Analysis of feed market in the first quarter of 2005

Abstract: in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period of last year, the import and export of corn increased; the import and export of soybean meal increased; the import of feed fish meal increased, while the export decreased; the import of lysine and methionine decreased, and the export increased In the first quarter, except for the price of imported fish meal, the price of corn, soybean meal, lysine and amino acid were lower than the same period of last year, and the price of feed products was still at the high level in recent years I Analysis of the import and export situation of feed raw materials (I) the import and export of corn increased, and the import was greater than the export of corn, mainly concentrated in the northeast According to customs statistics, in the first quarter, China exported 1.7088 million tons of corn, an increase of 65.23% over the same period last year The main export destinations are South Korea, Malaysia, Japan and North Korea In March, China exported 1.1037 million tons of corn, 68.7 times of the same period last year The export of corn is concentrated in three provinces of Northeast China and Inner Mongolia, accounting for 94.01% of the total export of corn in China Corn imports increased, mainly in the south In the first quarter, China imported 215.06 tons of corn, an increase of 129.01% over the same period last year Mainly from Myanmar and the United States In March, China's corn import volume was 133.85 tons, 2.2 times of the same period of last year; the main corn import provinces were Yunnan, Shanghai and Zhejiang, accounting for 99.97% of China's total corn import volume (2) both import and export of soybean meal increased, and the export was slightly higher than that of imported soybean meal In the first quarter, China exported 159100 tons of soybean meal, an increase of 23.74% over the same period last year, mainly to Japan, South Korea, North Korea and the United States The export volume of soybean meal in March was 82200 tons, an increase of 194.34% over the same period of last year The main export provinces of soybean meal are Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning and Shandong The export volume of the four provinces accounts for 96.68% of the total export volume of soybean meal in China Soybean meal imports doubled In the first quarter, China imported 10500 tons of soybean meal, an increase of 569.05% over the same period of last year, mainly from India Among them, the import of soybean meal in March was 60000 tons Shanghai and Hunan accounted for 56.86% and 40.85% of China's total soybean meal imports, respectively The two provinces accounted for 97.72% of China's total soybean meal imports (3) the import of feed fish meal increased and the export decreased, and the import volume was much larger than the export volume In the first quarter, 269300 tons of feed fish meal were imported, an increase of 67.03% over the same period of last year Mainly from Peru, Chile, Russia and the United States In March, the import of feed fish meal was 130800 tons, an increase of 155.91% over the same period of last year Fujian, Guangdong, Beijing, Zhejiang and Shanghai are the main provinces and cities that import feed fish meal, accounting for 79.05% of the total import of feed fish meal in China Feed fish meal exports decreased, mainly to Asian countries In the first quarter, China exported 375.63 tons of feed fish meal, a decrease of 63.42% over the same period last year, mainly to North Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Vietnam In March, the export volume of feed fish meal was 126.00 tons, 85.30% less than the same period of last year The main export provinces of feed fish meal in China are Liaoning, Zhejiang and Fujian The export volume of the three provinces accounts for 92.01% of the total export volume of feed fish meal in China (4) the import of lysine decreased slightly, the export increased, and the import was slightly larger than the export of lysine In the first quarter, China imported 13100 tons of lysine, down 1.53% from the same period of last year, mainly from Indonesia, South Korea, the United States and Thailand In March, China's import of lysine was 6300 tons, an increase of 25.19% over the same period last year The main provinces and cities that import lysine in China are Guangdong, Shanghai, Beijing, Liaoning and Jiangsu The import volume of these five provinces and cities accounts for 77.87% of the total import volume of lysine in China Lysine exports increased In the first quarter, China exported 9300 tons of lysine, an increase of 29.00% over the same period of last year, mainly to the Netherlands, Belgium and the United States The export volume of lysine in March was 3700 tons, an increase of 40.31% over the same period of last year and 29.99% over February Jilin Province is the main export province of lysine in China, with an export volume of 7200 tons, accounting for 76.88% of the total export of lysine in China (5) the import of methionine decreased and the export increased, mainly the import of methionine In the first quarter, the total import of methionine was 13700 tons, down 29.30% from the same period of last year, mainly from Japan, the United States and France Among them, China's methionine import in March was 5200 tons, a decrease of 22.49% over the same period of last year, and an increase of 51.45% over February The main provinces and cities of methionine import in China are Shandong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Tianjin The import volume of five provinces and cities accounts for 77.88% of the total import volume of methionine in China Methionine exports increased In the first quarter, China exported 155.10 tons of methionine, an increase of 41.07% over the same period last year, mainly to Iran, the United States and Germany In March, China's methionine export volume was 105.69 tons, an increase of 104.03% over the same period last year The main provinces and cities exporting methionine in China are Jiangsu, Beijing, Hubei, Hebei and Anhui The export volume of five provinces and cities accounts for 91.02% of the total export volume of methionine in China II Feed price analysis (I) feed product price analysis 1 The feed price of finishing pigs is higher than that of the same period last year, and continues to maintain a high price Although the price of fattening pig feed in January dropped from 1.96 yuan per kg to 1.91 yuan per kg in March, a decrease of 2.55%, the price of fattening pig feed in the first quarter increased by 10.0% over the same period of last year, 24.5% higher than that in the same period of 2003.