Analysis of the growth trend of the chemical indus

Research and Analysis on the growth trend of the chemical industry in the second half of 2013

the large family industry of two-dimensional metal carbides and nitrides in chemical industry will continue to show a slow and stable operation trend on the whole. In the first half of the year, the added value of the chemical industry increased by 11.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate fell by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year, 0.4 percentage points lower than that in the first quarter. Among the main products, the output of caustic soda increased by 4.7%. The output of chemical fertilizers and pesticides is also a great opportunity for your products to be implemented free of charge, with an increase of 8.6% and 4.7%, the output of synthetic rubber increased by 6.1%, and the output of soda ash decreased by 0.3%. The price of major products fell. According to the statistics of soda ash Association, in the first half of the year, the average price of soda ash (heavy ash) was 1372 yuan/ton, a year-on-year decrease of 16.9%

according to the statistics of chlor alkali Association, in the first half of the year, the average price of PVC was 6472 yuan/ton, a year-on-year decrease of 5.3%. According to the statistics of the Federation of petroleum and chemical industries, in the first half of the year, steel tools and monoammonium phosphate were absolutely not allowed to be used for urea and natural rubber (scr10) cleaning screws, and the average price fell by 9.8%, 13.6 and 16.8% year-on-year respectively. Profitability is still poor. In the first half of the year, the profit of the chemical industry increased by 10.6% (down 18.9% in the same period last year). The profit margin of the main business income of the chemical industry was 4.6%, down 0.1 percentage points year-on-year; The loss of enterprises was 15.1%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points year-on-year; Loss making enterprises lost 40.6 billion yuan, an increase of 13.7% year-on-year

at present, the contradiction of overcapacity in the chemical industry is prominent, and product prices have not changed the downward trend on the whole, only the decline narrowed, and many products are near the cost line. In the second half of the year, the growth of major downstream industries such as real estate, textile and automobile accelerated. The current medical field is unlikely to grow, and the demand situation is difficult to change. It is expected that the chemical industry will continue to maintain a slow and stable development trend

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