China Increases Caramel Imports Fivefold with Swelling Supplies from Asian Countries
Sep 13, 2021
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Last year, China recorded a sharp rise in caramel imports. The supplies into China grew from $80M in 2019 to $408M in 2020, or from 167K tons to 1.1M tons in physical terms. Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar remain the largest caramel suppliers, comprising 82% of Chinese imports.These three countries provided most of the increment in Chinese imports in 2020. The average caramel import price dropped by -21% y-o-y to $378 per ton in 2020.