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APC Newsletter
February 2013
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Peanut Exports up for 2012
PEANUT BUTTER FOR THE
HUNGRY
“Roundtable Update” Scheduled
for March 22
DOMESTIC NEWS AND UPDATES
Totebag Task Force Update
eTDE Update
THE PEANUT FOUNDATION
An Update from TPF
Important Industry Research
Websites
GUEST COLUMNIST
Changing Peanut Markets: Sid
Levy, President, SGL INTL
Peanut Exports up for 2012
Year End statistics for 2012 indicate
another record year for peanut
exports. In spite of very few exports at the beginning of the year,
overall exports for peanuts and
peanut products were up significantly in the last half of 2012, resulting in year-end increases. For
the time period of
January 1 to December 31, total
peanut exports
(total kernels, inshells, peanut butter and processed
peanuts) were up
11.89% by volume
and 29.91% by
value. Total export
value, at
$469,588,436 is an
industry record.
The previous record value was recorded in 2011 ($361,482,510).
shipped 58,058 tons. In 2012, the
Sales to Vietnam, which are likely
U.S. shipped 71,192 MT, an increase transhipped into China, were up
of 18% to the European Union.
from 56 metric tons in 2011 to 981
in 2012. Sales to India were also
Some other notable changes in
nearly double what they were a
2013 were exports to Colombia,
year ago, and though these numwhich increased from 53 metric
bers are small, indications are that
tons in 2011 to 614 metric tons
world market dynamics are changing. Countries such as
China, Vietnam, India,
and even South Africa
to some extent have
been competitors for
U.S. peanuts in various
markets around the
world. The fact that
these countries are
now importing U.S.
peanuts indicates
some significant
changes in the world’s
peanut supply.
shipped in 2012. A group of industry
representatives visited Colombia in Peanut exports were also up by
late 2012 and expect more sales in more than 10 percent to Russia, the
Our four largest export markets:
the coming months. Also, exports to United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,
Canada, Mexico, the European Un- South Africa were up 83%. This
the Philippines and Singapore. In all,
ion and Japan remained the top
increase is from a small base – but
U.S. Peanuts and products were
four in 2012. Value was up for all
growing. Exports to China are exshipped to more than 120 counfour, and volume was larger in 2012 pected to increase in 2013, and
tries.
than in 2011 for the EU; a significant some of this increased activity is
improvement. In 2011, the U.S.
reflected in the 2012 statistics.
PEANUT BUTTER FOR THE HUNGRY
APC WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
The Krema Products Company
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PEANUT NUTRITION
Nutrition News You Can Use—
Nuts help lower diabetes risks
during pregnancy
“Roundtable Update” Scheduled for March 22
Last year, just prior to the Peanut
Proud Festival in Blakely, Georgia,
the folks at Peanut Proud organized
a roundtable discussion to determine how best to undertake humanitarian activities as an industry. It’s been almost a year since
the group convened, and time for
an update. Please plan to attend a
“Roundtable Update” March 22,
2013 from 12:00 (noon)-3:00 p.m.
at the first Methodist Church of
Blakely. The meeting will start with
lunch, and be followed by a few
short presentations to update the
industry on the progress of our
humanitarian project. The Church is
located at 397 College Street,
Blakely, GA 39823. The event will
again be just prior to the Peanut
Proud Festival, which will be held
March 23, 2013. An invitation was
sent to everyone who attended the
roundtable last year plus a few
others, but please feel free to attend; the update will be interesting
to more than the original group and
open to everyone. We want to
encourage as many people as possible to participate in these initiatives. Please RSVP however, so we
can make certain there are enough
chairs (and food!) for everyone. The
agenda will include updates from
efforts to build a more formal industry initiative, updates on Peanut
Proud peanut butter for food
banks, and more. Hope to see you
there!
Send RSVP’s to sgrunenfelder@peanutsusa.com
February 2013
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DOMESTIC NEWS AND UPDATES
APC Calendar of Events
MARCH 2013
12 - 13
Industry Spring Conference
Albany, GA
MARCH 2013
13 - 15
TPF/eTDE/Totebag
Taskforce Meetings
Atlanta, GA
MAY 2013
21 - 23
INC Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
JUNE 2013
11 - 13
Snackex 2013
Gothenburg, Sweden
JUNE 2013
22 - 25
17th Annual USA Peanut
Congress
Amelia Island, FL
Totebag Task Force Update
The APC Totebag Task force will
meet on March 15th. The meeting
will be held at the Hotel Indigo
near the Atlanta Airport (details
below) from 8:00-10:00 AM. Discussions will include the tests that
have been conducted by the National Peanut Lab on top fabric
breathability, the new ID number
sequences that are being added to
the bag tag and the barcode that
should be placed below the ID.
Since it is possible that some final
decisions could be made on these
changes, it is important that all task
force members be present.
will be discussed at the meeting as
well. Once everyone has approved
the new tags, then the plastic
pouch can be eliminated from the
totebags. This will also make the
new tag, stuck directly on the bag,
more visible and easier to use with
barcode scanners.
