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Cooking Oil Production in China - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

IBISWorld IBISWorld Beijing, China Last Updated: May 2024 1331

Revenue

$366.4bn

2024

$366.4bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xbn

Employees

502k

Businesses

2,707

Wages

$X.Xbn

Cooking Oil Production in China industry analysis

The Cooking Oil Production industry in China has grown its revenue rapidly over the past five years, mainly due to increased industry capacity and high domestic demand. As the country has changed its economic focus from exports to domestic demand and increased living standards, cooking oil consumption in China is expected to maintain a strong growth trend over the period. ACMR-IBISWorld expects industry revenue to total $366.4 billion in 2024, up 5.5% for the year. Over the five years through 2024, revenue has grown at a CAGR of 6.2%. Profits are estimated to account for 3.6% of industry revenue in 2024.
The small-package cooking oil segment accounted for 15.0% of total industry revenue in 2008, and its share has been increasing rapidly in recent years. Arawana, Fortune and Luhua are the top three brands in China, and together account for over 60.0% of the small-package cooking oil market.
The Cooking Oil Production industry has low concentration, with the top four enterprises accounting for less than 15% of total industry revenue in 2023. Merger and acquisition activity has been increasing the industry's concentration in recent years. In March 2006, COFCO merged with China Grains and Oils Group Corporation to become the largest oil and fat holding group in China, with approximately 12.0% of the industry's processing capacity. COFCO now owns several well-known cooking oil brands, including Fortune, Sihai, Wuhu, Xiyinyin, Weiyi, Kangsheng and Xianggufang. In December 2006, Wilmar International Limited acquired Kerry Grain & Oil and all the stock of Yihai Group held by ADM. Yihai Group has established five large cooking oil manufacturing enterprises together with COFCO, including EOGI.
Over the five years through 2029, total industry revenue is projected to increase at a CAGR of 4.4%, to $454.6 billion. The slower revenue growth compared with the previous five-year period is forecast to be due to the over-production of cooking oil. The main drivers of industry revenue growth over the five years through 2029 are anticipated to be the steadily growing demand from catering industries and the food sector, increased consumption of first-grade and second-grade cooking oil in rural areas. Further popularization of small-package cooking oil, rising global demand for biological diesel oil and competitive pricing levels are also projected to aid industry revenue growth over the period.

Trends and Insights

  • Cooking oil work as daily necessities for consumers. No matter how the catering market or public taste changes, cooking oil is a necessity for cooking and has certain rigid demand attributes.
  • Soybean oil is the largest cooking oil segment. Soybean oil account for over half of industry revenue, and the proportion of small-breed oil will increase with consumers’ requirements becoming more diversified.
  • East China is the main cooking oil production base in China. Shandong province and Jiangsu province are the two largest cooking oil production provinces, jointly accounting for nearly 30% of industry revenue.
  • Guaranteed supply of oil seeds helps the enterprise to stand out. Stable supply of oil seeds is crucial for production of cooking oil products, and the top enterprises are usually located in the regions with sufficient inputs supply.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 6.2 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $366.4bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Cooking oil work as daily necessities for consumers

  • Cooking oil is needed as a raw material in daily cooking. No matter how the catering market or public taste changes, cooking oil is a necessity for cooking and has certain rigid demand attributes.
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Cooking Oil Production in China
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

The government continues to assist development of this industry

  • In March, 2022, the 14th Five-Year Plan for Promoting Agricultural and Rural Modernization was officially released. It puts forward to stabilize development of oil plants, increase the supply of soybean, expand the planting area of oilseed rape production protection areas, improve production of tea oil in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze river, etc. These measures will assist development of this industry.

Biggest companies in the Cooking Oil Production in China

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($short_0)
2024

There are no companies that hold a large enough market share in the Cooking Oil Production in China industry for IBISWorld to include in this product.

Products & Services Segmentation

Cooking Oil Production in China
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Soybean oil, Rapeseed oil and Peanut oil. Soybean oil is the largest segment of the Cooking Oil Production in China.

