Maleic Anhydride Survey in China - 2nd Edition

The fast increasing capacity of Chinese MA industry, together with the China’s endeavor to improve the production technology, has shown the world that China will play an important role in the world market in the future, even to become a global MA manufacturing base.

This report provides readers with both a panoramic perspective as well as an in-depth analysis of China's MA industry.

China's MA industry is characterised by the following features:
- MA capacity keeps increasing fast despite the fact that China’s MA supply is already surplus, for three reasons clearly explained in the report;
- Geographical concentration of China’s maleic anhydride production, mainly in Shanxi, Jiangsu, Hebei and Tianjin;
- Small import volume, fast growing export volume;
- As the price of raw material accounts for about 85% of total cost of MA, the price changes of the raw material, to some extent, decides the price trend of MA;
- Little change to China’s MA consumption structure these years, though the volume increases quickly.
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Introduction and methodology
I Development history in China
1
II The industry nowadays in China 2
II-1 Current production situation 2
- Summary of producers 2
- Summary of production 5
II-2 Brief Introduction to production technology 7
II-2.1 Different Pathways/Methods in China 7
II-2.2 Manufacturing cost 11
II-3 Raw material supply situation 11
II-4 Competitiveness landscape 13
II-5 Import and export analysis in 2005~2007 14
III Price and its influencing factors 27
III-1 Historic pricing and current pricing 27
III-2 Factors resulting in price changes 27
IV Consumption pattern 28
IV-1 Analysis of applications 28
IV-2 Brief introduction to major end use segments 29
IV-2.1 Unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) 29
IV-2.2 Esterification & hydrogenation Products of MA (BDO, THF, etc.) 31
IV-2.3 Coating 32
IV-2.4 Tartaric acid 33
IV-2.5 Lubricant additive 34
IV-2.6 Pesticides 35
IV-2.7 Succinic acid 36
IV-2.8 Others 37
V Future forecast 38
V-1 Key factors and driving forces 38
V-2 Quantities forecasts of market in the next 5 years 40
VI Conclusion 42
VII Appendix: Profiles of producers 43
VII-1.1 Tianjin Zhonghe Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. 43
VII-1.29 Shanxi Haoxin Chemical Co., Ltd. 70
VII-2.1 Xingjiang Kelamayi Jinze Chemical Co., Ltd. 71
VII-2.5 Shanxi Yingo Industry Co., Ltd. 73
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Table II-1-1 Production method and raw material of MA producers in China

Table II-1-2 Capacity and output of MA producers in China

Table II-1-3 The newly-built MA facilities in 2008

Table II-2.2-1 The detailed manufacturing cost of MA in China

Table II-3.1-1 Capacity of newly-built ethylene and other three kinds of benzene in 2006

Table II-5.3-1 Import price of MA in 2005~2007(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-2 Active Importers of MA in 2005(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-3 Active Importers of MA in 2006(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-4 Active Importers of MA in 2007(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-5 Origins for importing MA in 2005~2007(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-6 Export price of MA in 2005~2007(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-7 Active exporters of MA in 2005(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-8 Active exporters of MA in 2006(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-9 Active exporters of MA in 2007(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-10 Export destination of MA in 2005~2007 (Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table II-5.3-11 Export situation of active MA producers in 2005~2007(Quantity(t); Unit price (USD/kg) )

Table IV-2.1-1 List of major end users of MA in UPR industry

Table IV-2.2-1 List of major end users of MA in BDO industry

Table IV-2.3-1 List of the major end users of MA in coating industry

Table IV-2.4-1 List of major end users of MA in tartaric acid industry

Table IV-2.5-1 List of major end users of MA in lubricant additives industry

Table IV-2.6-1 List of major end users of MA in pesticides industry

Table IV-2.7-1 List of major end users of MA in succinic acid industry

Table V-1-1 List of newly-built hydrofining benzene facilities in 2007 (Unit: tonne)


Figure I Geographical distribution of Chinese MA producers as of Feb.2008

Figure II-1-1 Capacity and output of MA in China from 2002 to 2007 (Unit: tonne)

Figure II-1-2 Geographical distribution of MA production as of Feb.2008

Figure II-2.1-1 The flow chart of MA production in normal butane oxidation method

Figure II-2.1-2 The flow chart of MA production in benzene oxidation method

Figure II-2.1-3 Output and consumption volume of benzene in 2002~2007 (Unit: ‘000 tonne)

Figure II-3.1-1 Capacity and output of pure benzene from 2002 to 2007 (Unit: ‘000 tonne)

Figure II-3.1-2 Output of coking benzene in China from 2002 to 2007 (Unit: ‘000 tonne)

Figure II-3.1-3 The price of coking benzene and oil benzene from 2006 to Jan. 2008 (Unit: RMB/t)

Figure II-5.1-1 Import and export volume of MA from 2005~2007 (Unit: tonne)

Figure II-5.1-2 Import and export price of MA in 2005~2007 (Unit: USD/kg)

Figure II-5.1-3 The total import volume of top 3 MA importers in 2005~2007

Figure II-5.2-1 MA export volume of 3 producers with the largest export volume 2005~2007 (Unit: tonne)

Figure III-1-1 Price of MA in recent years (Unit: RMB/t)

Figure III-1-2 The price of MA and coking benzene (Unit: RMB/t)

Figure IV-1-1 The consumption volume of MA in China from 2002 to 2007

Figure IV-1-2 The consumption structure of MA in China from 2002 to 2007 (Unit: tonne)

Figure IV-2.1-1 The consumption volume of MA in UPR industry from 2002 to 2007 (Unit: tonne)

Figure IV-2.2-1 The consumption volume of MA in BDO, THF, etc. (Unit: tonne)

Figure IV-2.2-1 The consumption volume of MA in coating (Unit: tonne)

Figure IV-2.4-1 The consumption volume of MA in tartaric acid from 2002 to 2007 (Unit: tonne)

Figure IV-2.5-1 The consumption volume of MA in lubricant additives (Unit: tonne)

Figure IV-2.6-1 The consumption volume of MA in pesticides (Unit: tonne)

Figure IV-2.7-1 The consumption volume of MA in succinic acid in China

Figure V-1-1 Capacity and apparent consumption of MA in China from 2002 to 2007 (Unit: tonne)

Figure V-1-2 Capacity of hydrofining benzene from 2005 to 2008 (Unit: tonne)

Figure V-1-3 Price of hydrofining benzene and pickling benzene in 2004~2006 (Unit: RMB/t)

Figure V-2-1 Forecast of MA production in China in the next 5 years (Unit: tonne)
Figure V-2-2 Forecast of MA consumption in China in the next 5 years (Unit: tonne)
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