Survey of Fluorine Industry in China

There is no doubt that fluorine industry has been one of the fastest developing and most promising chemical industries in China and China is the second largest economy in the world. Thus, fluorine chemicals, such as inorganic fluoride, refrigerant, fluor-polymer and fluor-intermediate four main sectors are absolutely worth investigating.

After ten-year development, with the appreciated policies implemented, China has formed a complete industrial chain, from fluorite supply to each sector in downstream. However, most China's production of fluorine chemical concentrates in primary products so far, and there are a high proportion of these primary products for export.

Central Government adopts a series of policies to protect the fluorite resources and upgrade the industry structure. For example, exploitation quota has been set up since 2010 and it is predicted that the quota will be generally reduced in the coming five years. Moreover, fluorine chemical industry has been listed as a sub-plan in Twelfth Five Years Plan. A series of polices in restriction of fluorite and hydrogen fluoride production has been put forward and integration of fluorite resources forcefully becomes the hot point after 2010. As a result, the prices of many fluorine chemicals have increased a lot since 2010 and price of fluorite rose to the peak in June 2011.

Domestic demand for fluorine products is estimated to keep increasing steadily in the coming five years, which is considered to be the most important driven factor to China's fluorine chemical industry. So it is crucial to find out the consumption situation in China.

In order to have a comprehensive understanding of fluorine industry, lots of investigation has been made. To inorganic fluoride, a widely investigation is made and not only traditional products, but also lithium hexafluorophosphate which is fast developed in the past two years, is further investigated. To fluor-refrigerant, HCFC-22, HFC-134a and HFC-410A are deeply surveyed and some valuable analysis has been done. To fluor-polymer, both resin and rubber are researched and the whole graphics is drawn. To fluor-intermediate, major synthesis routes are investigated and some exclusive opinions are raised. To sum up, in detail, analysis and forecast about each sector of fluorine industry in China are presented in this report.

The report content includes:

• Fluorite supply situation
• Policy analysis related to fluorine industry
• Production situation of inorganic fluoride, refrigerant, fluor-polymer
• Technique route for synthesis of fluor-intermediates
• Main application for inorganic fluoride, fluor-refrigerant, fluor-polymer and fluor-intermeidate
• In-depth analysis including
• Industrial chain analysis
• Key players analysis
• Investment analysis using Poter's Five Force Model

Table Of contents

1 Executive summary 1

2 Methodologies and definitions 3

3 Overview of fluorine industry in China 5
3.1 Fluorine industry chain 5
3.2 Situation of fluorine industry in China 7

4 Fluorite supply in China 10
4.1 Overview of fluorite reserves in China 10
4.2 Production situation of fluorite 11
4.3 Price of fluorite in China 13
4.4 Export and import situation 14
4.5 Restriction and integration of fluorite supply in China 18
4.6 Future trend of fluorite 23

5 Inorganic fluoride in China 25
5.1 Hydrogen fluoride 25
5.2 Aluminum fluoride and cryolite 29
5.3 Lithium hexafluorophosphate 31
5.4 Others 32

6 Fluohydrocarbon(HCFCs & HFCs) in China 34
6.1 Overview of fluohydrocarbon industry in China 38
6.2 Production and market situation of major products 40
6.2.1 Situation of HCFC-22 40
6.2.2 Situation of HFC-134a 44
6.2.3 Situation of HFC-410A 48
6.2.4 Situation of other major products 50
6.3 Development trend 52

7 Fluor polymer in China 55
7.1 Fluor resins 55
7.1.1 Overview of fluor resin 55
7.1.2 Production and market situation of major products 56
7.1.3 Development trend 63
7.2 Fluor rubber 64
7.2.1 Overview of fluor rubber 64
7.2.2 Production and market situation of fluor rubber 64
7.2.3 Development trend 69

8 Fluor intermediate in China 71
8.1 Overview of fluor intermediates 71
8.2 Main synthesis technique of organic fluoride intermediates in China 72
8.2.1 Introduction of synthesis routes 72
8.2.2 Comparison with different routes 76
8.2.3 Technology development trend 77
8.3 Applications of fluor intermediates 78
8.4 Industry chain analysis 82
8.5 Development trend 83

