China Synthetic Rubber Industry Report

2007-2008

Publication Date	April 2008
Publisher	Research in China
Product Type	Report
Pages
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	RIC00437

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According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, China's output of synthetic rubber (including reclaimed rubber) in 2007 reached 2.22 million tons, up 20% year on year. China's styrene butadiene rubber output in the year reached 720,000 tons, up 23.7% compared to the previous year, boosted by the factor that Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd. brought its synthetic rubber plant with a production capacity of 100,000 tons into production in the third quarter of 2006 and Yangjin Rubber Co., Ltd. brought its synthetic rubber plant into operation in May of 2007. China's output of cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber was 460,000 tons in 2007, up 2.9% year on year, due to the impact of successive maintenance of several rubber units in the Yanshan Petrochemical Co., Ltd, the Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd and the Daqing Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

In 2007, China' imported 1.33 million tons of synthetic rubber, up 9% year on year. Among which, nearly 220,000 tons went to cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber, a jump of 43% year on year and around 260,000 tons was for styrene butadiene rubber, up 1% year on year. China's import of SBS dropped 10% year on year to 240,000 tons in the year, due mainly to the slack demand of shoes-making industry.

Although some of China's medium- and small-sized rubber producers are faced with the risk of bankruptcy, due to high cost in the industry and policy impact, including reduction of export rebate rate, China's synthetic rubber industry on the whole maintains a good momentum of growth. According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, China's tire output in 2007 reached 556.49 million units, up 23% year on year, of which 250 million units were meridian, up 33% year on year. China's output of rubber overshoes in the year was 1.95 billion pairs, up 18% year on year. Because of the development of downstream sectors, such as automobile, highway construction and road transportation, it is estimated that China's demand for synthetic rubber will continue to grow, but the growth rate will slow down.

Content

1. Foundation of Synthetic Rubber Industry
- 1.1 Definition and classification
  - 1.1.1 Definition
  - 1.1.2 Classification
- 1.2 Production and processing techniques
  - 1.2.1 Monomer production and refining
  - 1.2.2 Polymerizations process
  - 1.2.3 Post-processing
2. Synthetic Rubber Supply and Demand
- 2.1 Production situation
  - 2.1.1 Output of synthetic rubber in 2002-2007
  - 2.1.2 Product structure
  - 2.1.3 Expansion of production capacity, 2006-2010
- 2.2 China consumption of synthetic rubber
  - 2.2.1 Consumption scale, 2003-207
  - 2.2.2 Consumption structure
  - 2.2.3 Downstream products and their demand
- 2.3 Import and export of synthetic rubber, 2007
  - 2.3.1 Import in 2003-2007
  - 2.3.2 Export in 2003-2007
- 2.4 Output of synthetic rubber by region, 2006-2007
- 2.5 Output of key synthetic rubber enterprises
- 2.6 Prices of synthetic rubber, 2006-2007
  - 2.6.1 Price fluctuations of styrene butadiene rubber
  - 2.6.2 Price fluctuations of nitrile rubber
  - 2.6.3 Price fluctuations of cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber
  - 2.6.4 Price fluctuations of ethylene propylene diene methylene
  - 2.6.5 Price fluctuations of chlorinated butyl rubber
  - 2.6.6 Price fluctuations of neoprene
  - 2.6.7 Price fluctuations of butyl rubber
3. Key Breakdown Products of Synthetic Rubber
- 3.1 cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber
  - 3.1.1 Output, 2003-2007
  - 3.1.2 Output by region, 2006-2007
  - 3.1.3 Consumption
  - 3.1.4 Market price
  - 3.1.5 Output of key enterprises
- 3.2 Styrene butadiene rubber market
  - 3.2.1 New projects and capacity expansion projects
  - 3.2.2 Import and export
  - 3.2.3 Consumption and development prospect
- 3.3 Ethylene-propylene rubber market
  - 3.3.1 Production technology
  - 3.3.2 Production status
  - 3.3.3 Import and export
  - 3.3.4 Consumption
- 3.4 Butyl rubber market
  - 3.4.1 Production
  - 3.4.2 Import and export
  - 3.4.3 Consumer market
  - 3.4.4 Price
- 3.5 Production and market of rubber chemicals
  - 3.5.1 Production capacity
  - 3.5.2 Output scale
  - 3.5.3 Market prices, 2006-2007
4.Synthetic Rubber Raw Materials Market
- 4.1 Butadiene market
  - 4.1.1 Butadiene supply in 2003-2007
  - 4.1.2 Consumption, 2006
  - 4.1.3 Import and export
- 4.2 Styrene market
  - 4.2.1 Technology
  - 4.2.2 Supply
  - 4.2.3 Consumption
  - 4.2.4 Import and export
  - 4.2.5 Price
5. Synthetic Rubber Industry Forecast and Its Investment
- 5.1 Development trend
  - 5.1.1 Demand of tire industry
  - 5.1.2 Multifunction of catalyzer
  - 5.1.3 Product serialization, diversification and high performance
  - 5.1.4 Green processing techniques, large-scale and multifunctional units
- 5.2 Opportunities and challenges of China synthetic rubber industry
  - 5.2.1 Building tire pants in China by multinational tire manufacturers
  - 5.2.2 Building synthetic rubber plants in China by multinational manufacturers
  - 5.2.3 Building synthetic rubber research institutes in China by multinational manufacturers
  - 5.2.4 China tire industry under great pressure
- 5.3 Forecast of synthetic rubber product development
- 5.31 IIR
  - 5.3.2 NBR
  - 5.3.3 EPR
  - 5.3.4 SBS
  - 5.3.5 SBR
  - 5.3.6 BR
  - 5.3.7 IR
- 5.4 Investment in China synthetic rubber industry
  - 5.4.1 Forecast of production capacity through 2010
  - 5.4.2 Suggestions on future development