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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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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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Corn Deep-processing China Monthly Report

Corn Deep-processing China News in March 2025

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

COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS

HEBEI DERUI’S MALTODEXTRIN PROJECT

SHANDONG GUYU’S ECOLOGICAL CO-PRODUCTION PROJECT (PHASE I)

JINAN BESTZYME’S ENZYME PREPARATION EXPANSION PROJECT

NORCHEM BIOTECH’S INOSITOL AND LIQUID SUGAR PROJECT

HENAN JINYUFENG’S BIG HEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL PARK PROJECT (PHASE II)

HEILONGJIANG YIHENG’S ENZYME PREPARATION PROJECT

XINJIANG FUFENG COMPLETED CORN STARCH UPGRADING PROJECT

JINGLIANG LONGJIANG’S CORN DEEP-PROCESSING EXPANSION PROJECT

HEILONGJIANG NUOPU’S HIGH-CLASS AMINO ACID EXPANSION PROJECT

JIAOZUO HUAKANG’S XYLOSE ENERGY-SAVING RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

BRIEF NEWS

SHUANGQIAO GUANGZHOU’S STARCH SUGAR EXPANSION PROJECT (UPDATED)

AHB EXPANDS IMPLEMENTATION CONTENT OF FUNDRAISING PROJECTS

NANTONG JIAZIWEI’S RICE-BASED SYRUP PROJECT

ZHAODONG STAR LAKE’S NUCLEOTIDE EXPANSION PROJECT

COFCO RONGS COMPLETED FLAVORED SYRUP PROJECT

HEBEI FANGRUI’S L-HYDROXYPROLINE RENOVATION PROJECT

PRICE DATA    

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT      

EXPORT OF CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

 

BMSG's Mannitol Upgrade and Transformation Project

BMSG’s Mannitol Upgrade and Transformation Project

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On 5 Feb., the environmental impact report for the mannitol production line upgrading and transformation project of Qingdao Bright Moon Seaweed Group Co., Ltd. (BMSG) was publicized on a local environmental protection website.

Project overview

  • Nature: Expansion & Technical Transformation
  • Location: West Coast New Area, Qingdao City, Shandong Province
  • Total investment: USD32.56 million (RMB233.42 million)
  • Construction content:
    • The project will use the existing idle 1# Building and the existing Mannitol production workshop.
    • A total of 298 production and auxiliary equipment units will be newly purchased and installed, including crystallization tanks, crystallizers, simulated moving bed, MVR concentration systems, centrifuges, and fluidized bed dryers.
    • Among them, 80 units will be placed in the existing Mannitol production workshop, while the remaining 218 units will be placed in 1# Building.
  • Product plan:
    • The existing Mannitol production workshop will maintain its current capacity of 6,000 t/a of mannitol and 4,542 t/a of 70% sorbitol.
    • Building No. 1 will add a new capacity of 4,000 t/a of mannitol and 3,028 t/a of 70% sorbitol
  • Production process:
    • Use glucose as the raw material, which undergoes hydrolysis, epimerization, and enzymatic isomerization, followed by hydrogenation.
    • Raw and auxiliary materials include glucose, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, activated carbon, ammonium heptamolybdate (catalyst), methanol, Raney nickel (catalyst), cationic resin, anionic resin, calcium hydroxide, and sodium chloride.
  • Labor force: 50 new employees
  • Work system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 300 working days per year.
  • Construction period: 15 months, with completion planned in Jun. 2026.

 

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Dragon Phoenix Completed Starch Sugar Deep Processing Project

The EU Made Anti-dumping Ruling on Erythritol and Lysine from China

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On 15 Jan., 2025, the European Commission issued a notice imposing a final anti-dumping duty on erythritol originating from China, currently falling under the Combined Nomenclature (CN) code ex 2905 49 00 for erythritol in its pure form and CN codes ex 2106 90 92 and ex 2106 90 98 for blended products (TARIC codes 2905 49 00 15, 2106 90 92 65, and 2106 90 98 15). The notice entered into force on 17 Jan., 2025 and will remain in force for five years.

The rate of the anti-dumping duty on erythritol originating from China

Company Definitive anti-dumping duty rate (%)
Baolingbao Biology Co., Ltd. 34.4
Dongxiao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. 78.4
Shandong Sanyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. 156.7
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex 152.9
All other imports originating in China 233.3

 

On 21 Nov., 2023, the European Commission initiated an anti-dumping investigation with regard to imports of erythritol originating in China. The dumping investigation period was from 1 Oct., 2022, to 30 Sept., 2023, and the injury investigation period covered from 1 Jan., 2020, to the end of the dumping investigation period.

On 14 Jan., 2025, the European Commission issued a notice making a preliminary anti-dumping determination on lysine originating from China, currently falling under CN codes ex 2309 90 31 and ex 2309 90 96 for Lysine sulphate, and under CN code 2922 41 00 for lysine hydrochloride and aqueous solution of lysine (TARIC codes 2309 90 31 41, 2309 90 31 49, 2309 90 96 41, 2309 90 96 49).

