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imports into China were cut back by 8.3% to 53,000 tonnes.
Carbon black consumption is forecast to rise by 9% per annum on average to reach 2.26 M tonnes. Several foreign companies -including Cabot, Degussa and Tokai -are expanding their carbon black plants in China to meet this growth in demand. Also, Shaanxi Hancheng Mining Development Co and Jiangxi Kaimenzi are planning to add 200,000 tonnes/y of new capacity at Tianjin and Hancheng.
According to a recent edition of 'CCR' (See Ref 3), China's production of architectural paints increased by 17.8% from 1.133 M tonnes in 2004 to 1.335 M tonnes in 2005. This was comfortably above the medium-term average growth rate of 10-15% per annum. In China (just as in Japan), industrial paints (including automotive paints) account for the largest proportion of paints production. In 2005, architectural paints accounted for 34.9% of total paints production (versus 38.02% in 2004). The top 100 Chinese paint producers accounted for 90.8% of total architectural paints production.
According to this same source, China produced 1.46 M tonnes of pigments in 2004, an increase of 13% on 2003. The total comprised 1.308 M tonnes of inorganic pigments and 150,000 tonnes of organic pigments. The total comprised 922,000 tonnes destined for Chinese customers and 538,000 tonnes destined for export markets. Total TiO 2 pigment production was reported here as 417,000 tonnes (though other sources show 528,000 tonnes in 2004, versus 400,000 tonnes in 2003). An estimated 150,000 tonnes/y of Chinese TiO 2 pigment was used for paints manufacture in China. China produced 183,000 tonnes of lithopone and 545,000 tonnes of iron oxide pigments in 2004. China has become a major net exporter of iron oxide pigments and a major net importer of TiO 2 pigments in recent years, but these positions could be reversed in 10 years' time.
Frost & Sullivan (of Cleveland. OH) recently assessed the Chinese paint additives market at $401.7 M for 2004. This is projected to increase to $954.8 M in 2011. (See Ref 4).
Several new paint factories are under construction, including the plant of Rohm & Haas being built at Foshan
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