China Business Intelligence Network News: In 2018, China's chemical industry developed rapidly, and investment in the chemical industry continued to rebound, with an annual investment growth of 6.0%, ending two consecutive years of decline. According to the data, the total output of major chemical products increased by about 2.3% in 2018, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous year. Among them, the total output of fertilizer (converted to pure) was 54.596 million tons, down 5.2% from the same period last year; the output of sulphuric acid was 86.364 million tons, up 1.8% from the same period last year; the output of caustic soda was 34.220 million tons, up 0.9% from the same period last year; the output of polycrystalline silicon was 325,000 tons, up 2.5% from the same period last year; the output of ethylene was 18.410 million tons, up 1.0% from the same period last year; the output of pure benzene was 82.76 million tons, up 47% Methanol production was 47.56 million tons, up 2.9% from the same period last year; synthetic material production was 158 million tons, up 7.5% from the same period last year; tyre production was 816 million, up 1.0% from the same period last year.
- Products-
- Organic
- toluene
- Xylene
- Pure Benzene
- Glacial acetic acid
- Cyclohexanone
- Ethyl acetate
- Butyl acetate
- Acetone
- butanone
- N-butanol
- Isobutanol
- Isopropanol
- glycerol
- Methanol
- Dichloromethane
- Ethylene glycol
- Anhydrous ethanol
- MIBK(methyl isobutyl methanone)
- n-propyl acetate
- Propylene glycol methyl ether
- Ethylene glycol butyl ether
- Inorganic
- Fodder
- Medical intermediates
- Pesticide intermediates:
Summary of Economic Operation of China's Chemical Industry in 2018
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