Trends and Insights

Soybean oil is the largest cooking oil segment

  • Soybean oil is one of the most commonly used cooking oils, and it is the largest industry segment in the industry, accounting for about 54.5% of total industry output in 2024.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The Cooking Oil Production industry in China manufactures cooking oil from a wide variety of edible oil plants. Industry products include soybean oil, rapeseed oil, palm oil, peanut oil, cottonseed oil and other edible oils.

What's included in this industry?

Soybean oilRapeseed oilPeanut oilCottonseed and other small-breed oils

Companies

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Related Terms

PEANUT OILSOYBEAN OILSUNFLOWER OIL

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Cooking oil work as daily necessities for consumers. No matter how the catering market or public taste changes, cooking oil is a necessity for cooking and has certain rigid d...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Soybean oil is the largest cooking oil segment. Soybean oil account for over half of industry revenue, and the proportion of small-breed oil will increase with consumers’ req...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

East China is the main cooking oil production base in China. Shandong province and Jiangsu province are the two largest cooking oil production provinces, jointly accounting f...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Guaranteed supply of oil seeds helps the enterprise to stand out. Stable supply of oil seeds is crucial for production of cooking oil products, and the top enterprises are us...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Top companies have established distinct brand awareness. COFCO Corporation, Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co., Ltd. and Shandong Luhua Group Co., Ltd. have established leading...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024

Detailed analysis

    External Environment

    Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

    Analyst insights

    Cooking oil is a basic daily necessity with huge market space. The rising disposable income and consumption upgrading drive long-term development of this industry.

    In this chapter

    • External Drivers
    • Regulation & Policy
    • Assistance

    Key metrics

    • Regulation & policy level and trend
    • Assistance level and trend

    Charts

    • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
    • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

    Detailed analysis

    • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
    • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
    • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

    Financial Benchmarks

    View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

    Analyst insights

    The rising purchase costs narrowed down profit margins. As China imports large volume of oil seeds from abroad, the price fluctuation of oil seeds in the international market...

    In this chapter

    • Cost Structure
    • Financial Ratios
    • Key Ratios

    Key metrics

    • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
    • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
    • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
    • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

    Charts

    • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
    • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
    • Investment vs. share of economy

    Data tables

    • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
    • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
    • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
    • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • Average Wage (2014-2029)
    • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
    • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
    • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
    • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

    Detailed analysis

    • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

    Key Statistics

    Industry Data

    Data Tables

    Including values and annual change:

    • Revenue (2014-2029)
    • IVA (2014-2029)
    • Establishments (2014-2029)
    • Enterprises (2014-2029)
    • Employment (2014-2029)
    • Exports (2014-2029)
    • Imports (2014-2029)
    • Wages (2014-2029)

    Top Questions Answered

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    What is the market size of the Cooking Oil Production industry in China in 2024?

    The market size of the Cooking Oil Production industry in China is $366.4bn in 2024.

    How many businesses are there in the Cooking Oil Production in China industry in 2024?

    There are 2,707 businesses in the Cooking Oil Production industry in China, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.0 % between 2019 and 2024.

    Has the Cooking Oil Production industry in China grown or declined over the past 5 years?

    The market size of the Cooking Oil Production industry in China has been growing at a CAGR of 6.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

    What is the forecast growth of the Cooking Oil Production industry in China over the next 5 years?

    Over the next five years, the Cooking Oil Production industry in China is expected to grow.

    What does the Cooking Oil Production in China include?

    Soybean oil and Rapeseed oil are part of the Cooking Oil Production industry.

    How competitive is the Cooking Oil Production industry in China?

    The level of competition is high and increasing in the Cooking Oil Production industry in China.

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    Competitors

    • Meat Processing in China

    Complementors

    • Sugar Production in China

    International industries

    • Margarine & Cooking Oil Processing in the US
    • Cooking Oil Recycling in the US
    • Margarine & Cooking Oil Processing in Canada
    • Cooking Oil and Margarine Manufacturing in Australia
    • Oil & Fat Production in the UK

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