9 Environment and investment analysis of Chinese fluorine industry 85
9.1 Economy environment situation 85
9.2 Policies situation 86
9.3 Fluorine industry chain analysis 87
9.4 Key players analysis 88
9.5 Investment environment analysis 92

10 Forecast 96
10.1 Inorganic fluoride 97
10.2 Fluohydrocarbon(HCFCs & HFCs) 100
10.3 Fluor polymer 103
10.3.1 Fluor resin 103
10.3.2 Fluor rubber 104
10.4 Fluor-intermediate 106

11 Conclusion 108

12 Profiles 109
12.1 Do-Fluoride Chemicals Co., Ltd. 109
12.2 Centralfluor Industries Group, Inc. 110
12.3 China Kings Resources Group Co., Ltd. 113
12.4 Juhua Group Corporation 114
12.5 Jiangsu Meilan Chemical Group Co., Ltd. 117
12.6 Sinochem Lantian Co., Ltd. 118
12.7 Shanghai 3F New Materials Co., Ltd. 121
12.8 Dongyue Group Ltd. 124
12.9 Arkema (Changshu) Fluorochemical Co., Ltd. 126
12.10 Dalian Zhenbang Fluorocarbon Paint Stock Co., Ltd. 127
12.11 Shandong Huaxia Shenzhou New Material Co., Ltd. 128
12.12 Sichuan Chenguang Research Institute of Chemical Industry 129
12.13 Zhejiang Yongtai Technology Co., Ltd. 130
12.14 Zhejiang Weihua Chemical Co., Ltd. 131
12.15 Zhejiang Fusheng Holding Group Co., Ltd. 133
12.16 Zhejiang Sanmen Xie's Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. 134

List Of Tables

Table 4.2-1 Main producers of fluorite in China, 2011
Table 4.4-1 Import and export situation of fluorite (content＞97%) in China, 2005-2011
Table 4.4-2 Import and export situation of fluorite (content≤97%) in China, 2005-2011
Table 4.5-1 Fluorite export quota in China, 2003-2009
Table 4.5-2 Rebate and tariff of fluorite export in China, 2003-2012
Table 4.5-3 Fluorite ore exploitation quota distribution in China, 2010 and 2011
Table 4.5-4 Some policies in protecting fluorite resources in China
Table 5.1-1 Main producers of hydrogen fluoride in China, 2011
Table 5.1-2 Import and export situation of hydrogen fluoride in China, 2006-2011
Table 5.2-1 Main producers of aluminum fluoride in China, 2011
Table 5.2-2 Main producers of cryolite in China, 2011
Table 5.3-1 Main producers of lithium hexafluorophosphate in China, 2011
Table 5.4-1 Main producers of potassium fluoride in China, 2011
Table 6-1 Current policies of refrigerant products, 2011
Table 6.1-1 Output of downstream products of refrigerant industry in China 2005~2011, Unit
Table 6.2.1-1 Major producers of HCFC-22 in China,  2011
Table 6.2.2-1 Major producers of HFC-134a in China, 2011
Table 6.2.4-1 Mixing ratio of HFC-32 and HFC-125 in major mixed refrigerants
Table 7.1.2-1 Main producers of PTFE in China, 2011
Table 7.1.2-2 Import and export situation of PTFE resin in China, 2006-2011
Table 7.1.2-3 Main producers of PVDF in China, 2011
Table 7.1.2-4 Main producers of FEP in China, 2011
Table 7.2.2-1 Main producers of fluor rubber in China, 2011
Table 7.2.2-2 Expansion plan of fluor rubber in China, 2012-2014
Table 8.2.1-1 Main products with diazotization technique route in China, 2011
Table 8.2.1-2 Main products with Halogen exchange technique route in China, 2010
Table 8.2.1-3 Main products with direct fluorination technique route in China, 2010
Table 8.2.1-4 Main products with new group substitution in fluoride technique route in China, 2010
Table 8.2.2-1 Comparison of three different synthesis techniques for fluor-intermediate in China, 2010
Table 8.3-1 Main producers of ofloxacin flumequine series medicine in China, 2010
Table 8.3-2 Main producers of fluor-pesticide in China, 2011
Table 9.4-1 Key players of fluorine industry revenue analysis, H1 2011
Table 9.4-2 Production information of the five key players in China, 2011
Table 9.5-1 Poter's Five Force Model analysis of hydrogen fluoride industry in China, 2011
Table 9.5-2 Poter's Five Force Model analysis of fluor-refrigerant industry in China, 2011
Table 9.5-3 Poter's Five Force Model analysis of fluor-polymer industry in China, 2011
Table 10.1-1 Forecast on demand volume for inorganic-fluoride products in China, 2012-2016
Table 10.2-1 Forecast on demand volume for the main fluorinated refrigerants in China, 2012~2016
Table 10.4-1 Forecast on demand volume for fluor-intermediate in China, 2012-2016

