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Article: Imbalance between chlorine and caustic soda.(MARKET REPORT: Inorganics)
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- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- August 16, 2005
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The capacity of caustic soda in China reached 12.4 million t/a in 2004 and the output was 10.6026 million tons, with an increase of 13.6% over the previous year. Of the total, the output of ion-membrane process caustic soda was 2.5246 million tons, with an increase of 12.8% over the previous year, and the reminder was diaphragm process caustic soda. Most caustic soda projects that are being constructed or expanded are ion-membrane process units. The output growth of ion-membrane process caustic soda will account for the major share in the output growth of caustic soda in China in the next few years.
The export amount of caustic soda in China is much higher than ...