Reporter: How about the current use of feed additives in domestic and foreign markets? What is the outlook?

 

　　Bayberry: After more than 30 years of development, my country's feed additive industry has grown from nothing, from small to large, with increased varieties and increased output, and gradually formed a relatively complete system, which has played a positive role in promoting the development of the feed industry. Everyone knows that the cost of feed accounts for two-thirds of the cost of the breeding industry. The core technology of feed is additive technology, and biotechnology is one of the core of additive technology. At present, foreign biological feed additive technology is based on genetic engineering, protein engineering and metabolic engineering. The core modern biotechnology has become the mainstream technology for the development of biological feed in the new century. In recent years, China's feed additive industry has undergone qualitative changes. Mainstream products have basically achieved localization, and importing countries have become exporting countries. In 2015, the total output value of the national feed industry was 781 billion yuan, and the total output of industrial feed has become the world's first. The total output of feed additive products in 2015 was 8.164 million tons, of which the total output of anti-corrosion and anti-fungal agents was 254,100 tons. In recent years, the overall development of China's feed industry has shown an upward trend. The annual output has maintained a steady growth. For feed additives, the production and raw material development capabilities have shown a steady increase. Among them, the increase in methionine production has changed the situation of completely relying on imports. Protein feed ingredients still have to rely on imports, but I believe that with the development of the domestic feed industry, the situation of relying on imports will be further improved. At present, there are many types of feed additives in our country. As far as the products produced by our company are concerned, they are mainly application-oriented. Since the feed industry has a certain profit margin, the current use of feed additives is relatively smooth, but when the feed industry has a profit margin When it becomes narrower, many companies can use it or not. The prospect of feed additives is considerable. With the strong support of the state, feed additives will develop better and better with the development of the feed industry.

 

　　Reporter: What are the development history, status quo and existing problems of my country's feed additive industry?

 

　　Bayberry: In the early stages of the development of my country's feed industry, there were some problems in the quality and use of feed additives. Later, our feed industry completed the development of the feed industry in western developed countries for nearly a hundred years in just over 30 years. With rapid development and continuous increase in output, the variety of feed products has developed diversified to the present, and the supply of feed additives and the level of feed processing equipment have been significantly improved. In the new version of "Catalogue of Feed Additives" published in 2013, there are as many as 97 new feed additives such as organic mineral elements, enzyme preparations, and microorganisms, 36 more than the 2008 version. In 2017, my country encouraged to accelerate the development of new feed additives, formulate and improve quality and safety standards and evaluation technical specifications, and guide the standardized and orderly development of the new feed additive industry. At present, our domestic research on functional additives is not very in-depth. Although the feed additive industry has sales, there are fewer and less valuable sales. These are a bottleneck for the future development of our feed industry. How can this bottleneck be eliminated? Breaking, only by relying on innovation and the introduction of new functional additives can we bring new value to the feed industry, and then we have a foothold in the feed additive industry. Not only lack of innovation, but also backward technology, weak strength, lagging research and development, and slow research and development of new varieties and new formulations of feed additives are also issues that the feed additive industry needs to solve in the future.

 

　　Reporter: Compared with the development status of foreign feed additives, what are the main gaps in my country?

 

　　Yangmei: As my country's economic development enters a new normal, the aquaculture industry has entered a new stage of production deceleration, structural optimization, quality upgrade, layout adjustment, and industrial integration. The development of the feed industry is facing more difficult market expansion, stricter quality and safety requirements, and resources. Many challenges, such as tighter environmental constraints, urgently require the acceleration of supply-side structural reforms and the transformation of development momentum. my country's feed demand has entered a period of low growth.

 

　　In terms of product standards, my country's standard designation is relatively lagging behind, such as the lack of relevant standards for biological feed. A single feed additive basically has relevant standards, but in practical applications, the compound effect is often better than a single effect, so the market is basically a mixed feed additive. For mixed feed additive standards, the China Feed Industry Association and relevant feed additive companies are beginning to formulate. For example, we have participated in the formulation of the "General Requirements for Mixed Feed Additives and Antifungal Agents". I believe that in the next few years, my country's standards will Relatively perfect.

