Consolidation of Chinese feed industry gains momentum

China produces 156 million tonnes of feed by about 11,000 feed enterprises. It is expected that this number will halve by 2020. Consolidation of the Chinese feed industry is gaining speed. According to data from eFeedLink presented at ChinaVisions during VIV Asia in Bangkok by the end of 2005 some 15,000 feed enterprises operated in China.

Between 2007 and 2008 more than 2,700 firms went out of business and in 2009 more than 1,700 new enterprises were started. The number of registered feed enterprises totalled about 11,000. By 2015 the total number of feed firms is expected to drop to 8,000 and to 6,000 by 2020. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.