氯碱China Chlor-alkali Industry Report, 2009-2010.pdfVIP

China Chlor-alkali Industryy Repport,, 2009-2010 The chlor-alkali industry is engaged in the production of chemical pproducts with NaOH, Cl2 and H2 that are made from electrolyytic salt solution. Being a basic chemical industry, it’s closely related to many industries, and holds a significant position in national economy. TheThe worldworld’ss chlorchlor--alkalialkali industryindustry hashas developeddeveloped rapidlyrapidly inin recentrecent years, and increasing overcapacity has shown up. What’s worse, the worldwide economy downturn has even added the fuel to fire. As the world’s big chlor-alkali producer and consumer, China has witnessed a relatively serious overcapacity due to its long-term unreasonable product structure restricted by factors such as technology. The caustic soda output capacity in China was 27.93 million tons in 2009, accounting for 34% of the world’s total; and the PVC capacity was 17.81 million tons, accounting for 36%. The operating rate of China’s chlor-alkali industry was at a seriously low level in 2009. The annual operating rate of caustic soda was 67.7%, down 7.2 percentage points and 9.3 percentage points respectively compared to 2008 and 2007; PVC’s was only 51.4%, decreasing 4.4 percenttage poiintts andd 1212.55 percenttage poiintts respectitivelly comparedd ttoandd China’s Caustic Soda Capacity, Output and Apparent Consumption, 2006-2009 (10,000 tons)