 

　　In terms of advanced technology, the production of feed additives in my country, especially amino acids (such as methionine and lysine), organic trace elements (such as organic selenium, etc.) is relatively backward compared with foreign companies, mainly due to high manufacturing costs and low cost purity. For chemical additives, the synthesis technology and preparation technology of domestic companies are not inferior to foreign companies, and even better than foreign companies.

 

　　In terms of health and environmental protection, compared with Europe and the United States, my country has a large land carrying capacity and greater environmental pressure, and the entire animal husbandry industry is also extensive and is changing to intensification. The awareness of health and environmental protection is relatively backward, but in recent years, scientific and technological achievements such as biological feed, antibiotic health, and nutrient reduction have been continuously industrialized, which is conducive to the enhancement of health and environmental awareness in the animal husbandry industry. In addition, my country has introduced and promoted the concept of "animal welfare" in recent years. Colleges and universities such as Zhejiang University have also opened courses on "animal welfare," but the response of the entire industry has been relatively slow. How to make animals happily provide us with animal products, and how to be more healthy and environmentally friendly in the process of obtaining animal products is also our goal.

 

　　From the perspective of market supervision, the United States has AFFCO and EU EC Directives, while my country is currently under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture. The supervision of feed additives is stricter than food additives at some levels, but my country has multi-sectoral management from farmland to table , Administrative efficiency is not high, these need to be effectively improved.

 

　　Reporter: This year is the 20th anniversary of your business. Please talk about the bottleneck encountered in the development of Mintai Spices, and what are the problems facing the company's products after becoming the top sales in the national market share?

 

　　Yangmei: Our company's product is only our anti-fungal agent in the market share of the top sales, not all additives are among the top, so this year is our 20th anniversary, we also hope to take this step to start and develop again. Regarding the current status of the feed additive industry, the bottleneck we encountered in the development process is still very specific. First of all, our feed additive enterprise has developed to today. It should be said that it is not very mature. The feed enterprise has also experienced this stage in the development process. From the beginning, we sold on credit and paid after the goods arrived. The payment unit was not timely due to the payment. Our inventory turnover rate and our capital utilization rate are relatively low. This status quo has brought us a big problem. Our funds for distribution and in transit account for approximately our annual sales revenue. 30%-40% of We all know how fast and slow an enterprise develops and how good or bad a company’s profitability is. It has a lot to do with the company’s capital turnover rate and the company’s inventory turnover rate. If our situation cannot be changed, It is very difficult for feed additive companies to take off and enter the fast lane.

Reporter: Scientific and technological issues are the main difficulties and obstacles facing the development of many enterprises. For some topics, experts in which fields still need to be used to "answer questions"?

 

　　Yangmei: I think we still need to rely on experts in the fields of chemical engineering, nutrition, environment, intelligence, and machinery. Because this is a national-level project, it is necessary to organize relevant industry experts to do some topical research.

 

　　Reporter: What do you think is the "five-year plan" for the development of Mintai Enterprise?

 

　　Yangmei: From 2017 to 2021, Mintai will strive to reach the business target and scale of a ChiNext in five years. Our main direction is still to make our additives. We may need to make some adjustments in the main direction of additive products, but we are more to strive to be more professional, focused and attentive. Our feed anti-mold agent strives to be the industry leader , Spices and sweeteners, two categories of functional products. We strive to lead the industry in technology, and even participate in or establish several higher-level national standards. At the same time, we also want to be in the additive industry for the quality and safety of our feed. And the food safety involved, we will raise it to a higher level to supervise. We also want to make a significant contribution to mycotoxins and heavy metal pollution in feed, especially in terms of heavy metal pollution. In our food, the residues in meat products can be refined and accurately measured by more scientific and refined methods. come out. In this regard, we strive to reach an advanced level domestically and even internationally, and strive to reduce its pollution indicators within our industry standards. For example, the lead content in feed additives should be less than or equal to 10. Can we improve on this basis? Its content is lowered. Therefore, the plan for the next five years is also the key five years for our Mintai enterprise to implement transformation and technological upgrading. The points mentioned above will be achieved within these five years, and the additive industry can truly become a healthy and technologically oriented. With technological upgrades, the future is bright. No matter how difficult we are, we will unswervingly move on towards this established goal.