three 8hr shifts per day, 300 working days totaling 7,200 working hours per year

 

Jianye Chemical is a leading enterprise in the low-carbon aliphatic amine industry, with a production capacity of 133,000 t/a organic amines (n-butylamine, di-n-butylamine, tri-n-butylamine, cyclohexylamine, dicyclohexylamine, ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, isopropylamine, diisopropylamine, n-propylamine, di-n-propylamine, tri-n-propylamine, sec-butylamine, di-sec-butylamine, isobutylamine, and diisobutylamine) and 60,000 t/a acetate esters (n-propyl acetate, ethyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, and isobutyl acetate), among others.

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Corn Deep-processing China Monthly Report

Corn Deep-processing China News in August 2026

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COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS   

BBCA BIOCHEMICAL COMPLETED TWO PROJECT

YUSWEET COMPLETED FUNCTIONAL SUGAR ALCOHOL PROJECT (PHASE I)

YUANSHENG FENGTAI COMPLETED FURFURAL PROJECT

ZHENYUAN BIOTECH’S THEANINE AND SERINE RENOVATION PROJECT

DONGNUO BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPLETED CORN STARCH PRODUCTION PROJECT

NINGXIA SHENGMAO’S STARCH SUGAR EXPANSION PROJECT

JINAN HEALTANG COMPLETED FUNCTIONAL SUGAR PROJECT

JIANYE CHEMICAL’S CITRIC ACID ESTER PROJECT

HEILONGJIANG NHU’S BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOMANUFACTURING PROJECT

LIAONING KINGFA’S BIO-BASED BDO TECHNICAL RENOVATION PROJECT

BRIEF NEWS  

WUHAN COFCO COMPLETED MALTOSE SYRUP PROJECT

XINYANG CHEMICAL’S FOOD FLAVORING AGENT RENOVATION PROJECT

BAYANNUR HUAHENG’S AMINO ACID PRODUCTS PILOT PROJECT

TONGLIAO HENGXIN’S FURFURAL PROJECT

PURIMAN’S CALCIUM GLUCONATE AND ZINC GLUCONATE PROJECT

JIANGSU HUAIJIN’S AMINO ACID SERIES PRODUCTS PROJECT

PRICE DATA  

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT    

EXPORT OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

 

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Hunan Chuangyuan’s Starch Sugar and Derivative Products Project

Hunan Chuangyuan’s Starch Sugar and Derivative Products Project

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On 27 Jul., the local Ecological Environment Bureau accepted and published the environmental impact report for Hunan Chuangyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Hunan Chuangyuan)’s starch sugar and derivative series products production project.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Expansion construction
  • Location: Jinshi High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Changde City, Hunan Province
  • Total investment: USD14.68 million (RMB100 million), of which USD126,431.72 (RMB861,000) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content:
    • Construction of one new starch sugar and derivative series products production line and its supporting facilities;
    • Construction of one new high-fructose corn syrup production line;
    • Construction of one new glucose powder production line;
    • Technical renovation of the existing glucose syrup production line, adding decolorization and ion exchange processes to achieve full shared-line production with the maltose syrup production line, with total capacity remaining unchanged.
  • Product plan: 20,000 t/a of maltose syrup (about 25% moisture content), 30,000 t/a of glucose syrup (about 40% moisture content), 60,000 t/a of corn starch; by-products: 10,000 t/a of corn bran, 10,000 t/a of corn germ, 10,000 t/a of corn gluten meal; 6,000 t/a of high-fructose corn syrup (about 40% moisture content); 20,000 t/a of glucose powder (about 10% moisture content)
  • Main raw material: 133,800 t/a of corn
  • Labor quota: 18 new employees
  • Working system: Two 12hr shifts per day, 300 working days totaling 7,200 working hours per year
  • Construction period: 12 months

Hunan Chuangyuan currently produces 20,000 t/a of glucose syrup, 30,000 t/a of maltose syrup, and 6,000 t/a of feed-grade rice protein powder (by-product).

