China cassava starch import situation

China is the world's largest importer of cassava starch. In recent years, China's demand for cassava products has become increasingly strong. Since 1998, China's imports of cassava starch have maintained a growing momentum. Cassava is a tropical crop that is easy to grow, adapts to various barren land, and has low investment. It has the reputation of “king of starch”. Its versatility, especially cassava roots, high starch content, is widely used in starch industry, alcohol industry, pharmaceutical industry, feed industry and food processing industry. cassava starch production is the second largest use of cassava, and cassava starch can be further processed into modified starch for fructose, glucose, maltose, monosodium glutamate, beer, bread, biscuits, shrimp slices, vermicelli, sauces, and plastic fibers and plastics. Additives for chemical products such as films, resins, coatings, and adhesives.

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From the perspective of imports, the import of Chinese cassava starch is mainly from ASEAN countries. Since 2001, cassava starch imported from ASEAN countries accounted for more than 75% of China's total imports. In 2010, the import volume of cassava starch from ASEAN countries reached 99.67% of China's total imports. Among them, Thailand is China's largest importer of cassava starch. In 2010, the import value from Thailand was 268,300 thousand US dollars, accounting for 81.09% of the total import value. The import value of cassava starch imported from Vietnam was 59,664 thousand US dollars, accounting for 18.03 of the total import value. %. With the development of cassava cultivation in Vietnam, Vietnamese cassava starch products exported to the Chinese market are also increasing year by year. Especially after January 1, 2006, Vietnam’s export of cassava starch products to China has begun to enjoy zero tariffs. The cost is lower than that of Thailand. The price of cassava starch products is also cheaper than that of Thailand. However, the quality of Vietnamese cassava starch is not as high as that of Thailand. Therefore, Vietnamese cassava starch products cannot shake the status of Thai cassava starch products in China.

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China's cassava starch import and export trade status:

Since the 1990s, China has been the world's largest importer of cassava starch. According to statistics, in 2009, the import volume of cassava starch reached 1.198 million tons, and the import value was 335,621,000 US dollars. The export volume ranked seventh in the world, 2009. The annual export volume is 4 431 t and the export value is 2 254 thousand US dollars. According to statistics, in 2010, the import volume of cassava starch was 735,000 tons, and the import value was 330.867 thousand US dollars. From January to August 2011, the import volume of cassava starch reached 556,000 tons, and the import volume reached 308.384 thousand US dollars.

According to statistics, since 1980, China's cassava starch has been imported more than exports, and the deficit of import and export volume has been expanding. Since 1990, China's cassava starch imports accounted for about 50% of the world's cassava starch imports, reaching in 2009. 58.11%. The importing countries mainly include Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. In 2010, the imports of these three countries accounted for 99.65% of China's total imports of cassava starch, especially from Thailand, which accounted for 80.79% of China's total imports. Imports accounted for 18.46% of China's total imports, and imports from Indonesia accounted for 0.4% of China's total imports. Other importing countries (regions) include Taiwan, the Philippines and Denmark.

To sum up, although China also have some aera planting cassava, but the production capacity is not enough to meet the China's cassava starch demand, so in the future years, China's cassava starch import quantity will still large.