plenary session 3 macadamia production in china - chen yuxiu

Macadamia Production

in China

presentation by Chen yuxiu

18th Sept. 2012

The Beginning Macadamia were introduced into China by Mr. Graham Todd,

Mr. John Wilkie and Mr. Cheng Hung Kay in 1981. They were

planted at The Sub Tropical Research Institute at Zhang Jiang.

In the beginning the trees grew well but the area was unsuitable

because of Typhoons – all the original trees have now been

killed by Typhoons.

Macadamia moved to Guangxi

Severe typhoon damage in Guangdong Province -

Macadamia development moved to Guangxi Province

by State Farms Bureau.

Propagation of trees was commenced and two large farms

were developed.

Temperatures in Guangxi not ideal and technology poor,

only one farm now remains. This farm is now being

expanded to 100,000 Trees with new technology.

Macadamia move to Yunnan Province

• I started working with Macadamia in Yunnan in 1992

with Yunnan Cereals Oils and Foodstuffs Import and

Export Corporation.

• It was very difficult for a young lady to travel long

distances and work in very remote and mountainous

areas.

• We tested many varieties in many different areas.

• A farm was planted in Banna 1995 with varieties from

Guangxi and Guangdong.

Government officials and the first

trees in Banna 1995

Looking for good land to plant

Macadamia in 1997

The results of our work.

Our work proved Macadamia grows well in Yunnan.

Good yield depends on elevation, rainfall and soil

type. But, the correct technology is very important.

We introduced more varieties.

Some varieties much better than other varieties.

Yunnan Tropical Institute developed a map of the

best areas in Yunnan for macadamia.

In 1997 the Institute estimated at least 4.6 Million

Hectares are suitable for Macadamias in Yunnan as

per the following map.

云南省澳洲坚果主要宜植地分布图

The Present Situation

Because of our success with Macadamia in the beginning,

the Yunnan Government decided to expand large

areas of Macadamia in the year 2000 five year plan.

In the five year plan of 2000 the Chinese Central

Government and the Yunnan Government decided to

expand Tree Nut Crops such as Walnut, Macadamia，

Pecan, etc. in China.

Macadamia Expansion

In 2002 Chairman Yang led a Yunnan Provincial Government

Delegation on a study tour of macadamia in Australia.

In 2002 Chairman Yang appointed Mr. John Wilkie as

Consultant to Yunnan Government on Macadamia

Production.

In 2008 Mr. Wilkie awarded Gold Friendship Medal by China

Government in Great Hall of the People for his work with

Macadamia in China .

In 2003 we started Yunnan Macadamia

Development Company Limited and I was

appointed General Manager. and Mr. John

Wilkie was appointed as our Technical

Consultant and Shareholder.

By 2012 the situation in Yunnan

was as below:

region Lincang Dehong Banna Baoshan Puer Honghe Total

Area (Hec.) 6000 5000 1500 1500 200 150 14350

Trees (million) 1.80 1.5 0.45 0.45 0.06 0.04 4.30

Yield NIS (Tones) 500 400 2000 100 50 3000

Total For China Now

Province Area Yield

Yunnan

14,350

Hectares

3,000

Ton NIS

Guangxi 2,000

Hectares

500

Ton NIS

Guangdong 130

Hectares

30

Ton NIS

Sichuang 33

Hectares

15

Ton NIS

Total China 16,513

Hectares

3,500

Ton NIS

Yunnan Macadamia Development Company

• Our Company - Yunnan Macadamias has:

• 4 Nurseries – 3 Million Seedlings Plus 0.5 Million Grafted Trees.

• 3 Farms – About 100,000 Trees up to 10 years old plus planned

plantings of an additional 200,000 trees.

• 2 NIS Processing Factories.

• 1 Retail Products Processing factory.

Zhefang Farm

Mangshi Farm ,Nursery, and Factory

Yongde- Two Large Nurseries.

Nansan Farm and Factory

4 Nurseries

—— 3 Million Seedlings Plus 0.5 Million

Grafted Trees in 2012.

—Nan San Farm – 90,000 Trees – 0 to 5 Years Old.

Nan San farm started with sugarcane

3 Farms

100,000 Trees up to 10 years old plus planned

plantings of an additional 200,000 trees.

3 Farms

100,000 Trees up to 10 years old plus planned

plantings of an additional 200,000 trees.

—Mangshi &Zhefang farms—10,000 trees —5 to 10 Years Old.

Two NIS Processing Factories.

Mangshi Processing Factory —Hand Labour—1,000 Tonnes NIS/Year.

Nansan Factory—Fully Mechanized—Completed in 2012—10,000 Tonnes NIS/Year.

Some of our Retail product Range

— RMB 5M Sales in 2012

Variety ，Kernel Recovery and Yield

(measure 6 year old trees)

variety 246 344 508 660 741 788

KR% 33.6 33.4 36.4 37.6 39.0 42.4

Yield (kg/tree)

4.7 5.6 4.2 4.1 4.8 4.4

The Consumption in China time

item

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Import of NIS (mainland) 12,293 T 15,529 T 12,853 T 9,092 T

Import of Price for NIS USD1800 USD2,300 USD2,800 USD4,000 USD4,000

Import of Price for Kernel USD9,000 USD11,000 USD12,000 USD15,000 USD15,000

41200 41200

65400 65400

86300

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2

3

4

5

6

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

壳果产量 销售价格

数据来源：云澳达贸易部市场调查

The Future

Current 2010 Five Year Plan

• The Yunnan Government said in the year 2010 Five

Year Plan that Yunnan Province should have developed

750,000 Mu of Macadamia by the year 2015 including

existing plantings.

• Equals 50,000 Hectares of Macadamia by 2020.

• Equals about 15 Million Trees.

• Equals, at 10 Kg NIS per Tree, 150,000 Tonnes NIS by

about 2025.

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