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Shandong Jinghong Completed Bio-product Flexible Production Project (Phase II)

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On 2 Jul., the environmental protection acceptance monitoring report for the completion of Shandong Jinghong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Shandong Jinghong) ‘s high-performance bio-product flexible production project (Phase II) was published on an environmental protection website.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: New construction
  • Location: Liangshan Economic Development Zone, Liangshan County, Jining City, Shandong Province
  • Total investment: USD23.49 million (RMB160 million), of which USD0.15 million (RMB1 million) is allocated for environmental protection
  • Product plan: 200 t/a of 1% L-astaxanthin and 200 t/a of 0.5% L-astaxanthin
  • Process flow: Using glucose, yeast extract, potassium chloride, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, and other raw materials, astaxanthin is produced through secondary fermentation, evaporation and concentration, spray granulation, cell wall disruption, screening, packaging, and other processes.
  • Labor quota: 40 new employees
  • Working system: 30 working days totaling 700 working hours per year
  • Progress:
    • Approval of EI report: Jun. 2024
    • Started construction: Apr. 2026
    • Completion: Jun. 2026
    • On-site acceptance monitoring: 10-11 Jun., 2026

 

The Phase I project passed the company’s independent environmental protection completion acceptance in May 2025, with a product plan of 7,000 t/a of 25% L-arginine, 3,000 t/a of 25% L-tryptophan, and 1,600 t/a of 35% L-histidine.

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Corn Deep-processing China Monthly Report

Corn Deep-processing China News in July 2026

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COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS

DONGXIAO BIOTECHNOLOGY FILES FOR IPO ON BSE

HUNAN CHUANGYUAN’S STARCH SUGAR AND DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS PROJECT

JIANGSU FENGHE COMPLETED ISOMALT, MALTITOL, TREHALOSE, AND F0S PROJECT (PHASED)

HEILONGJIANG MINGRUI’S XYLITOL PROJECT

JILIN UNION’S CITRIC ACID CAPACITY EXPANSION AND RENOVATION PROJECT

JINAN HEALTANG’S FUNCTIONAL SUGAR ALCOHOL PROJECT

SHANDONG JINGHONG COMPLETED BIO-PRODUCT FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION PROJECT (PHASE II)

HUNAN HUANATE’S AMINO ACID AND PEPTIDE PRODUCTS FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION PROJECT

QINGQUAN CHEMICAL’S MACM PROJECT

MA’ANSHAN COFCO’S Β-CYCLODEXTRIN PROJECT

BRIEF NEWS    

HENAN JINHUI’S GLUCOSIDE PROJECT

SHANDONG SHENGXI COMPLETED XYLOSE PROJECT

SHANDONG ZHUOZHICHENG COMPLETED GLUCONATE PROJECT (PHASE I)

HARBIN HUAWEI’S XYLITOL PROJECT

SHANDONG CUIYOU COMPLETED FOOD ADDITIVE PROJECT

TAI’AN JINMANTANG COMPLETED STARCH ETHER PROJECT

PRICE DATA    

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT 

EXPORT OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

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Inner Mongolia Biok’s Specialty Amino Acids Project

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On 18 Jun., the Hohhot Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau accepted and published the environmental impact assessment documents for Inner Mongolia Biok Biology Co., Ltd. (Inner Mongolia Biok)’s 2,000 t/a of specialty amino acids renovation project.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Major modification
  • Location: Tuoketuo Industrial Park, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Total investment: USD7.33 million (RMB49.97 million), of which USD0.16 million (RMB1.13 million) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content:
    • Major modification and adjustment to the construction plan of the 6,000 t/a of L-phenylalanine technical renovation project.
    • New fermentation capacity added for 2,000 t/a of specialty amino acids production; no longer occupying the 120 t/a of abamectin technical fermentation capacity.
    • Product plan adjusted from the original single product L-phenylalanine (6,000 t/a) to flexible production of three specialty amino acids: phenylalanine, tryptophan, and isoleucine, with a maximum capacity (single product) of 2,000 t/a; abamectin technical capacity remains unchanged at 120 t/a.
  • Product plan: Flexible production of 2,000 t/a of phenylalanine, 2,000 t/a of tryptophan, and 2,000 t/a of isoleucine, with maximum capacity for a single product.
  • Main raw material: Purchased glucose
  • Labor quota: no new employees
  • Working system: three 8hr shifts per day, 333 working days totaling 7,992 working hours per year
  • Construction period: Sept. 2026-Jan. 2027

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Tongliao Hengxin’s Furfural Project

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On 25 May, the pre-approval public participation announcement for the environmental impact assessment of Tongliao Hengxin Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Tongliao Hengxin)’s 20,000 t/a of furfural and 1 million t/a of steam boiler project was published.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: New construction
  • Location: Kailu County Industrial Park, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Total investment: USD23.46 million (RMB160 million), of which USD0.68 million (RMB4.66 million) is for environmental protection
  • Product plan: 20,000 t/a of furfural and 1 million t/a of saturated steam
  • Main raw material: 130,000 t/a of corncobs
  • Labor quota: 72 employees
  • Working system: Two 12hr shifts per day, 300 working days totaling 7,200 working hours per year

 

Tongliao Hengxin was established in Jan. 2026 with a registered capital of USD2.93 million (RMB20 million).