Data is being analyzed on top fabric
breathability by Chris Butts at the
Dawson lab in an effort to determine what standard should be
established for the top fabric. This
change is expected to eliminate the
last few mold issues. Other steps
to improve moisture removal durThe testing of a stickier barcode tag ing transit will also be discussed.
is still underway and the samples
eTDE Update
tem for Europe has been approved.
It will be tested in April/May on
dairy documents and then on the
peanut Annex document. Upon
completion, eTDE will become the
EU requested interface for all documents from USDA.
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Hotel Indigo
1776 Harvard Avenue
College Park, GA 30337
Hotel: (404) 767-8881
Reservations: (866) 208-3280
(ref: American Peanut Council)
www.hotelindigo.com
The APC eTDE Taskforce will meet
on March 15th at the Hotel Indigo
in College Park, GA near the Atlanta Airport (details below). The
meeting will be held from 10:00 am
-12:00 pm. It will be followed at
1:00 pm by a WebEx training session on the new eDoc website
where the Annex document can be
completed electronically and uploaded to the eTDE system. Shelling plant personnel responsible for
completing the Annex document
should either plan to dial in to the
WebEx session or attend the training session. We have a lot of new
companies and countries joining
eTDE in 2013 and this training is
meant to address any questions
you may have on the system.
Contact work has begun with Canada on utilizing eTDE with their
eManifest system which is currently receiving electronic documents for entry into Canada. This
electronic format will be required
beginning May 2013 for carrier
documents. Over the next 2 years,
the Canadian Border Service
Agency will be phasing in requirements for all importer documents
to be electronic. The US Customs
and Border Protection agency is
working to make this a requirement from imports into the US as
well.
arriving in China. Many documents
are being falsified in China and this
is an effort by the Chinese government to stop this practice.
US shellers exporting to Canada,
Europe, or China are encouraged to
get signed up on eTDE. Please contact Steve Calhoun
(calhoste@bellsouth.net) for information on signing up.
Many industry members feel that
all domestic and international markets will be embracing this technology over the next few years and
that the industry will find ways to
make the system more efficient
and reduce costs as well. Work by
USDA has begun on adding Mexico,
Russia, Japan, and India to the
active list.
Hotel Indigo
1776 Harvard Avenue
China is now receiving all meat and College Park, GA 30337
poultry health certificates elecHotel: (404) 767-8881
tronically through the eTDE system Reservations: (866) 208-3280
and the Chinese port inspection
(ref: American Peanut Council)
The eTDE system interface with the services are working with USDA to www.hotelindigo.com
TRACES electronic document sysincrease this to all US commodities
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THE PEANUT FOUNDATION
An Update from The Peanut Foundation
The Peanut Foundation Board met
in Washington on December 5th.
The primary focus of the meeting
was a review of the Peanut Genomics Project. The meeting was
well attended by Board members
and industry representatives from
all segments.
capability of the submitting researcher, and institutional facilities.
The Peanut Foundation Board plans
met by conference call on December 20th to assign a budget to the
selected projects and make the
final decisions on approved projects. Selected proposals will be
announced as funds are available in
February.
Preliminary sequencing data has
been received by the Technical
group of the International Peanut
The Peanut Foundation has begun Genomic Consortium and discusits final genomic fund raising effort sions are ongoing about how to
with letters going out November
proceed to make the data more
20th to members of the manufacusable. The second phase of seturer segment of the industry and
quencing and assembly will proallied members on January 7th.
ceed following the Technical
With the previous commitments
group’s recommendations and
from shellers and growers totaling further clarification of the current
$4,000,000 we have 2/3rd of our
data by BGI. BGI has sequenced a
$6,000,000 goal. The Board at its
tetraploid, and two diploids, as well
meeting expressed thanks to all
as a segregated population develwho had already committed and
oped by Baozhu Guo (USDA-Tifton).
encouraged the rest of the industry This is a huge amount of data and
to join in supporting this important assembling the genomes of all
Peanut Genomic Initiative.
these plants sequenced is the next
critical step in producing a usable
Genomics research proposals for
reference peanut genome.
2013 were received in December
2012 and a review panel of repreFinal dates are now set for the 7th
sentatives of each of the industry
International Peanut Genomics
segments plus 5 non-peanut gemeeting in Zhengzhou, China. It
nomic/genetic researchers met on will be held on June 17-19, 2013.
December 19 to rank the submitted Attendance is expected to be
proposals. These rankings were
around 100 participants from over
based on technical merit, adher11 countries. This meeting will be
ence to the Genomic Strategic Plan used to review the progress glob(www.peanutbioscience.com),
ally on this project and to update
our progress versus the strategic
plan and make necessary revisions
to the plan.
The Peanut Foundation will hold its
research and Board meetings on
Thursday, March 14th. The meeting
will be held in the Hotel Indigo near
the Atlanta Airport (details below).
The morning will be devoted to
reviewing the projects funded for
2012. Afternoon meetings will
include a review of proposals submitted for funding in 2013 by the
Technical Review Committee and
by the Peanut Foundation Board
members. A meeting to discuss the
next steps on sequencing and assembly will be held also on March
13 at 7:00 PM.
