Metallurgy / Chemicals / Rubber & Plastics

Recently, the fourth council meeting of the 10th Rubber Additives Professional Committee of China Rubber Industry Association was held in Qingdao, with more than 30 council representatives participating.

It was learned from the meeting that from January to July, the gross industrial output value of China's rubber additives increased by 24.41% year on year (the same below), and the sales revenue increased by 19.06%. The total output decreased by 3.16%, of which the output of accelerant increased by 5.36% and the output of antioxidant decreased by 5.33%.

The international trade export market is the highlight of this year. In terms of product export, except that the export volume of international trade in February was less than 30000 tons due to the impact of the Spring Festival, the export volume of the rest of the month remained at about 32000 tons, and the export delivery volume of international trade in the first seven months increased by 7.23%. The export delivery value of international trade increased by 40.73%, of which the export value in June exceeded 1 billion yuan, a record high.

From the current export situation, the momentum is still relatively strong, and the annual export delivery value is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan.

In contrast, this year's domestic market demand has formed a strong contrast with the international trade and export market. The low operating rate of domestic all steel tires, few orders and difficult shipping make rubber auxiliary enterprises fall into vicious competition at low prices.

Affected by the sharp rise of raw materials, rubber auxiliary products, except for the good profits of antioxidant 6PPD and coke inhibitor CTP, are all at a meager profit, especially insoluble sulfur products, which are operating at a loss.