In the first half of 2023, the petrochemical and chemical industry (excluding the oil and gas extraction industry) will operate smoothly.
1. Production is basically stable. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of the year, the capacity utilization rate of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing was 77.8%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8 percentage points, which was 2.4 percentage points higher than the industrial average. The output of bulk raw materials such as caustic soda, soda ash, sulfuric acid, and ethylene was 19.65 million tons, 14.67 million tons, 47.52 million tons, and 14.39 million tons, respectively, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%, -1%, 1.1%, and 1.4%; the output of synthetic resin and synthetic rubber They were 56.27 million tons and 3.76 million tons, an increase of 1% and -6.1% year-on-year; the total amount of chemical fertilizers (converted to pure) was 28.43 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%; the output of rubber tires was 418 million, a year-on-year decrease of 7.6%.
Second, prices continue to rise. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of the year, the ex-factory price index of chemical raw materials and chemical manufacturing increased by 16.3% year-on-year. According to the data of the Petrochemical Federation, among the 30 products that focus on prices, 21 had year-on-year increases in average prices in the first half of the year, of which caustic soda, potassium chloride, and sulfuric acid increased by 111%, 92%, and 84% year-on-year; prices in June increased month-on-month There are 20 of them, of which nitric acid, caustic soda, and PX increased by 14%, 11%, and 10% month-on-month.
Third, investment and export growth are good. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of the year, investment in chemical raw materials and chemical manufacturing increased by 15% year-on-year, 4.1 percentage points higher than the industrial average. According to the data of the General Administration of Customs, in the first half of the year, the total export volume of organic chemicals was 50 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 49%, and the trade surplus was 18.1 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 366%; the total export volume of inorganic chemicals was 18.4 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 82%, a trade surplus. 7 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 76%; synthetic resin exports totaled 20.1 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 40%, and a trade deficit of 15.5 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 40%.
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