
Chinese corn deep-processing plants are running at higher volumes, with raw material input and operating rates rising as new-crop corn becomes available at lower cost. Corn consumption for deep processing from January to September hit a multi-year high, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs raised its 2025/26 industrial corn consumption forecast to 85 million tonnes.
Stronger industrial demand in China supports domestic corn usage and can firm corn prices, though the article notes that profit margins remain weak, especially for starch, so the recovery is volume-driven rather than broad-based.
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