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Article: Gum Rosin Production in China.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- November 26, 2000
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Gum rosin is a characteristic native product in China. Different from floating rosin which arises from the papermaking, gum rosin has been used in many fields in which other kinds of rosins can not substitute. Among the 400 000 t/a trading quantity of rosin in the world, the gum rosin from China accounts for 60%.
1. Position of Chinese Gum Rosin in the world
It is reported that the total production capacity of rosin (including gum rosin, floating rosin and carbonation rosin) in the world was 1 050 000 t/a. These rosin include Gum Rosin 615 000 t/a, including:
The above figure shows that the gum rosin from China accounts about 70% of the total ...