Hotel Indigo
1776 Harvard Avenue
College Park, GA 30337
Hotel: (404) 767-8881
Reservations: (866) 208-3280
(ref: American Peanut Council)
www.hotelindigo.com
The Foundation is also looking for
nominees for the 2013 Peanut
Research and Education
Award. The Nomination form can
be found here. Deadline for submission will be March 4, 2013. The
selected individual will receive a
trip to the USA Peanut Congress in
Amelia Island, Florida, and a check
for $1,000. This award is cosponsored by the Foundation and
Bayer CropScience.
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Important Industry Research Websites
Information on peanut genomics
Peanut Research Data Base
http://www.peanut.bioscience.com http://www.apps.caes.uga.edu/
peanuts/
Peanut Allergy Research
http://www.allerg.qc.ca/
peanutallergy.htm#proteins
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Consortium on Facebook
to get updates and news
immediately.
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Contact Cindy Stickles at cstickles@peanutsusa.com
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Sid Levy, President, SGL INTL
Changing Peanut Markets
Interesting times in the peanut business. A
record crop in the USA with resulting low
prices and a drought in India last year have
brought the Chinese buyer to the USA peanut
market for the first time. India provides large
quantities of peanuts to China for crush and
the last 4 months USA shellers have been
selling large quantities to China to replace
Indian volume. USA peanuts have traded to
Far East ports for levels starting at 1200US$/
MT up to 1325$. These prices represent the
lowest peanut prices in the World today and
vast quantities have been sold. I suspect record volumes of exports will be recorded from
the USA this year.
Some USA manufacturers were caught thinking with the largest USA crop on record, prices
would continue to fall through the Summer
and hesitated to buy. We have now discovered that USA sheller capacity has become a
new factor in our market as the Chinese have
sucked out the volume available until Summer
months and current crop availability is scarce.
Prices have moved up in the USA from the mid
-40-cent range fob to the high 40's/low 50's.
Chinese demand for USA edible material to
crush continues but nothing is currently available with sheller capacity strained to the max.
Additionally, new crop contracting between
shellers and farmers should begin any day.
With competing crops of corn, cotton and
soybeans at attractive prices on a net return
basis to the farmer, many feel USA peanut
plantings will be down 20-30%. The Argentine
planted crop is beginning to show signs of
stress due to dry weather, especially in the
Southern part of the belt. Argentina had expected a record crop but dry weather to-date
and moisture for the balance of the season
will dictate volumes and has created some
uncertainty for the EU buyer.
Interesting times indeed; as soon as we think
we have all the answers, our peanut market
always suprises us. Stay prepared.
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February 2013
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PEANUT NUTRITION
Nutrition News You Can Use - Nuts help lower diabetes risks during pregnancy
Dr. Andrew Craig, APC Health Consultant, London
So-called
gestational
diabetes” (GDM)
is a risk to
some
women (up
to 10%)
during the
later
stages of
pregnancy. For reasons that seem
to be linked to hormonal changes
during pregnancy itself, their insulin receptor systems start to fail
and blood sugar levels get out of
control. This creates risks to both
mother and developing baby. The
latest study funded by the US
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
shows the importance of the right
diet before and during pregnancy
in reducing the risks of developing
this type of diabetes.
Nuts score very highly in this.
(1) After adjusting for other factors, the researchers concluded
that compared with higher animal
protein intakes, especially red
meat, “higher intake of vegetable
protein, specifically nuts, was associated with a significantly lower
risk.” The advice to women who
may be at risk is to start substituting foods like peanuts and peanut
butter before pregnancy for animal protein sources in their diets. This will give them the benefits of vegetable protein, unsaturated fats and a host of other nutrients such as fibre and magnesium. These are all known to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce type 2 diabetes risks.
The study population for this research was the large Nurses
Health Study II cohort, from which
15,294 women completed food
diaries. They had a total of 21,457
singleton pregnancies, including
870 in which a first-time diagnosis
of GDM was made. As they were
American health professionals,
peanuts and peanut butter would
be the most commonly consumed
nut in their diets, so one can reason that the majority of the beneficial effect found is a “peanut
“The advice to women
effect”.
As a practical and affordable dietary change, this is a very attractive one to make both in personal
and public health terms. As the
researchers concluded “our findings suggest that among women
of reproductive age, substitution
of vegetable protein for animal
protein, as well as substitution of
some healthy protein sources (eg,
nuts, legumes, poultry, and fish)
for red meat may potentially
lower GDM risk." They found that
switching just 5% of energy from
animal protein to vegetable protein such as peanuts would result
in a 51% lower GDM risk. That’s
prevention well worth having at a
very small price.
who may be at risk is
to start substituting
foods like peanuts and
peanut butter before
pregnancy for animal
protein sources in
their diets.”
1. Bao W et al. “Pre-pregnancy
dietary protein intake, major dietary protein sources, and the risk
of gestational diabetes mellitus: a
prospective cohort study” Diabetes Care online pre-publication, 1
February 2013.
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