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F O C US reports that 50-60% of its output was shipped to Europe, 35-40% to North America and 10% to markets in Asia and Latin America. Deliveries to North America are handled at Imerys terminals at Portland (Maine), Vancouver (British Columbia) and Trois Rivières (Quebec), prior to onward shipment to customers, usually by rail. Industrial Minerals, Jul 2009, (502), 53-59
China raises taxes on kaolin & talc exports With a view to stimulating domestic demand and curbing exports, the Customs Tariff Committee of the State Council recently announced a number of export tariff adjustments. For exports of kaolin from China, value added tax (VAT) will be charged at 17%, instead of 13% previously. The export tax on kaolin remains at zero and suppliers will not be charged for a kaolin export licence. For exports of talc, the VAT rate remains at 17%. In addition, suppliers must pay an export tax of 10%, whereas previously the rate was set at zero. Talc exporters will also be charged Rmb 60 for an export licence. Industrial Minerals, Apr 2009, (499), 29
India names Chinese suppliers guilty of dumping carbon black Further details have come to light on the scale of anti-dumping duties to be imposed by the Indian Government in respect of carbon black imports from various Chinese suppliers. (See also ‘Focus on Pigments’, Aug 2009, 5). A charge of $159 per tonne will be levied on imports from Hebei Longxing. The charge will be $133 per tonne in respect of Ningbo Detai Chemical. It will be $109 per tonne for Jiangxi Black Cat. It will be $94 per tonne for Ningbo Sheen All-Chemical. It will be $78 per tonne for Hebei Daguangming Juwuba Carbon Black Co. For all other unspecified Chinese carbon black suppliers, the duty will be $190 per tonne. Carbon black suppliers based in Australia, Iran, Malaysia, Russia and Thailand will also be affected by the Indian Government’s anti-dumping policy. China Chemical Reporter, 6 Jul 2009, 20 (19), 11
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India plans to raise anti-dumping duties on Chinese TiO2 The Indian Minister of Commerce authorised anti-dumping duties on all imports of anatase TiO2 pigment from China, with effect from 6 June 2003. Normally, imposition of such duties would lapse after five years unless domestic manufacturers call for a “sunset review.” In this case, such a request was made and the Commerce Industry completed its review on 3 July 2009. It recommended that antidumping duties should be increased by about $500 per tonne, having regard to the fact that the reference price had increased from $1227 per tonne to $1735 per tonne.
300,000 tonnes/y of sulfuric acid; and two 12 MW straw-burning power generators. China Chemical Reporter, 16 Jul 2009, 20 (20), 15
China: Fushun Yunaite – CaCO3 Fushun Yunaite Calcium Co Ltd recently embarked on a project to establish a 60,000 tonnes/y calcium carbonate plant and a 150,000 tonnes/y calcium oxide plant at Xinbin in the Fushun district of Liaoning province. Investment in this project has been budgeted at Rmb 105 M. When the plants are fully operational, they are expected to generate annual sales revenues of Rmb 130 M.
ICIS Chemical Business, 13 Jul 2009, (Website: http://icischemicalbusiness.com)
China Chemical Reporter, 6 Jul 2009, 20 (19), 15
Higher concentration of ownership in US masterbatch sector
China: Guizhou Wengfu Lantian – precipitated silica
According to Americhem, 80% of US plastics masterbatch production is accounted for by the top 24 companies. Americhem believes that it is well placed to weather the current economic recession because it took steps to consolidate its operations, closing two small plants, well in advance of the downturn in the market. Ongoing low demand and tight credit conditions are expected to lead to a substantial shake-out of the smallest suppliers, so that there will be a much higher concentration of ownership of US plastics masterbatch operations in two or three years’ time.
Guizhou Wengfu Lantian Fluorine Chemical Co Ltd is currently building a 10,000 tonnes/y precipitated silica plant at Fuquan in Guizhou province. The company is jointly owned by Zhejiang Lantian Environmental Protection Hi-Tech Co and the Wengfu group. The latter focuses mainly on mining phosphate rock and producing phosphate fertilisers, as well as iodine and fluorine derivatives. Feedstock for the precipitated silica plant is a silica-rich slag, generated as a by-product from the company’s manufacture of 20,000 tonnes/y of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride.
