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Article: Caustic soda will be oversupply in 2007.(MARKET REPORT: Inorganics)
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- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- April 26, 2007
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Rapid output increase
There are more than 220 caustic soda producers in China today. At the end of 2006 the capacity of caustic soda in China was 17.61 million t/a. The output of caustic soda was 15.118 million tons in 2006, an increase of 19.0% over 2005 and 1.331 million tons were exported, an increase of 55.8%. Production increased fastest in Northwest China, with growth 51.9% faster than 2005. The output in East China grew 22.9% and 22.3% in Southwest China, both higher than the national average level.
Co-existence of development opportunities and challenges
The caustic soda sector in China is developing rapidly and there are both ...