Current situation and forecast of aromatics demand

According to the statistics of the Japan aromatics Industry Association, the total output of three kinds of aromatics products in Japan (benzene, toluene and xylene)

in 2002 was about 10.734 million tons/year, an increase of 0.7% over 2001, of which the output of benzene was 5.404 million tons/

year and the output of toluene was 1.592 million tons/year, The output of xylene is 5.697 million tons/year. The total demand is about 10.03 million tons/year, an increase rate of 0.7% over 2001

the demand for benzene in Japan in 2002 was about 4.12 million tons/year, a decrease of 1.0% compared with 2001. Due to the increase of the production capacity of the bisphenol a unit of Mitsubishi Chemical Company, the amount of benzene used for phenol/acetone increased by 1.0%; The SM device was regularly overhauled. In 1999, the expansion and overhaul project was carried out, and the manufacturing method of synthetic detergent was changed. The amount of benzene used in these two products was reduced. However, due to the production of benzene downstream products in other regions in Asia, the price of overseas products rose. In 2002, the export volume of benzene products in Japan reached

299000 tons/year, an increase of 15%, and both sides of polyurethane composite insulation board were reinforced with fireproof mortar coiled material surface layer%; In 2002, Japan's domestic demand for toluene was about 1.49 million tons/year, an increase of 3.0% over 2001. Among them, the amount of toluene used in solvents decreased to 284000 tons/year, but the amount of toluene used in TDI reached 168000 tons/year, and it also matched the user's scenery/year, an increase of 14.0%. The export volume was 96000 tons/year, with a year-on-year increase of 14.0%; In 2002, the domestic demand for toluene in Japan was about 4.415 million tons/year, with a year-on-year increase of 2.0%. The export volume was 536000 tons/year, with a year-on-year increase of

6.0%. It is estimated that by 2003, the total domestic demand for aromatics in Japan will reach 10.61 million tons/year, with a year-on-year increase of

5.8%. The export volume decreased except toluene. Among them, the domestic demand for benzene was about 4.442 million tons/year, with a year-on-year increase of

8.0%; However, the export volume may be reduced to 280000 tons/year; The domestic demand for toluene was about 1.596 million tons/year, with an increase of 7.0% over the same period of

, and the export volume reached 120000 tons/year, with a year-on-year increase of 25.0%; The domestic demand for xylene is about 4.573 million tons/year, with a year-on-year increase of 4.0%, but the export volume will be reduced to 50. The international market for the development of China's plastic extruder industry has warmed up by 0 million tons/year