1. China Citric Acid Market and Production
As the natural acid, citric acid industry has seen a fast growth in China before 2008 due to increasing
demand from both of overseas market and domestic market. However, in the past five years, China''s
citric acid production has been expanding slowly due to demand increase very slowly. What''s more, the
price of citric acid’s raw material witnessed the uptrend in the same period. What has happened in the
citric market in past five years? How is the current competition structure of citric acid in China? Who are
the leading producers now? What is the future relationship between supply and demand in the citric acid
market?
With the application of citric acid is quite wide in China due to its long history and natural acid, how is the
current competition structure of citric acid in China? And how do citric acid''s major downstream industries
develop in China? What is the consumption trend?
Besides the aspects mentioned above, the current situation of export and import in citric acid
industry also can be seen in this report.
Report Details:
Published: April 2013
No. of Pages: 42
What’s more, what will be the development trend of citric acid industry in China? You can find the
answers in this report.
This report combines CCM’s expertise in citric acid market research. Highlights of this report are
as follows:
 Brief introduction to citric acid industry
 Introduction to key raw materials of citric acid
 Supply and demand of citric acid in China
 Import and export situation of citric acid
 Detailed description on citric acid’s consumption pattern, market size and application fields
 Forecast on future development of citric acid industry in China
Table of Contents
Executive summary 1
Introduction and methodology 2

2. 1 Brief introduction to citric acid industry 4
1.1 Development of citric acid in China 4
1.2 Government policy toward citric acid industry in China 5
2 Introduction to key raw materials of citric acid 6
2.1 Corn 6
2.1.1 Supply 6
2.1.2 Circulation (price, import & export) 8
2.1.3 Consumption 9
2.2 Cassava 11
2.2.1 Supply 11
2.2.2 Circulation (price, import & export) 13
2.2.3 Consumption 14
3 Supply and demand of citric acid in China 16
3.1 Supply situation, 2008–2012 16
3.1.1 Summary of citric acid production 16
3.1.2 Key citric acid manufacturers 17
3.2 Price of citric acid 19
3.3 Import and export situation, 2008–2012 20
3.3.1 Antidumping issues involving China''s citric acid 20
3.3.2 Export situation 22
3.3.3 Import situation 25
3.4 Consumption 27
3.4.1 Consumption pattern of citric acid 27
3.4.2 Consumption in food and beverage industry 28
3.4.3 Consumption in detergent industry 33
3.4.4 Consumption in pharmaceutical industry 34
3.4.5 In other industries 35
4 Forecast on citric acid industry in China 36
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