综合一区欧美国产,99国产麻豆免费精品,九九精品黄色录像,亚洲激情青青草,久久亚洲熟妇熟,中文字幕av在线播放,国产一区二区卡,九九久久国产精品,久久精品视频免费

  Home>News Center>China
       
 

China needs sugar security reserve - experts
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-10-16 10:34

China needs to set up its own sugar security reserve because the nation's limited sugar-bearing areas do not match its growing sweet demands, market analysts and officials said.

Sugar consumption in this world's most populous market is expected to outreach 11.8 million tons in 2005, according to the China Sugar Association and industry forecast agencies, which means more than 1 million tons of sugar need to be imported this year to fill the insufficient domestic supply.

A security reserve of the sweet material is therefore needed to avoid major market fluctuations and prevent prices from running out of control in the future as the domestic sugar supply is expected to remain deficient in the long run, market analysts said.

A fast expanding economy, a booming food processing industry and a change in consumption structure are three factors that drive up the sugar consumption in the country, said Ma Zhanping, deputy director with the Economy, Trade and Circulation Department of National Development and Reform Commission.

China is now the world's fourth largest sugar producer, only after Brazil, India, and European Union, and the world's fifth largest consumer after India, the EU, Brazil and the United States.

Customs statistics show that China has imported 579,300 tons of sugar during the first nine months of 2005, making it inevitable to become a huge sugar importer this year.

China's drastically rising appetite for sugar was mainly fueled by its flourishing food processing industry which now has an annual growth rate of between 10 and 12 percent, said Jia Zhiren, secretary-general of China Sugar Association.

Jia said the demand for sugar by the food baking companies in 2005 would maintain a growth rate between 7 to 8 percent while the dairy products will pick up a pace of between 10 and 15 percent.

Beginning in 2004, the domestic sugar supply in China has run short of more than 1.3 million tons and it is impossible for its sugar output, consisting of beet sugar and crane sugar, to exceed 13 million tons given its limited planting areas, said Lin Weimin, vice president of a sugar company in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Sugar cane is planted in three low-latitude provinces and autonomous region including Guangxi, Yunnan and Guangdong while sugar beet is mainly sown in three northeastern provinces and northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

"Unless there is major technological breakthrough, the ceiling for China's sugar output will remain at 13 million tons every year," Lin said, "And it is an optimistic estimation because peasants in these areas are also lured to plant other crops with greater economic revenue."



President Hu talks to Shenzhou VI astronauts
President Hu at G20 meeting
Tibet railway
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

US pushing for more open markets in China

 

   
 

Rumsfeld departs for Beijing Monday

 

   
 

China finance talks target energy prices

 

   
 

Canada to increase oil exports to China

 

   
 

President Hu talks with taikonauts

 

   
 

Per capita GDP to reach $3,000 in 15 years

 

   
  US pushing for more open markets in China
   
  Nation to train women astronauts
   
  Canada to increase oil exports to China
   
  Quake struck offshore in East China Sea
   
  President Hu talks with taikonauts
   
  Substantial results expected at G-20 meet
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement
         
神木县| 错那县| 平昌县| 重庆市| 绥化市| 宽城| 德保县| 德州市| 扎兰屯市| 思南县| 万年县| 偏关县| 沈丘县| 务川| 海伦市| 枣阳市| 泽库县| 彭泽县| 黄冈市| 县级市| 南江县| 小金县| 高州市| 蒙山县| 泰和县| 南靖县| 安阳市| 全椒县| 青州市| 丹东市| 吉木萨尔县| 闸北区| 新平| 安陆市| 武清区| 开封县| 都安| 资溪县| 专栏| 西乌珠穆沁旗| 星座|