On January 20, the reporter learned from the Titanium Dioxide Sub-center of the Chemical Productivity Promotion Center and the Secretariat of the Titanium Dioxide Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance. According to the latest statistics, in 2020, all 42 full-process titanium dioxide manufacturers nationwide will produce various types of titanium dioxide. The comprehensive output of related products was 3.512 million tons, an increase of 330,000 tons over the previous year, an increase of 10.39%.
In recent years, China’s titanium dioxide output has shown a steady increase as a whole. At the same time, the industry as a whole is constantly optimizing and upgrading, with increasing production capacity, production process adjustments, and product structure optimization. The industry as a whole maintains a healthy and steady development. Data shows that China’s titanium dioxide in 2019 The output was 3.18 million tons, an increase of 7.65% compared to 2018. Since 2011, my country has changed from a net importer of titanium dioxide to a net exporter. By 2019, the export volume of my country's titanium dioxide industry exceeded 1 million tons, and the import volume was already less than 200,000 tons. With the continuous development of China's titanium dioxide industry, it has become the world's largest producer of titanium dioxide and a major consumer of titanium dioxide.
In addition, titanium dioxide has a strong demand in the cosmetics industry due to its good brightness and ultraviolet absorbing characteristics, which has become the main driving force for the growth of the titanium dioxide market. In addition, the application of titanium dioxide in the plastics industry also occupies more and more market shares. It can be mainly used in packaging, construction, building materials and other fields to increase brightness, color and reduce the transparency of polymer materials.
At present, combined with the average annual growth rate of apparent consumption in recent years and the growth rate of newly started area of real estate, it is expected that domestic consumption of titanium dioxide in 2021 may still maintain a low growth rate. Combined with the limited expansion of domestic titanium dioxide production capacity in 2021, and overseas exports exceeding expectations, the domestic supply side will be tight in the near future or will continue for some time.
It is reported that the export orders for titanium dioxide of domestic enterprises have been arranged from the fourth quarter of last year to January and February this year. In particular, there are still pre-orders and export orders for rutile, and the supply is tight.
Of the 12 companies with an output of more than 100,000 tons in 2020, the overall output of titanium dioxide companies accounted for 73.24%
According to the latest statistics from the Titanium Dioxide Sub-center of the Chemical Industry Productivity Promotion Center and the Secretariat of the Titanium Dioxide Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, among the 42 full-process titanium dioxide enterprises nationwide in 2020, the output of the top 12 enterprises will exceed 100,000 tons. , Their comprehensive output reached 2,572,209 tons, accounting for 73.24% of the country's total output that year.
The number of titanium dioxide imports in 2020 is 168,200 tons, which is basically the same as in 2019
According to customs data, the import volume of titanium dioxide in 2020 will be 168,200 tons, an increase of 0.89% year-on-year, which is basically the same as in 2019; the demand for imported titanium dioxide is expected to remain a relatively stable trend in 2021.
In 2020, the export volume of titanium dioxide exceeded 1.2 million tons, an increase of 21% year-on-year
According to customs data, the export volume of titanium dioxide in 2020 was 1.214 million tons, an increase of 21% year-on-year; in the first quarter, affected by the domestic epidemic, some overseas buyers were worried about the spread of the domestic epidemic and increased their orders. In March, the export volume of titanium dioxide reached a record high. A record high. The spread of the foreign epidemic in the second quarter led to a decline in exports in April, and the export volume in May fell to the lowest level in 2020. With the control of foreign epidemics, June-November maintained a good growth trend, catching up with last year Export volume from January to November during the same period.
At the end of 2020, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued the Announcement No. 54 of 2020 on Adjusting the Catalog of Prohibited Commodities for Processing Trade, which adjusted the catalog of prohibited commodities for processing trade, which are not high-energy-consuming and highly polluting products and have high Products with technical content are eliminated. Excluding 199 ten-digit commodity coded chemicals including titanium dioxide.
