Survey of Polycarbonate Market in China

Report Summary

As a major consumer of polycarbonate around the world, China has to import a large amount of polycarbonate every year owing to its poor production and great demand.

As of September 2011, only three active producers are engaged in the production of polycarbonate in China. Among them, two are wholly foreign owned. What are the reasons for the poor production of polycarbonate in China? And whether some new projects or capacity expansion are planned in China as of September 2011?

Since the production of polycarbonate in China is poor, and the demand from China’s market is great, thus a mass of polycarbonate is imported annually to China. What is the situation of polycarbonate import in the past years, and how about the detailed import situation of polycarbonate in 2010?

In the past years, polycarbonate consumption grows rapidly in China. Polycarbonate is mainly used in the production of electronic and electrical components, automotive components, construction materials, drinking bottles and food containers, optical disks, etc. How about the detailed consumption situation of polycarbonate in each downstream product in China in 2010?

In this report, it will give the answers to the above questions and show the truth to penetrate into China’s polycarbonate market. Besides, other points in China's polycarbonate industry are covered:

• Production technology improvements
• Raw material supply situation
• Price change of polycarbonate in 2009-August 2011 and its trend
• Development situation of major polycarbonate downstream industries
• Forecast on production, consumption and raw materials supply to 2016
• Trend of polycarbonate market structure to 2016
• Introduction to key active and potential polycarbonate producers

Table Of Contents

Executive summary
Introduction and methodology

1 Consumption of polycarbonate
1.1 Summary of polycarbonate consumption in China, 2006-2010
1.2 Development situation of major polycarbonate downstream industries
1.3 Consumption pattern of polycarbonate, 2010
1.4 List of major end users

2 Supply situation of polycarbonate
2.1 Summary of polycarbonate supply in China
2.2 Polycarbonate import analysis, 2010
2.3 Polycarbonate production in China, 2006-2010
2.4 Foreign investments in China
2.5 Development of domestic producers
2.6 Production technology improvements
2.7 Raw material supply situation
2.8 Production expansion of polycarbonate

3 Price change of polycarbonate
3.1 Key factors influencing polycarbonate price
3.2 Price change, 2009-Aug. 2011

4 Prospects for China's polycarbonate market
4.1 Key factors
4.2 Overall forecast on production and consumption to 2016
4.3 Trend of polycarbonate market structure
4.4 Price trend of polycarbonate, 2012-2016
4.5 Forecast of raw materials supply to 2016

5 Conclusion and opportunity

6 Profiles of major producers
6.1 Bayer Polymer (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
6.2 Teijin Polycarbonate China Ltd.
6.3 Chongqing Changfeng Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
6.4 Sichuan Mianyang Chenguang Fada Industrial Co., Ltd.
6.5 SINOPEC/SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
6.6 Sinopec Mitsubishi Chemical Polycarbonate (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
6.7 LING YOU Engineering-Plastics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

LIST OF TABLES

Table RMB exchange rates against USD, 1994-Sept. 2011
Table 1.1-1General application of major PC alloys and PC
Table 1.2-1 Output of major electronic and electrical products in China, 2006-2010 (Units)
Table 1.2-2 Output of major automobiles in China, 2006-2010 (Units)
Table 1.2-3 Vehicle population in China, 2006-2010 (Units)
Table 1.4-1 List of key polycarbonate end users in major consumption fields in China, 2010
Table 2.1-1 Supply situation of polycarbonate in China, 2006-2010
Table 2.2-1 Monthly import situation of polycarbonate in China, 2010
Table 2.2-2 Major origins of imported polycarbonate in China, 2010
Table 2.2-3 Top 36 importers of polycarbonate in China, 2010
Table 2.2-4 Import customs of polycarbonate in China, 2010
Table 2.2-5 Import and export situation of polycarbonate in China, Jan.-Aug. 2011
Table 2.3-1 Situation of all polycarbonate producers in China, 2006-Sept. 2011
Table 2.6-1 Comparison of three polycarbonate processes around the world
Table 2.7-1 Situation of all bisphenol A producers in China, as of September 2011
Table 2.7-2 Import and export volume of bisphenol A in China, 2006-2010
Table 2.8-1 Production expansion of polycarbonate for key producers in China, as of September 2011
Table 3.2-1 Polycarbonate quotation of major grades from key producers in China, August 2011
Table 4.5-1 Production expansion of bisphenol A of key producers in China, Sept. 2011

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1-1 Apparent consumption of polycarbonate and its growth rate in China, 2006-2010
Figure 1.3-1 Consumption pattern of polycarbonate in China, by volume, 2010
Figure 2.2-1 Import and export situation of polycarbonate in China, 2006-2010
Figure 2.2-2 Key destinations of exported polycarboante in China, 2006-2010
Figure 2.3-1 Capacity and output of polycarbonate in China, 2006-2010
Figure 2.6-1 Interfacial polycondensation phosgene polycarbonate process
Figure 2.6-2 Transesterification fusion polycondensation polycarbonate process
Figure 2.6-3 Non-phosgene polycarbonate process from GE and Bayer
Figure 3.2-1 Price changes of polycarbonate and bisphenol A in China, Jan. 2009-Aug. 2011
Figure 4.2-1 Forecast on polycarbonate production in China, 2011~2016
Figure 4.2-2 Forecast on polycarbonate consumption in China, 2011~2016