As a kind of sugar, sugar is a kind of sweet food, and sugar is one of the three major nutrients (sugar, protein, and fat) necessary for the human body.
White sugar is a must-have in every kitchen and can be found everywhere in people's daily diets. Although common, do you really know the potential investment value behind it?
The basic raw materials for sugar production are sugar cane and sugar beet, the main sugarcane sugar producing areas in China are mainly concentrated in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong and other places in the south, and the main sugar producing areas are mainly concentrated in Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia and other places in the north.
Although the raw materials are different, there is no difference in the quality of sugarcane and sugar beet sugar, and the national standard applies to both as well. China is an important sugar producer and consumer country, sugar planting occupies an important position in China's agricultural economy, its output and output value are second only to grain, oilseeds, cotton, ranking fourth.
As an economic industry with high output and high output value, there are also corresponding sugar futures varieties. On January 6, 2006, white sugar futures were listed and traded in Zhengshang. After 15 years of development and cultivation, the sugar futures market has run smoothly, the price discovery and hedging functions have played a good role, and it has played a significant role in promoting the risk management of enterprises, and has become one of the more mature varieties in the futures market.
In 2006, the price of white sugar came out of a "roller coaster" market. Some sugar companies have publicly stated that in 2006, the domestic sugar price experienced a historically rare sharp fluctuation, and if there was no Zheng Shang's white sugar futures to help enterprises reduce price risks, the losses of domestic sugar companies would be more serious.
Since the beginning of this year, the price of white sugar has risen again, and in the face of continuous improvement of price risks, enterprises have rationally used white sugar futures tools to help enterprises stabilize their operations in price fluctuations.
White sugar futures have been listed on the Zhengzhou Commodity Futures Exchange for 15 years, and the variety activity is high. Make a hand of white sugar, according to the 10% margin to calculate: assuming the price of 6000 white sugar futures, a hand of 10 tons, then 6000 * 10% * 10 = 6000, only 6000 funds can be used to make a hand of white sugar futures.