Domestic nitrochlorobenzene into hot potato

"With high raw material prices, the domestic production of nitrochlorobenzene has reached the highest level of losses. At present, for every 1 ton of production, at least a loss of 600 yuan. Faced with the loss of production, the loss of the production market is not embarrassing situation, some companies bite the bullet and lose money. Earn money, start cruel price wars, and make product prices lower and lower. Coupled with the continuous decline in downstream demand, the company's inventory is gradually building up, and nitrochlorobenzene has become a hot potato.” Dong Guanglin, Chairman of Liaoning Shixing Pharmaceuticals, interviewed Told reporters.

Since the beginning of this year, the domestic price of nitrochlorobenzene has been falling all the way. The prices of nitrochlorobenzene and o-nitrochlorobenzene have been at 3,000 yuan/ton and 4,000 yuan/ton respectively, which is the highest level in 2003 (for nitrochlorobenzene 5000-6000 yuan / ton, compared with nitro-chlorobenzene in the 7000-8000 yuan / ton, almost lumps.

At present, the demand for nitrochlorobenzene in China's pesticide industry is about 50,000 tons per year, accounting for approximately 13.2% of the total demand. As China has banned the use of highly toxic pesticide products such as 1605, its demand for nitrochlorobenzene will be reduced by about 20,000 tons. At the same time, many downstream companies have been forced to shut down due to the use of high-polluting synthetic processes such as iron powder, alkali or hydrazine reduction, and their demand for nitrochlorobenzene has gradually decreased. In addition, the European Union's implementation of the REACH regulation has severely impacted the dyes, traditional medicines, pesticides and their intermediates. The export restrictions will lead to a large demand for nitrochlorobenzene. shrink. In addition, with the successful development of the synthesis process of p-amino diphenylamine with nitrobenzene instead of p-nitrochlorobenzene as the raw material, the p-nitrochlorobenzene route will gradually be eliminated, also making p-nitrochlorobenzene in rubber additives. Consumption in the field will be greatly reduced.

As the domestic nitrochlorobenzene manufacturers rely more on simply expanding their production scale to increase their market competitiveness, the market competition has become increasingly fierce and difficult to return. In the years since 2003, Sinopec Nanhua Company, Yangnong Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., and Bayi Chemical Co., Ltd. have rapidly expanded their production capacity, with an annual production capacity of 420,000 tons, accounting for more than 50% of global production capacity. At present, the total domestic production capacity has reached 600,000 tons/year. With the gradual shrinkage of demand and the rapid growth of the industry, huge market risks and hidden dangers have appeared year after year. As the profits of the products have shrunk severely, some small-scale enterprises have successively shut down production.

Dong Guanglin said that blindly chasing the wind has caused many companies to suffer. He suggested that companies take the road of extending the industrial chain, hoping that petrochemical-related industry organizations can actively guide and support the nitrochlorobenzene industry to derivate and develop fine chemicals, achieve the scale of nitrochlorobenzene plants, greenization of downstream intermediate synthesis processes, and derivatives. The serialization and gentrification of fine chemicals will change the trend of long-term supply of nitrochlorobenzene over the long-term and guide the development of the nitrochlorobenzene industry in China from rapid development to healthy development.