The preliminary ruling sets a provisional anti-dumping duty rates as follows:

Company Provisional anti-dumping duty (%)
Meihua Group:
— Jilin Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd.
— Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd.
— Meihua Holdings Group., Ltd.
— Meihua International Trading (Hong Kong) Limited		 84.8
Eppen Group:
— Heilongjiang Eppen Biotech Co., Ltd.
— Eppen Asia Pte. Ltd.		 58.3
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex 71.6
All other imports originating in China 84.8

 

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Jiaozuo Huakang’s Xylose Energy-saving Reconstruction Project

Update on Henan Feitian’s Crystallized Fructose Expansion Project

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On 24 Dec., 2024, the local Ecology Environmental Department accepted the environmental impact report of Henan Feitian Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Henan Feitian)’s functional sugar equipment transformation project.

 

 

Project overview

  • Nature: reconstruction
  • Location: within Henan Feitian’s plant, Qi County, Hebi City, Henan Province
  • Total investment: USD7.06 million (RMB50.8 million), of which USD13,908 (RMB100,000) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: to upgrade some equipment of functional sugar workshop and crystallized fructose workshop, to increase the capacity of crystallized fructose.
  • Main raw materials: 80,000 t/a of self-produced starch slurry
  • Labor quota: no new employee, relying on existing 105 staffs
  • Working system: 330 working days per year
  • Construction period: 1 month

Product plan of this project

Workshop Before After
Product Capacity, t/a Product destination Product Capacity, t/a Product destination
Functional sugar workshop Functional syrup 30,000 External sales Functional syrup 13,500 Direct supply to crystalline fructose workshop
Glucose 16,500 External sales
Crystalline fructose workshop Crystallized fructose 10,000 External sales Crystallized fructose 15,000 External sales
Liquid fructose (75%) 20,000 External sales F98 liquid fructose 1,500 Mixed mother liquor syrup
17,000 External sales
F42 fructose (71%) 10,600 External sales Fructose F40～F60 12,100 External sales

 

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Shandong Jintian’s Maltitol Upgrading Project

Shandong Jintian’s Maltitol Upgrading Project

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On 25 Nov., the local authority accepted and publicized the environmental impact report for Shandong Jintian Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Shandong Jintian)’s maltitol upgrading project.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Technical transformation
  • Address: Yucheng National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Dezhou City, Shandong Province
  • Total Investment: USD1.76 million (RMB 12.5 million), of which USD28,129.4 (RMB 200,000) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: Utilize the existing production equipment, workshop, warehouse, laboratory, and auxiliary facilities from the current 500 t/a maltitol project (actul product is 500 t/a universal syrup), and also purchase over 80 sets of equipment and instruments, such as stainless steel constant temperature storage tanks, saccharification tanks, enzyme tanks, centrifuges, three-effect falling film evaporators, single-effect evaporators, crystallization tanks, spray drying towers, and powder sieves.
  • Product plan: 2,000 t/a of isomaltol, 6,000 t/a of universal syrups (containing malt syrup, HFCS, glucose, trehalose syrup, isomaltolose, lactulose), and 3,000 t/a of sugar-free syrups.
  • Main raw materials: Sucrose, 4,200 t/a of starch slurry (purchased).
  • Labor quota: No new hires; the project will use the current 30 staffs.
  • Working system: One shift per day, 8 hours per day, 300 working days per year.
  • Construction period: 6 months.

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Dragon Phoenix Completed Starch Sugar Deep Processing Project

Jinhe Industrial Proposes Allulose Project

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On 7 Nov., the environmental impact (EI) report of Anhui Jinhe Industrial Co., Ltd. (Jinhe Industrial)’s “10,000 t/a of health industry project” was publicized again.

On 1 July, the EI report (draft) was made public for the first time.

Project overview

  • Construction nature: expansion
  • Location: Jinhe Industrial’s plant, Lai’an County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province
  • Total investment: USD19.2 million (RMB136.75 million)
  • Production process:
    • allulose is produced from 10,008 t/a of outsourced 77% F HFCS by fructose conversion and simulated moving-bed method.
    • sclareol, mogrosides, naringin, and other products are produced from glucose and inorganic salts by microbial fermentation, concentration, and drying.
  • Labor quota: 70 employees
  • Working system: 300 working days per year
  • Completion anticipated: H1 2025
  • Product plan of this project
Production line Product Capacity, t/a Annual operating hours
Production line of allulose (continuous production) Allulose 90% 9,800 7,200
No. 1 Fermentation line (batch production) Nootkatone 98% 5 540
Sandalwood oil 98% 5 350
Mogrosides 20% 5 400
Sclareol 95% 5 525
Bisabolol 95% 50 2570
Valencene 80% 5 540
Trans-farnesol 98.5% 10 1340
No. 2 Fermentation line (batch production) Naringin 9% 15 1100
Neohesperidin 95% 100 5,500

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Yulin Heli Completed Stevia Project

Yulin Heli Completed Stevia Project

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Yulin Heli Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Yulin Heli) completed “Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni cultivation & extraction project”, as per the monitoring report on inspection and acceptance publicized on 11 Oct.

Project overview

  • Construction nature: new construction
  • Location: Yujia Industrial Park, Jia County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province
  • Total investment: USD37 million (RMB261.511 million), of which USD0.65 million (RMB4.588 million) for environmental protection
  • Production capacity: 300 t/a of crude stevia
  • Key raw material: 3,000 t/a of dried stevia leaves
  • Labor quota: 52 employees
  • Progress:
    • Approval of EI report: Jan. 2021
    • Completion of construction: 16 Apr., 2024
    • Commissioning: 10 Jun., 2024-2 Aug., 2024
    • On-site environmental monitoring: 17–18, Jun., 31 Jul.–1 Aug., 2024

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