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Corn Products China News, released by CCM in March 2011, includes import and export analysis of major corn products, price of corn starch, imported DDGS and cassava starch, upcoming regulation on VC and citric acid, major producers’ dynamics, wastewater treatment technology and forecast of corn deep processing industry.

Recently, a speech from deputy of the National People's Congress (NPC) and General Manager of Sinograin, Bao Kexin sparked a storm of controversy that whether China's corn deep-processing industry should be further restrained or not.

A forthcoming free webinar will be held by CCM International Ltd., a Chinese market research company with ten-year efforts in providing customer-oriented consultancy regarding agriculture, life science, chemicals and energy, etc. This webinar will be held online at 18?30, Beijing Time (GMT +8) on Thursday, April.28, 2011.

A mix of isopyrazam and triazole fungicide epoxiconazole - Seguris, will join Bayer CropScience's Aviator Xpro (prothioconazole + bixafen) to give growers a powerful solution against major foliar wheat disease threats. The new product from Syngenta has get the UK approval for use in winter wheat, as well as in winter and spring barley, rye and triticale. Does this mean pressure on Triazole Fungicide?

On March 14th, 2011, BASF and Monsanto Company announced a new agreement to collaborate on the advancement of dicamba tolerant cropping systems after launching next-generation dicamba-based weed control systems for soybeans and cotton last year. This is the 3rd cooperation since they entered into a joint licensing agreement to develop innovative formulations for dicamba with herbicide-resistant cropping systems in January 2009. There are bright prospects for Dicamba.

After Tate & Lyle lost its sucralose patent case in 2008, sucralose industry in China began to develop gradually. Some big producers extended production capacity; others stepped into the industry for the sake of its promising market. According to the new report, China's sucralose industry has witnessed fast development in the past few years and China has became one of the most important sucralose producers in the world.

CCM, a professional market researcher, published a report on starch industry in March 2011, Chinese Starch Industry Hot Topics. In this report, CCM mainly discussed factors affecting the development of Chinese starch industry and its future trend through analysis on hot topics in recent two years, such as cases of enterprises integration in starch industry, supply structure and price fluctuation, sustainable development of tapioca-based bio-fuel and tapioca starch, commercial production of waxy corn starch, genetically modified food policies and new application of starch in papermaking.

Stevia sweetener industry successfully jointed FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) which confirmed the safety of stevia sweetener containing 95% steviol glycosides in Jun. 2008. This first international certification became a milestone and granted a prosperous future for stevia sweetener industry.

CCM announces to update its ValoTracer's company database of major producer info of Glutamic acid in China in 2010.

China as the second largest starch market in the world, its native starch market is facing overcapacity and the modified starch market is emerging, according to CCM's new report the Profiles of Key Starch Enterprises in China.