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    In the first half of the year, the capacity utilization rate of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry was 77.8%

    • Last Update: 2023-01-04
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    【Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network Market Analysis】In the first half of 2022, the petrochemical industry (excluding oil and gas extraction) operated smoothly
    .

    First, the production is basically stable
    .
    According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of the year, the capacity utilization rate of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry was 77.
    8%, down 0.
    8 percentage points year-on-year, higher than the industrial average of 2.
    4 percentage points
    。 The output of caustic soda, soda ash, sulfuric acid, ethylene and other bulk raw materials was 19.
    65 million tons, 14.
    67 million tons, 47.
    52 million tons and 14.
    39 million tons, respectively, an increase of 0.
    8%, -1%, 1.
    1% and 1.
    4% year-on-year; The output of synthetic resin and synthetic rubber was 56.
    27 million tons and 3.
    76 million tons, respectively, an increase of 1% and -6.
    1% year-on-year; The total amount of chemical fertilizers (purified) was 28.
    43 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.
    3%; Production of rubber tire tires was 418 million units, down 7.
    6%
    y/y.

     
    Second, prices continue to rise
    .
    According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of the year, the ex-factory price index of chemical raw materials and chemical manufacturing industry increased by 16.
    3%
    year-on-year.
    According to the data of the Petrochemical Federation, among the 30 products that focus on price, 21 have a year-on-year increase in average prices in the first half of the year, of which caustic soda, potassium chloride and sulfuric acid increased by 111%, 92% and 84% year-on-year; In June, prices increased by 20 month-on-month, of which nitric acid, caustic soda and PX increased by 14%, 11% and 10%
    month-on-month.

     
    Third, investment and export growth are good
    .
    According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of the year, investment in chemical raw materials and chemical manufacturing increased by 15% year-on-year, 4.
    1 percentage points
    higher than the industrial average.
    According to data from the General Administration of Customs, in the first half of the year, the total export of organic chemicals was 50 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 49%, and the trade surplus was 18.
    1 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 366%; The total export volume of inorganic chemicals was 18.
    4 billion US dollars, an increase of 82% year-on-year, and the trade surplus was 7 billion US dollars, an increase of 76% year-on-year; The total export volume of synthetic resin was 20.
    1 billion US dollars, an increase of 40% year-on-year, and the trade deficit was 15.
    5 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 40%.


     
    Original: Economic operation of the petrochemical industry in the first half of 2022
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