List Of Figures

Figure 3.1-1 Fluorine chemical industry chain in China, 2011
Figure 4.1-1 Fluorite proven reserve distribution in China, 2011
Figure 4.1-2 Fluorite proven reserves distribution in China, 2010
Figure 4.2-1 Output of fluorite in China, 2001-2011
Figure 4.3-1 Price of fluorite in China, 2010-2011
Figure 4.4-1 Export volume of fluorite (content＞97%) in China, 2005-2011
Figure 4.4-2 Volume share of exported fluorite (content＞97%) in China by destination, 2011
Figure 4.4-3 Import and export situation of fluorite (content≤97%) in China, 2005-2011
Figure 4.4-4 Volume share of exported fluorite (content≤97%) in China by destination, 2011
Figure 5.1-1 Capacity and output of hydrogen fluoride in China, 2006-2011
Figure 5.1-2 Volume share of exported hydrogen fluoride in China by destination, 2011
Figure 5.2-1 Output of aluminum fluoride in China, 2007-2011
Figure 5.2-2 Output of cryolite in China, 2007-2011
Figure 6.1-1 Main refrigerant substitutes in China
Figure 6.2.1-1 capacity and output of HCFC-22 and output growth rate in China, 2005-2011
Figure 6.2.1-2 Consumption pattern of HCFC-22 in China, 2011
Figure 6.2.1-3 Price of HCFC-22 in China, 2011
Figure 6.2.2-1 Consumption pattern of HFC-134a in China, 2011
Figure 6.2.2-2 Price of HFC-134a in China, 2011
Figure 7.1.1-1 Share of fluor resin output in China by product , 2011
Figure 7.1.2-1 Production status of PTFE in China, 2006–2011
Figure 7.1.2-2 Geographical distribution of PTFE production in China by capacity, 2011
Figure 7.1.2-3 Import and export volume of PTFE resin in China, 2006-2011
Figure 7.1.2-4 Average import price and average export price of PTFE resin in China, 2010–2011
Figure 7.1.2-5 Apparent consumption of PTFE resin in China, 2006-2011
Figure 7.1.2-6 Production status of PVDF in China, 2006–2011
Figure 7.1.2-7 Production status of FEP in China, 2006–2011
Figure 7.1.2-8 Output of FEVE resin in China, 2006–2011
Figure 7.2.2-1 Production status of fluor rubber in China, 2006–2011
Figure 7.2.2-2 Share of fluor rubber output by product in China, 2011
Figure 7.2.2-3 Consumption structure of fluor rubber by volume in China, 2011
Figure 7.2.2-4 Output of automobile in China, 2006-2011
Figure 9.1-1 Chinese GDP and growth rate, 2006-2011
Figure 9.3-1 Gross profit analysis in fluorine industry in China, 2011
Figure 10-1 Chinese fluorine chemical industry situation and forecast, 2011-2016
Figure 10.1-1 Forecast on capacity and output of hydrogen fluoride in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.1-2 Forecast on capacity and output of aluminum fluoride in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.1-3 Forecast on capacity and output of cryolite in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.1-4 Forecast on capacity and output of lithium hexafluorophosphate in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.2-1 Forecast on capacity and output of HCFC-22 in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.2-2 Forecast on capacity and output of HFC-134a in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.2-3 Forecast on capacity and output of HFC-410A in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.3.1-1 Forecast on capacity and output of PTFE in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.3.1-2 Forecast on capacity and output of PVDF in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.3.1-3 Forecast on capacity and output of FEP in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.3.2-1 Forecast on capacity and output of fluor rubber in China, 2012-2016
Figure 10.3.2-2 Forecast on output of fluor rubber by product in China, 2012-2016