The catalogue of hazardous chemicals was revised, and the impact of the diesel industry chain was geometric

On November 7, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other 10 departments jointly issued an announcement to adjust and revise the "Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2015 Edition)", adjusting "1674 diesel [closed cup flash point ≤60°C]" to "1674 diesel", which will be implemented
from January 1, 2023.
This means that all diesel fuel is listed in the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals and the flash point is no longer distinguished, In the future, the production, operation and use of all diesel fuel shall be subject to relevant administrative licenses in accordance with hazardous chemicals, such as production licenses, business licenses, and use licenses (except for the use of fuel).

In this regard, Ma Jiancai, an analyst at Jinlianchuang refined oil products, believes that the implementation of the new regulations has put forward higher access conditions and requirements
for enterprises and practitioners in the entire industrial chain.
This is of great significance
for maintaining national energy and economic security.

Industry insiders said that oil prices are now high, and there are some individuals or private companies selling diesel
.
After all diesel is included in the management of hazardous chemicals, some individuals or enterprises will be severely cracked down on using the name of internal self-use gas stations to play the edge of diesel foreign business or trade, which will help stabilize oil prices
.

It is understood that diesel is divided into two categories
: light diesel and heavy diesel.
According to the freezing point classification, light diesel has six grades of 5, 0, -10, -20, -35 and -50, and heavy diesel has three grades of 10, 20 and 30
.
Among them, diesel 10, 5, 0, -10, -20 brand closed flash point ≥ 55 °C
.
According to the previous relevant regulations, only -20 and below brand of automotive diesel belongs to the category of
hazardous chemicals.
Since diesel has always been a product between hazardous chemicals and non-hazardous chemicals, some enterprises or individuals use "high flash point diesel is not a hazardous chemical" to evade supervision
.
In addition, diesel applications are more extensive and the demand is large, the market wholesale trade link is more active, there are many market participants, the management of all aspects of diesel transportation, storage and operation is more mixed, and some hidden resources increase, interfering with normal industry competition
.

"In recent years, the special rectification management of the refined oil circulation market has become stricter, and the issuance of this document may escalate
the industry rectification again.
" Ma Jiancai believes that the specific impact of the new policy will be reflected in four links
.

The first is the diesel trade
.
All diesel is included in the supervision of hazardous chemicals, and the trade link must obtain a hazardous chemical business license, and those without hazardous chemical certificates and only "refined oil wholesale (excluding hazardous chemicals)" in the original business scope will be centrally rectified or removed
.
The entry threshold for diesel trade has been greatly increased, and the market trade share will be greatly reduced
in the short term.

The second is mainly engaged in wholesale and upstream links of refineries
.
For traders and distributors who do not have diesel projects in the hazardous chemical certificate, they will not be able to purchase diesel from the main business, so it is not ruled out that the qualification requirements for customers in the later stage will be increased
.
Due to the formalization of intermediate trade links, the market customer group has sharply decreased, and the share of sales volume of the main wholesale link will decline
accordingly.
In terms of georefining, the chaos of resource circulation will be reduced
.

The third is the terminal gas station link
.
Gasoline at northern gas stations is often transported and stored together with -20 and below grades of diesel, and the relevant business qualifications are relatively perfect, so the new policy has little impact on it
.
However, some private gas stations in the south lack diesel projects in terms of qualifications, and these may apply for new hazardous chemical business licenses, otherwise diesel business
is not allowed.
As the market share of the intermediate trade end decreases, the market share of the retail end will increase, so the new policy will benefit the gas station link
to a certain extent.

The fourth is the terminal special oil link
.
For some large amounts of oil, it is necessary to go through the relevant procedures before storing diesel
fuel in their construction sites.
After diesel is fully included in the management of hazardous chemicals, some special oil self-burial tanks and mobile fuel trucks will be effectively treated, and some of the diesel foreign operations or trade behaviors that use their own convenience will be cracked down
.

"At present, there are less than two months left before the implementation of the new regulations, and it is not ruled out that other relevant supporting documents will be issued
in the future.
" Ma Jiancai said
.