China Plastics Industry
Market Report
PVC
5100 4006.5 2292.4 45.3
PS 1049.6 1009.2 1564.3 53.9
ABS 494.6 475.6 1790.1 21.4
Tota l 14444. 7 13889.1 13071.2 158.4
Table 2: Apparent consumption of 5 major synthetic resin in China in 2003 Unit: ktonnes
Type Output Import Export Apparent
consumption Import/Apparent
consumption (%)
PE 412.96 4690.1 25.9 8793.8 53.3
PP 426.82 2734.3 11.9 6990.6 39.1
PVC 400.65 2292.4 45.3 6253.6 36.7
PS 100.92 1564.3 53.9 2519.6 62.1
ABS 47.56 1790.1 21.4 2244.3 79.8
Total 1388.91 13071.2 158.4 26801.9 48.8
Table 3: 1999-2003 Statistics on approved import & export of wasted plastics Unit: ktonnes
Year Approval
quantity Actual import Increase of import
over the same period in
previous year (%)
2003 5434 3023.9 23.0
2002 3870 2458 10.3
2001 4580 2227.6 11.0
2000 3238 2007 44.6
Table 4: 2002-2003 Production Capacity of plastic additives Unit: ktonnes
Plastic
additive Number of
producers Production
capacity Output Apparent
consumption
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
Plasticizer 50 1500 1500 650 550 1000 950
Heat
stabilizer 90 200 210 80 78 100 105
Fire
retardant 70 150 170 70 80 80 90
Impact
modifier 60 100 120 70 75 80 90
Foaming
agent 45 80 80 60 60 50 50
Lubricant 60 70 75 43 45 50 55
Antioxidant
agent 45 20 22 18 20 30 33
Light
stabilizer 30 9 10 1.5 2 4.5 5
Others 80 80 90 65 70 80 85
Total 550 2200 2377 1050 980 1474.5 1463
Note: 85% of the quantity listed in Table 4 is used in plastics processing
Table 6: Customs statistics on import of plastic products between January to December
2003
Import volume(metric tonnes) Import value(1000 USD )
Type of product Accumulated
volume
between
January to
December Increase over
the same
period of the
previous year
(%) Accumulated
volume
between
January to
December I ncrease
over the
same
period of
the
previous
year
(%)
Plastic product 1640790.9 1.26 5516178 22.04
1.plastic filament and
profile 11088.9 -5.49 28237 12.56
2.Plastic pipe 31214.7 16.74 176962 25.90
3.Plastic board and sheet 870246.8 1.80 2425740 19.18
4.Artificial leather,
synthetic leather 118395.9 -11.88 503586 -2.49
5.Plastic flooring products 32663.4 35.56 51140 26.80
Data obtained from China General Administration of Customs
In general, there is a favorable trade balance in the import and export of plastic products though such favorable balance is mainly the result of the increase in the total export volume of plastic products. So far high added value and high technical products among exported products are relatively few in number and mainly concentrated in limited number of countries and regions. Most enterprises lack experience in planning multi-national business strategy and standard operation format.
1.3 Briefing of the key enterprises
According to statistics from January to December 2003, there were all together 8237 companies producing plastics products in China with reasonable production scale, 10% of which were large and medium sized enterprises. Companies with turnover over 100 million amounted to 527, achieving total product sales revenue of RMB 136.84 billion. This means that 6.3% of the companies in the industry accomplished 47.7% of the total revenue in plastics products. In 2003, there were 15 plastic processing companies achieving RMB 1 billion of product sales revenue. Among them, three companies achieved sales revenue over RMB 3 billion and 6 companies over RMB 2 billion. The fast development of plastics product industry has accelerated the speed of industrial agglomeration.
1.4 Situation in the first half of 2004
From January to June 2004, the total output of the major plastics products from companies with reasonable production scale reached 87.38 metric tonnes, which was an increase of 14.2% over the same period of the previous year.
economy;
l The production of pipes, profile, calendered products, biaxial stretching material and films shall develop gradually in the direction toward economic scale;
l In order to protect the ozone layer, foam plastics is produced without CFC;
l To reduce the impact on the environment, R&D on recycling plastics wastes and degradable plastics will be strengthened.
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. (2004, August 11). Environmental Roadmapping Initiative. Retrieved October 14, 2011, from Plastics Impacts, Risks and Regulations: http://ecm.ncms.org/ERI/new/IRRPlastics.htm
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