China's Corn Situation: 
Recent Trends and Implications for World Grain Trade

A Multi-Client Study

July 2010

The Chinese economy has emerged strong from the world financial crisis due in part to its massive money injection into the economy and aggressive government investments, resulting in a GDP growth of 9.1 percent in 2009. The World Bank has projected that China will overtake Japan to become the world's second-biggest economy in 2010. China's rapid economic growth is stimulating demand for higher-value food products, including those produced from corn--which, in China, is used for food, feed, industrial products and for exports. China's booming corn feed and processing demand has the potential to fundamentally change the global corn balance situation. It is important to note that China recently has started to import corn and to date has purchased about 1 million metric tons of US corn. Now, the question becomes whether China's corn imports are a short-term phenomenon or the starting point of a long-term trend?

Please join Informa Economics, Inc. (Informa) and the National Grain and Oils Information Center (NGOIC) of China in this comprehensive multi-client study that will examine the entire Chinese corn complex and reach conclusions that will be critical to long-term strategic positioning of your firm.

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