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Export of key corn products and Corn import in China

Export of key corn products and Corn import in China May 2026

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Export of key corn products

 

Product May-26 YoY change Jan-May 2026 YoY change
Volume, tonne Value, USD Volume Value Volume, tonne Value, USD Volume Value
2-Furaldehyde (furfuraldehyde) 738 1,019,838 -27.2% -2.5% 4,510 5,405,344 -18.5% -1.6%
Sorbitol 25,587 16,885,007 22.1% 13.8% 133,651 87,714,280 18.2% 10.0%
Mannitol 3,075 9,328,521 16.1% 18.0% 12,434 36,161,178 -5.9% -7.9%
Glutamic acid 11,515 11,106,087 43.1% 24.9% 52,760 50,127,504 18.6% 5.6%
Sodium glutamate 91,136 75,563,269 5.9% -0.9% 454,111 359,114,159 0.8% -9.9%
Other fructose & fructose syrup, fructose wt.＞50% 38,550 16,523,276 26.4% 18.5% 194,203 82,974,978 21.9% 19.4%
Inositols 1,278 7,337,964 63.4% 104.9% 5,666 27,856,947 20.3% 23.2%
Furfuryl alcohol & tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol 4,510 6,628,718 -29.6% 2.6% 26,001 33,380,540 -11.0% 7.8%
Lysine 39 244,116 49.2% 52.3% 211 1,269,037 146.5% 74.3%
Lysine esters & salts 96,709 96,077,184 8.4% -1.4% 478,855 421,114,152 8.9% -21.9%
Xylose 1,396 2,505,974 61.9% 36.9% 6,507 11,536,274 35.8% 14.2%
Xylitol 5,106 11,898,484 -5.7% -18.6% 31,746 74,553,046 0.7% -11.3%
Citric acid 117,806 93,702,041 13.3% 32.6% 587,627 413,372,805 3.1% 8.7%
Salts & esters of citric acid 31,264 30,845,230 7.2% 21.6% 153,807 141,098,433 8.6% 14.6%
Gluconic acid, its salts & esters 24,990 16,956,236 2.1% 9.0% 136,299 85,278,800 10.1% 9.1%
Glucose & glucose syrup, fructose wt.＜20% 121,836 60,524,409 12.5% 5.1% 575,057 275,988,755 3.1% -4.8%
Glucose & glucose syrup, 20%≤fructose wt.＜50% 3,759 1,778,093 40.7% 31.8% 11,903 5,935,469 7.9% 5.8%
Lactic acid, its salts & esters 10,925 14,605,788 23.4% 21.7% 51,769 66,438,144 19.3% 17.2%
Vitamin C & its derivatives, unmixed 17,546 46,853,152 -8.1% -15.6% 93,519 235,869,387 -6.0% -23.7%
Gourmet powder 1,082 1,259,306 46.8% 24.1% 4,998 5,704,850 26.9% 11.0%
Corn starch 27,355 11,072,982 -1.5% 7.3% 114,885 45,196,446 12.0% 16.9%

Corn import

 

Origins of China’s corn import, Jan-May 2026

 

Country of origin May 2026 Jan-May 2026
Volume，tonne Value, USD Volume，tonne YoY change Value, USD YoY change
Russia 53,911 13,918,837 231,972 94.1% 57,335,689 93.1%
Myanmar 4,520 1,090,967 8,204 -86.5% 2,273,215 -87.3%
Brazil 0 0 571,088 129.4% 147,841,926 118.7%
Ukraine 0 0 61,749 -62.7% 16,279,722 -62.9%
Laos 0 0 3,597 201.4% 1,140,684 214.2%
Others 0 0 21 -99.9% 5,813 -99.9%
Total 58,431 15,009,804 876,630 39.4% 224,877,049 34.5%

 

* In June 2026, the exchange rate of USD to RMB is about USD1=RMB6.82

 

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