Caustic soda industry in China

According to Chinese industry insight into network statistics, in 2013 the domestic caustic soda new capacity will be 300 ~ 3.5 million tons, according to the actual increases production, the actual production capacity in 2 million tons, capacity expansion growth is a downward trend. Since 2012, domestic PVC, liquid chlorine market remain low, demand is not prosperous, capacity cannot be released in full. From the point of the global market, since 2012, the United States of chlor-alkali starts gradually picks up, running at 88% in December 2012, chlor-alkali products are exported to a strong rebound in the United States, at the same time as the northeast region of caustic soda units returning to Japan, Korea, further intensify the pressure on the domestic caustic soda export faces.

Competition from the domestic market, the domestic industry concentration degree is still low. Because our country protect the historical formation of the regional segmentation, region, makes our country small and medium-sized chlor-alkali enterprises were, the more the regional distribution. Caustic soda industry is high energy consumption industry, huge power consumption, combined with alkali transport costs rise, with regional advantage and with the advantage of raw materials such as coal, electricity, crude salt enterprises can greatly improve the production efficiency and enhance profitability. Overcapacity in the industry, industry consolidation and has the size advantage and cost advantage of enterprises will be more prominent.

Industry insight into research materials caustic soda industry development trend in China research report shows at the end of 2012, domestic caustic soda production capacity has reached 37.36 million tons, up 9.48% from a year earlier; Domestic caustic soda production 26.986 million tons, up 9.4% from a year earlier, the rate of 72.2%. And downstream PVC increased by only 1.7% in 2012, the weak market demand directly inhibit the caustic soda production growth and profit space.

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