Nowadays, foreign direct investment (FDI) has
mainly penetrated the soybean oil production process
(other than some attempts to be involved in upstream
production as noted earlier). What is the attitude of
other players in the soybean value chain toward FDI?
Consider Qinghe Technology,Ltd., a large animal-feed
producer. Because soybean residue represents 60% of
the raw materials used in production, the market price
of soybeans directly affects the company's production
cost. Obviously, the low price of imported soybeans
makes Qinghe happy. Therefore, managers in the
animal-feed industry are interested in more imported
soybeans.
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