China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited

China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited was a Chinese agricultural-processing and food-ingredients company serving the Mainland China market. Its activities covered the conversion and supply of major agricultural commodities, including oilseeds, wheat, rice, tapioca and brewing inputs. The business was organized around five principal operating divisions: oilseed processing; biofuels and biochemical products; rice trading and processing; wheat processing; and brewing materials. The company was separated from COFCO International Limited, the international trading arm that later became China Foods Limited, and subsequently pursued an independent Hong Kong listing. Its shares began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 21 March 2007. From 10 September 2007, the company was included as a constituent of the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index, reflecting its status as a mainland Chinese enterprise listed in Hong Kong. China Agri-Industries occupied an important position in China's agricultural supply chain rather than operating primarily as a consumer-facing packaged-food brand. Its operations linked imported and domestic agricultural commodities with industrial customers, food manufacturers, traders and energy-related users. Oilseed processing was its largest business by revenue, producing edible oils and related co-products such as oilseed meals for food and feed applications. Wheat and rice activities extended the company's role into staple-grain processing and trading, while brewing materials supplied inputs used in alcoholic-beverage production. The biofuels and biochemical division was a distinctive part of the portfolio. The company was described as China's leading fuel-ethanol producer and operated facilities using both grain and non-grain feedstocks. In particular, it had the country's first and only non-grain-based fuel-ethanol facility, using tapioca as its raw material. This capability connected agricultural processing with China's renewable-energy and fuel-substitution objectives while reducing reliance on conventional grain feedstocks for ethanol production. In 2010, the five operating divisions together generated reported revenue of HK$53.49 billion and profit of HK$1.283 billion, according to the company's referenced historical description. Oilseed processing was the largest division, accounting for nearly two-thirds of revenue during the first half of 2011. These figures illustrate the scale of the company at that point and the concentration of its economics in oilseed crushing and related products. The available reference material emphasizes the company's industrial scope and historical listing rather than its later corporate status, ownership changes or present-day operating structure. Accordingly, its current status, current corporate parent, current executives beyond the historically identified chairman, and any subsequent delisting or restructuring are not established here. The company should therefore be understood as a historically significant COFCO-related agricultural-processing enterprise whose documented activities centered on grains, oilseeds, biofuels, biochemicals and brewing inputs.

China Agri-Industries Holdings developed as an agricultural-processing business associated with the COFCO group. The company was separated from COFCO International Limited, an entity that was later known as China Foods Limited, in preparation for a distinct corporate and capital-markets identity. Its business model focused on processing and supplying agricultural commodities for China's food, feed, beverage and energy industries. The company's Hong Kong listing took place on 21 March 2007. The flotation gave the agricultural-processing business a separate listed presence and made its operating performance more visible to public-market investors. On 10 September 2007, its shares were added to the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index, an index associated with mainland Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong. Operationally, China Agri-Industries was divided into five major businesses. Oilseed processing was the largest, encompassing the industrial conversion of oilseeds into edible oils and related products. Rice trading and processing and wheat processing addressed China's staple-grain supply chains. Brewing materials served beverage manufacturers, while the biofuels and biochemical division extended the company into renewable energy and industrial chemicals. The biofuels operation was especially notable because the company was identified as China's leading fuel-ethanol producer. Its facilities included what was described as China's first and only non-grain-based fuel-ethanol producer, using tapioca rather than grain as the principal feedstock. This differentiated the business from conventional grain-ethanol production and demonstrated the company's effort to apply agricultural-processing capabilities to alternative fuels. The historical operating figures available for 2010 show the scale reached by the platform: total revenue was reported at HK$53.49 billion and profit at HK$1.283 billion. During the first half of 2011, oilseed processing represented nearly two-thirds of revenue, confirming that the company remained primarily an oilseed-processing business despite its broader portfolio. The supplied reference material does not establish a complete account of later ownership, management, restructuring, delisting or current operations. For that reason, this dossier records the documented history through the period for which the reference material provides specific information and does not infer the company's present status.

1. 2011Oilseed processing dominates the portfolio

   Oilseed processing represented nearly two-thirds of revenue during the first half of 2011.

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2. 2010Reported multi-division revenue and profit

   The five operating divisions together reported revenue of HK$53.49 billion and profit of HK$1.283 billion for 2010.

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3. 2007Hong Kong listing

   China Agri-Industries Holdings was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 21 March 2007 after being separated from COFCO International Limited.

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4. 2007Index inclusion

   The company was added to the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index on 10 September 2007.

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An integrated agricultural-processing and industrial food-ingredients platform serving China's staple-food, feed, beverage and renewable-fuels supply chains.

• Oilseed processingAgricultural processing

  The company's largest operating line processed oilseeds into edible oils and associated co-products. The business formed the economic core of the company and supplied products into China's food and feed chains. Oilseed meal and other processing outputs complemented the principal oil products, allowing the division to monetize multiple parts of the raw material.

• Biofuels and biochemical productsBiofuels and industrial biochemicals

  This division connected agricultural raw materials with renewable energy and biochemical applications. China Agri-Industries was described as a leading Chinese fuel-ethanol producer and operated facilities using both grain and non-grain feedstocks. Its tapioca-based facility was identified as China's first and only non-grain-based fuel-ethanol producer in the referenced material.

• Rice trading and processingRice supply and processing

  The rice business covered the trading and processing of rice for the Chinese market. It represented one of the company's routes into staple-food supply chains and complemented the company's broader involvement in grain handling and food production.

• Wheat processingGrain processing

  The wheat-processing division converted wheat into products for downstream food and industrial users. Alongside rice and oilseed operations, it gave the company exposure to major staple crops and reinforced its role as an upstream and midstream agricultural processor rather than a single-product manufacturer.

• Brewing materialsBeverage-production inputs

  The brewing-materials business supplied agricultural inputs used in brewing and alcoholic-beverage production. It broadened the company's customer base beyond staple-food processors and connected its commodity-processing capabilities with China's beverage industry.

• 2007Separation from COFCO International and independent listingStrategy

  The agricultural-processing activities were separated from COFCO International Limited, creating a distinct listed vehicle for the business.

  What changed. China Agri-Industries Holdings pursued a separate listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 21 March 2007.

  Aftermath. The company gained an independent Hong Kong-listed identity and was subsequently included in the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index.

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• Development of non-grain fuel ethanolProduct launch

  The company expanded its biofuels capabilities beyond conventional grain-based ethanol feedstocks.

  What changed. It operated a facility using tapioca as the raw material for fuel ethanol, described as China's first and only non-grain-based fuel-ethanol producer.

  Aftermath. The operation differentiated the company's biofuels portfolio and linked its agricultural-processing platform with alternative-fuel production.

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• 2011Oilseed processing remains the largest operating division

  Oilseed processing accounted for nearly two-thirds of the company's revenue in the first half of 2011, making it the dominant business within the five-division portfolio.

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• 2007China Agri-Industries Holdings lists on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

  China Agri-Industries Holdings was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 21 March 2007 after being separated from COFCO International Limited.

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• 2007Company added to the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index

  The company became a constituent of the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index on 10 September 2007.

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1. China Agri-Industries Holdings
2. COFCO official website