As the third largest rubber resource, the recycled rubber industry has good development prospects

Recycled rubber refers to the crushing, heating, desulfurization and other processing of scrap rubber and vulcanized rubber scraps in rubber products, and finally made into rubber that can be reused. According to different raw materials, recycled rubber can be divided into rubber shoe recycled rubber, tire recycled rubber, nitrile recycled rubber and butyl recycled rubber.

According to the “2022 Recycled Rubber Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Analysis Report released by the Industrial Research Center, waste tires and other synthetic rubber Products are the main source of supply of recycled rubber in my country. In recent years, the prosperity of my country’s synthetic rubber industry has continued to improve, and the capacity utilization rate has increased significantly, which will provide driving force for the development of my country’s recycled rubber industry. In recent years, my country’s recycled rubber output has continued to increase. According to statistics from the Waste Rubber Comprehensive Utilization Branch of the China Rubber Industry Association, in March 2022, my country’s ordinary recycled rubber output reached 39,000 tons; special recycled rubber output reached 4,000 tons; special recycled rubber The output reaches 9,000 tons.

With continuous breakthroughs and innovations in production technology, my country’s mid-to-high-end recycled rubber products have achieved mass production. As the main preparation method for recycled rubber, atmospheric pressure plasticization method can completely solve the problem of secondary pollution and comply with the requirements of national environmental protection policies. At present, the atmospheric pressure plasticization method has matured in my country’s recycled rubber industry and has reached the world’s leading level.

At present, recycled rubber has become the third largest rubber resource after natural rubber and synthetic rubber, and is widely used in rubber products such as automobile tires and rubber shoes. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, my country’s rubber tire casing production reached 899.108 million units in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 11.4% in 2020. With the rapid economic development and the continuous improvement of consumers’ living standards, the demand for cars as a means of transportation will continue to increase. As a raw material for rubber tires, the recycled rubber industry will gain broad development space.

In terms of import and export, my country’s recycled rubber has been mainly exported for a long time. However, with the increasingly strong market demand, the import scale of my country’s recycled rubber has continued to expand, and the gap between the export scale and the import scale has gradually narrowed. Affected by the Spring Festival holiday, my country’s recycled rubber exports declined slightly in early 2022, but the overall impact on the export market was small. According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs of China, from January to February 2022, my country’s recycled rubber imports reached 22,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 24.4%; my country’s recycled rubber exports reached 18,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.7%. South Korea, the United States, and Indonesia are the main exporters of recycled rubber in my country.

Industry analysts said that driven by national environmental protection policies, the market demand for recycled materials continues to be released. As a segmented rubber product, recycled The rubber industry has broad development space. Benefiting from the sufficient supply of raw materials, my country’s recycled rubber production continues to increase. At this stage, my country’s recycled rubber industry is in a stage of rapid development. With continuous technological breakthroughs, the entry threshold for the recycled rubber industry has gradually increased, and the development trend of the industry will continue to improve.