Clariant quarterly results 3Q 2009: Functional Chemicals

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 60 KB
• Volume: 2010
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4210
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4210(10)70054-8

✦ Synopsis

Gradual recovery of China's detergent product sector During 1H 2009, China produced 3.5645 M tonnes of detergent products, 0.61% more than during 1H 2008. Supportive measures by the Chinese government, such as increased export rebate rates for detergent and surfactant products, helped to offset the effects of the global economic crisis. Synthetic detergents accounted for 3.1133 M tonnes of the detergent production total, down 0.61%, with output of synthetic washing powders falling almost 2% to 1.7439 M tonnes. However, production of liquid detergents grew 1% to 1.3694 M tonnes for 1H 2009, while China's soaps output was up nearly 10% to 451,200 tonnes compared to the first half of 2008. Nafine Chemical Industry Group, X'ian Kaimi, Reward Group, Sinolight Materials Corp and Kaingsu Longliqi Group are among the major producers in this sector. Prices for detergent products and feedstock have been relatively stable, and production levels have been relatively high. Industry trends include the closing of older production lines and larger growth in liquid detergents output than in washing powders. Research is focusing on the development of concentrated detergents.