China is the largest source of palm oil import country. The National Edible Oil Expo and olive oil expo (2012) will hold the Palm Oil Culture Year.
According to the official says, we completely relay on importing palm oil in China. Every year the total import palm oil amount is 5,000,000 tons. At present, the import palm oil is mainly used in the frying food industry and oleo chemical industry. China’s palm oil import amount keeps the first place in the world since 2003. The palm oil consumption in China has surpassed Indonesia since 2004 and ranks the first in the world. The consumption is 5,140,000 tons in 2006, equivalent to fourteen per cent of the world’s total amount.
Palm oil can be used in many fields, in food industry, generally it is be processed into shortening, margarine, hydrogenated palm oil, frying oil, and special fats so on and so forth. In our country, we mainly use it in the instant noodles, crispy rice and sandwich biscuit etc. food industries. Especially in the instant noodles industry, the production process needs a huge amount of edible frying oil and the palm oil’s features quite match the require of being the frying fats.
China (Beijing) International Edible Oil Exhibition (2012)and olive oil expo will publicize and promote the palm oil in an unprecedented level. The organizing committee will hold the Palm Oil Culture Year; this is a special added activity according to the demand of the China’s situation. The purpose is to make the palm oil into the public consumption market, and then rich the consumption choosing ranges of the low-income class (include the peasant). In that case, the palm oil can settle down in China completely. We warmly welcome domestic and foreign palm oil industry producers and traders to the Expo. For the developing plan, let’s celebrate the grand ceremony together!
