China has become the largest consumer of silicone materials

China has become the largest consumer of silicone materials. Due to the large export of textile, electronic and electrical products and the strong demand for silicone materials in domestic construction, textile, automobile, daily chemical and other industries, the development of silicone materials in China has been promoted. In 2010, China's siloxane consumption reached 555000 tons, accounting for 36% of the global total, becoming the largest consumer of silicone in the world; The industrial pattern of China, which is dominated by processing and manufacturing, has caused a great difference between China's silicone consumption structure and that of other countries and regions in the world. The proportion of silicone rubber and silicone oil in other countries and regions is average, while China is dominated by silicone rubber.

During the "Twelfth Five Year Plan" period, the average annual growth rate of China's silicone consumption is expected to remain at about 18%. In 2015, the consumption of siloxane is expected to reach about 1.3 million tons, equivalent to about 2.6 million tons of silicone monomer. In 2010, the output of organic silicon (converted into siloxane) in China was about 410000 tons; The consumption is 555000 tons. On the one hand, the organic silicon continues to maintain a steady growth in the traditional application field; on the other hand, it continues to develop new applications in new energy, energy conservation and environmental protection, health care and high-end manufacturing, especially in solar cells, LED, personal care products, rail transit and alternative petroleum based products. Due to its broad market space, organosilicon has been included in the 12th Five Year Plan for new materials. More than 20 silicone products have been listed in the product catalog of the "Twelfth Five Year Plan" for new materials.

The "Twelfth Five Year Plan" of organic silicon will strictly restrict the access threshold and control the growth of production capacity. In 2015, the production capacity will reach 3 million tons to meet domestic demand and export slightly. According to the plan, 3-5 backbone silicone monomer enterprises with international competitiveness will be formed by 2015. The plan shows that two to three enterprises with a scale of more than 30000 tons/year and the production of silane coupling agents using green environmental protection technologies will be built. The total output will reach 400000 tons in 2015, and the number of varieties will exceed 100.

Up to now, only France and other developed countries have mastered the plant purification of bioactive silicone. The important role of organic silicon on organisms makes organic silicon products have great application prospects. In the next few years, the organosilicon products extracted by plant activity will expand explosively in medicine, beauty, health care and other fields.

The consumption ratio of organic silicon products in all walks of life depends on the industrial structure at that time. Taking Japan as an example, the distribution in 1988 was as follows: electronics and electrical appliances accounted for 25% - 30%, buildings for 15% - 20%, automobiles for 10% - 15%, food and medical care for 10%, office machinery for 10%, and the rest (including fiber, paper, plastic, paint, etc.) for 15% - 30%. It can be seen that electronic appliances, construction and automobiles are the three pillars of the silicone market in the country. With the market development trend in recent years, the development speed of electronic and electrical products still ranks first. The reliability and durability of silicone materials enable their applications in the construction and automotive industries to continue to grow; As the physiological inertia of siloxane and its safety and reliability to human body have been further confirmed, the application of silicone in medical and cosmetics has increased rapidly. Development of silicon

In 2011, China's industrial silicon output was 1.36 million tons, with a year-on-year growth of 15.2%. The industry realized product sales revenue of 39.201 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 46.43%. Since 2008, the average annual growth rate has exceeded 20%, and the total profit has reached 3.352 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 77.05%. From January to June 2012, there were 305 enterprises in China's silicone industry, an increase of 19.61% over the same period last year; There were 65300 employees, a year-on-year increase of 19.03%.

From the perspective of business scale, in the first half of 2012, the industrial asset scale was 32.445 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 34.42%. The sales revenue was 28.395 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 56.98%, and the total industrial output value was 28.897 billion yuan. From the perspective of operating efficiency, in the first half of 2012, the silicone industry realized a product sales profit of 2.862 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.20%, and a total profit of 1.544 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.87%. On the whole, the overall operation of China's silicone industry in the first half of 2012 was good, and the assets and production and sales scale achieved rapid growth.

From the perspective of organic silicon consumption, the data shows that the domestic consumption of industrial silicon in China totaled 610000 tons in 2011, with a year-on-year growth of 27.1%, of which organic silicon consumption accounted for 32.79%, a decrease of 3.67 percentage points over the previous year. The consumption of aluminum alloy castings also decreased, while the consumption of metallic silicon by polycrystalline silicon increased by nearly 10 percentage points.

From the perspective of import and export, customs statistics show that China's industrial silicon export volume in 2011 was 541,000 tons, down 5.8% year on year. The export to Japan was 161000 tons, down 4.7% year on year; Export to South Korea reached 96000 tons, up 24.6% year on year; Exports to Europe totaled 98000 tons, down 14.1% year on year. The total import and export volume reached 1.075 billion US dollars, including 779 million US dollars in imports and 295 million US dollars in exports. The trade deficit reached 484 million US dollars, and the trade gap narrowed year on year;; From January to May 2012, the accumulated export volume of domestic industrial silicon was 187400 tons, of which the largest export volume was Japan, 61500 tons, accounting for 32.8% of the total export volume; The second is South Korea, with the export volume accounting for 14.7%; The top 10 countries accounted for 76% of total exports. In recent years and for a long time to come, the strongest demand for organic silicon comes from Asia. The growth center of demand will be China and the Pacific region, with an average annual growth rate expected to reach 10% - 15%. With the development of China's electronic and electrical, construction, machinery, metallurgy, automotive, chemical, textile, medical and other industries, the consumption of organic silicon in China will still grow at a growth rate of more than 20% and become the fastest growing market in the world. Market overview

present situation

After 20 years of independent development and construction, especially during the "Tenth Five Year Plan" period, China's silicone industry has made remarkable achievements. Both the production scale of methyl chlorosilane monomer and the application technology of silicone products have made great progress.

In recent years, China's silicone market is the fastest growing market in the world. The growth rate of the silicone market is higher than the GDP growth rate, with a growth rate of more than 25%. The scale of silicone monomer in China is developing rapidly. In 1999, only 20000 tons/year of new materials were put into operation. In the second half of 2007, 100000 tons/year of monomer units were put into operation. By 2008, China had formed five silicone monomer manufacturers, namely Bluestar Xinghuo, Xin'an Group, Jihua Group, Meilan Group and Jiangsu Zhenjiang Hongda, with an annual capacity of 400000 tons. The organic silicon production capacity under construction in China is about 350000 tons, and the proposed capacity is 800000 to 1000000 tons. The deep processing and application of organic silicon in China is forming a group of enterprises and industrial groups with characteristics such as high-temperature adhesive, liquid silicone rubber, textile auxiliaries, silane coupling agent, etc., which are active in the domestic and foreign markets. On the other hand, the domestic silicone gap is still large in recent years, and the import dependency rate in 2007 was about 50%.

prospect

It is estimated that the capacity of domestic silicone enterprises will reach 1.2 million tons/year by 2010, and the total capacity will reach 1.6 million tons/year with the 400000 tons/year plant constructed by Dow Corning and Wacker joint venture in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu. However, in the next 3-5 years, China's silicone consumption will still maintain a growth of about 25%, and the self-sufficiency rate of domestic silicone monomer will remain at a low level before 2010. After 2009, China's silicone industry will enter a concentrated period of capacity release. It is estimated that the new silicone monomer in China will be about 200000 tons in 2009. However, the total domestic monomer demand is about 960000 tons, and the dependence on foreign countries is still as high as more than 50%.