CHINA DAILY Monday, January 16, 2017 Markets | BUSINESS 17 Baijiu makers see revenues rise CSRC seen mulling easier rules on stock on strong middle­class demand futures trading Other higher­end By LI XIANG daily staples see [email protected] robust sales on China’s securities regula­ rising incomes tor is reportedly considering relaxing the restrictions on The basic condi­ the trading of stock index By BLOOMBERG futures. Any such move tion for loosen­ would underscore its inten­ Drink a baijiu toast to the tion to gradually restore the ing the trading new year. China’s consumer market function that has staples stocks, led by makers of almost come to a halt since curbs on index the fiery Chinese liquor, are the market rout in 2015. futures is in helping drive stock gains this Relaxation measures will year as sales prospects get likely include reducing the place.” rosier. minimum margin require­ As China’s markets ment from 40 percent to 20 Xun Yugen, chief strategist endured a year of turmoil percent of the contract value at Haitong Securities Co Ltd amid concerns over the eco­ and increasing the maximum nomic outlook, consumer sta­ daily trading volume from 10 ples was the only sector on the contracts to 20 per investor, country’s key stocks Chinese media reported, cit­ exchanges with positive ing people familiar with the >90 returns last year. Those busi­ matter. nesses, which sell things for Chinese online media outlet percent daily use, surged with average thepaper.cn reported that the the y­o­y drop in trading vol­ revenue in fiscal 2017 forecast regulator is likely to announce ume of index futures in 2016 to grow three times as quickly the decision within this as their global peers. month. The China Securities “The baijiu sector will con­ Workers pack bottles of Moutai, a fiery Chinese liquor, at the Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd plant in Guizhou province in May 2016. Regulatory Commission did tinue to outperform the JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY not respond to media inquir­ industry fundamentally as it ies on this matter. Relaxing the trading curbs still has growing demand,” Short selling through index will strengthen investors’ Mark Chen, a Shanghai­based boosted by low corn prices. futures trading has been ability to hedge risks and it analyst at UOB Kay Hian Ltd, The baijiu sector will continue Food producers are benefit­ blamed for the market crash will likely attract more capital said by phone. For China’s 27 ing from slumping corn prices in the summer of 2015 that into the stock market, Xun food industry as a whole, the percent to outperform the industry as China’s government ended wiped out one­third of the added. long­term catalyst is coming some price supports. Revenue A­share market value within a A growing number of schol­ from companies upgrading share of the top four baijiu fundamentally as it still has growing at poultry producer Fujian month. ars and market analysts have their product mix to satisfy makers in the operating SunnerDevelopmentCoLtdis The trading volume of index also been calling for restora­ Chinese customers, he said. profits of the global spirits demand.” forecast to surge 32 percent in futures dropped dramatically tion of trading because they In2016,investorsinconsum­ industry. High­end baijiu is fiscal 2017, twice as fast as by more than 90 percent in believe that the trading of erstaplescompaniesontheCSI very “profitable”. Mark Chen, a Shanghai­based analyst at UOB Kay Hian Ltd Moutai, while sweetener mak­ 2016 from the previous year, stock index futures was not 300 Index recorded total erCOFCOTunheCoLtd’ssales after the regulator implement­ the cause of the stock market returns of 11 percent in yuan areexpectedtorise23percent. ed trading curbs to stem the crash in 2015. terms, compared with losses line growth and made them campaigns against corrup­ “extremely profitable,” and “Low corn prices are good market rout. It was reported that China’s for all the other sector groups. attractive to investors again.” tion and extravagance. the top four producers in Chi­ for all agricultural businesses The harsh restrictions have top securities regulator has They also outdid their global Baijiu­makers such as Demand is now being buoyed na, including Moutai and that buy corn as raw material, almost dried up liquidity in set up a special team to peers on the MSCI World Con­ Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd, by rising middle­class Wuliangye, are estimated to like sweetener and animal the stock futures market, review and assess the role of sumer Staples Index, which Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd and incomes, said Yuanta Securi­ account for 27 percent of feed producers. The lower pri­ sparking investors’ demand stock index futures trading slipped 0.4 percent. Luzhou Laojiao Co Ltd domi­ ties Co Ltd analyst Juliette earnings before interest and ces also feed through to the for the restoration of trading, during the stock market rout “What we’ve seen in main­ nated the gains, while China’s Liu. taxes of the global spirits costs of pigs and chicken which served as a necessary in 2015. land large­cap staples over largest dairy producer Inner Shares of baijiu­makers industry, according to the farmers, pushing up margins pricing and risk­hedging tool. But, an index futures the past two years is that Mongolia Yili Industrial can provide investors with Bernstein Global Spirits for all,” said Ma Wenfeng, an “The A­share market has investor in Beijing told China they’ve de­stocked inventory Group Co Ltd, and Henan stability amid volatile mar­ Guide published this month. analyst at Beijing Orient Agri­ been consolidating, with rela­ Daily on condition of ano­ and tweaked strategies to suit Shuanghui Investment & kets, Liu said. Revenue for the distillers business Consultants Ltd. tively stable movements. The nymity that the relaxation the changing consumer mar­ Development Co Ltd, which “The baijiu industry is surged in 2016, after two years The 17 Chinese firms that basic condition for loosening measures are more of a sym­ ket, such as by going more sells meat products, also rose. mature, which lessens the of weak sales, and analysts make up the consumer sta­ the trading curbs on index bolic move, which is far from premium,” said Hong Kong­ Makers of baijiu, the grain likelihood of bubbles and vol­ expect the strong growth to ples industry on the CSI 300 futures is in place,” said Xun enough to substantially based Mizuho Securities Asia liquor known as the toast of atility, and that’s what inves­ be sustained in 2017. But, they Index have an average reve­ Yugen, chief strategist at Hai­ improve the market liquidity Ltd analyst Jeremy Yeo. choice for the Chinese, have tors want now,”she said. could be outshone by the food nue growth forecast of 16 per­ tong Securities Co Ltd in a or to help investors hedge “That’s returned them to top bounced back from China’s High­end baijiu is producers, which are being cent for fiscal 2017. research note. risks effectively. 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