Plastics News, 27 Jul 2009, (Website: http://www.plasticsnews.com)
China Chemical Reporter, 6 Apr 2009, 20 (10), 10
PLANTS China: Anhui Quecheng – precipitated silica Towards the end of June 2009, Anhui Quecheng Silicon Chemical Co Ltd began building a 60,000 tonnes/y precipitated silica plant and a 100,000 tonnes/y sodium silicate plant in the Banqiao Industry Park, Fengyang county, Anhui province. These two plants represent the first phase of a major complex, which will eventually comprise plants for making: 240,000 tonnes/y of precipitated silica; 400,000 tonnes/y of sodium silicate;
China: Jilin Connei – aniline Jilin Connei Chemical Industry Co Ltd intends to establish itself as one of the largest aniline producers in the country within the next few years. It recently brought on-stream a 150,000 tonnes/y plant at Jilin City in Jilin province. The plant took two years to build and it cost Rmb 850 M. It employs a vapour hydrogenation process developed by Tsinghua University, offering significant improvements in product yield and quality. Jilin Connei is now planning to install a second 150,000 tonnes/y aniline plant here. China Chemical Reporter, 26 May 2009, 20 (15), 20
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China raises taxes on kaolin & talc exports With a view to stimulating domestic demand and curbing exports, the Customs Tariff Committee of the State Council recently announced a number of export tariff adjustments. For exports of kaolin from China, value added tax (VAT) will be charged at 17%, instead of 13% previously. The export tax on kaolin remains at zero and suppliers will not be charged for a kaolin export licence. For exports of talc, the VAT rate remains at 17%. In addition, suppliers must pay an export tax of 10%, whereas previously the rate was set at zero. Talc exporters will also be charged Rmb 60 for an export licence. Industrial Minerals, Apr 2009, (499), 29
India names Chinese suppliers guilty of dumping carbon black Further details have come to light on the scale of anti-dumping duties to be imposed by the Indian Government in respect of carbon black imports from various Chinese suppliers. (See also ‘Focus on Pigments’, Aug 2009, 5). A charge of $159 per tonne will be levied on imports from Hebei Longxing. The charge will be $133 per tonne in respect of Ningbo Detai Chemical. It will be $109 per tonne for Jiangxi Black Cat. It will be $94 per tonne for Ningbo Sheen All-Chemical. It will be $78 per tonne for Hebei Daguangming Juwuba Carbon Black Co. For all other unspecified Chinese carbon black suppliers, the duty will be $190 per tonne. Carbon black suppliers based in Australia, Iran, Malaysia, Russia and Thailand will also be affected by the Indian Government’s anti-dumping policy. China Chemical Reporter, 6 Jul 2009, 20 (19), 11
SEPTEMBER 2009
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PIGMENTS
India plans to raise anti-dumping duties on Chinese TiO2 The Indian Minister of Commerce authorised anti-dumping duties on all imports of anatase TiO2 pigment from China, with effect from 6 June 2003. Normally, imposition of such duties would lapse after five years unless domestic manufacturers call for a “sunset review.” In this case, such a request was made and the Commerce Industry completed its review on 3 July 2009. It recommended that antidumping duties should be increased by about $500 per tonne, having regard to the fact that the reference price had increased from $1227 per tonne to $1735 per tonne.
300,000 tonnes/y of sulfuric acid; and two 12 MW straw-burning power generators. China Chemical Reporter, 16 Jul 2009, 20 (20), 15
China: Fushun Yunaite – CaCO3 Fushun Yunaite Calcium Co Ltd recently embarked on a project to establish a 60,000 tonnes/y calcium carbonate plant and a 150,000 tonnes/y calcium oxide plant at Xinbin in the Fushun district of Liaoning province. Investment in this project has been budgeted at Rmb 105 M. When the plants are fully operational, they are expected to generate annual sales revenues of Rmb 130 M.
ICIS Chemical Business, 13 Jul 2009, (Website: http://icischemicalbusiness.com)
China Chemical Reporter, 6 Jul 2009, 20 (19), 15
Higher concentration of ownership in US masterbatch sector
China: Guizhou Wengfu Lantian – precipitated silica
According to Americhem, 80% of US plastics masterbatch production is accounted for by the top 24 companies. Americhem believes that it is well placed to weather the current economic recession because it took steps to consolidate its operations, closing two small plants, well in advance of the downturn in the market. Ongoing low demand and tight credit conditions are expected to lead to a substantial shake-out of the smallest suppliers, so that there will be a much higher concentration of ownership of US plastics masterbatch operations in two or three years’ time.
Guizhou Wengfu Lantian Fluorine Chemical Co Ltd is currently building a 10,000 tonnes/y precipitated silica plant at Fuquan in Guizhou province. The company is jointly owned by Zhejiang Lantian Environmental Protection Hi-Tech Co and the Wengfu group. The latter focuses mainly on mining phosphate rock and producing phosphate fertilisers, as well as iodine and fluorine derivatives. Feedstock for the precipitated silica plant is a silica-rich slag, generated as a by-product from the company’s manufacture of 20,000 tonnes/y of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride.
Plastics News, 27 Jul 2009, (Website: http://www.plasticsnews.com)
China Chemical Reporter, 6 Apr 2009, 20 (10), 10
PLANTS China: Anhui Quecheng – precipitated silica Towards the end of June 2009, Anhui Quecheng Silicon Chemical Co Ltd began building a 60,000 tonnes/y precipitated silica plant and a 100,000 tonnes/y sodium silicate plant in the Banqiao Industry Park, Fengyang county, Anhui province. These two plants represent the first phase of a major complex, which will eventually comprise plants for making: 240,000 tonnes/y of precipitated silica; 400,000 tonnes/y of sodium silicate;
China: Jilin Connei – aniline Jilin Connei Chemical Industry Co Ltd intends to establish itself as one of the largest aniline producers in the country within the next few years. It recently brought on-stream a 150,000 tonnes/y plant at Jilin City in Jilin province. The plant took two years to build and it cost Rmb 850 M. It employs a vapour hydrogenation process developed by Tsinghua University, offering significant improvements in product yield and quality. Jilin Connei is now planning to install a second 150,000 tonnes/y aniline plant here. China Chemical Reporter, 26 May 2009, 20 (15), 20
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