1. Nine enterprises from Hebei Province took part in the 33rd ¡°Japan International Food and Beverage Exhibition¡±. The volume of agreed business totaled 4.40 million dollars, marking a remarkable achievement.

2. Several supermarkets in Guangzhou received successively notices from a few well-known beverage enterprises like Wanglaoji, Yeshu, Master Kung, etc. for price hikes. This round of price hikes ranges between 8% and 10%.

3. 13080 kg combined fruit juice drinks, i.e. mulberry-apple juice and mulberry-strawberry juice, produced by Tiangong Fazenda Fruit Juice and Fruit Wine Co., Ltd of Ningbo, smoothly entered the market of the Philippines. This marks the beginning of export of combined fruit juice made in Ningbo.

4. AQSIQ issued on April the 7th the ¡°supervision methods for the quality safety of designated Olympics food enterprises¡±, to introduce on-the-spot supervision over all Olympics food enterprises and exercise enclosed management for the production and processing of all Olympics foods.

5. According to the AQSIQ designated Olympics food enterprises should use electronic bar codes in packaging the products.

6. Linyuan Business and Trade Co., Ltd of Hekou, Yunnan plans to invest six million RMB to grow 3,000 mu coffee in Laofanzhai town, with the mode of production of ¡°company plus households¡± against the successful trial growing of coffee in its 200-mu base at Laofanzhai town.

7. The ¡°Food Nutrition Labeling Management Regulations¡±, formulated by the Ministry of Public Health, will be in effect from May 1st, 2008.

8. Related work for the implementation of the ban on plastic bags from June 1st onward has been carried out in an orderly manner. Given the ban, plastic packaging of drinking water in barrels will be restricted.

9. The investment agreement totaling 200 million RMB for the mineral water development project in Shiqian County, Guizhou Province has been concluded successfully. The construction of the project will see further development and utilization of the rich underground thermal and mineral water resources in Shiqian.

10. According to the latest monitoring by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the quality rate of fruit and vegetable juice drinks in circulation in the market of PRC is 100%.

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BOABC Insights 1

News Flash 1

1.1 Soft Drinks Industry¡¯s News Update & Policy Review 1

1.2 Monthly Update of Key Companies 3

1.3 Introduction to New Products and Technology 4

Soft Drinks Industry¡¯s Developments 4

2.1 Monthly Monitoring on Soft Drinks Market 4

4.81 Million Tons Production of Soft Drinks in Mar. 2008, 25.6% higher from Same Period 2007 4

Market Price for Beverage in China Put Up a Total Comeback in April 2008. 6

2.2 Monthly Monitoring on Drinking Water in Bottles and Barrels 7

Analysis of Bottle/Bucket Drinking Water Production in China in the First Quarter 2008 7

2.3 Monthly Monitoring on Carbonated Drinks 8

Analysis of China¡¯s Carbonate Drink Production in the First Quarter 2008 8

2.4 Monthly Monitoring on Fruit Juices and Drinks 8

Fruit Juice and Juice Drink Production in the First Quarter 2008 8

2.5 Monthly Monitoring of Other Soft Drinks 9

Annual Report of Huiyuan Fruit Juice shows that Profit Almost Doubled in 2007. 9

Annual Report of Haisheng Fruit Juice Revealed 146% Profit Gain. 10

Annual Report of Master Kung Showed Historical High of its Performance. 10

2.6 Monthly Analysis of Import and Export of Orange Juice and Apple Juice by Original Country 11

2.6.1 China¡¯s Import of Frozen Orange Juice in March 2008 Fell 24.17% to 3432 Tons. 11

2.6.2 China¡¯s Concentrate Apple Juice in March 2008 Fell by 37.84% to 64275 Tons 12

2.7 Monitoring on Import and Export Volume of Orange Juice and Apple Juice by Company 13

2.7.1 Analysis of Orange Juice Importing Companies in Mar. 2008 13

2.7.2 Analysis of Apple Juice Exporting Companies in Mar., 2008 16

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