Rubber additives industry in the first quarter, the export market pull obvious!

April 18, China Rubber Industry Association rubber additives professional committee released the first quarter industry business data report.

The report shows that from January to March, the rubber additives industry, a number of major operating indicators, to achieve double-digit growth.

According to statistics, in the first quarter of 2022, the total industrial production value of rubber additives was 7.458 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 20.79%.

Sales revenue 7.052 billion yuan, up 18.69%; Export delivery value was 2.286 billion yuan, up 34.85%;

Total output was 331,700 tons, down 6 percent. Exports were 88,000 tons, up 2.5%.

Among them, the output of accelerant was 101,400 tons, up 5.49%; The output of antiaging agents was 82,900 tons, down 8.8 percent.

According to the analysis, the three indicators of industrial output value, sales revenue and export value increased significantly in the first quarter, mainly due to the continuation of the situation of export in the fourth quarter of 2021 and the completion of overseas orders.

However, due to the surge in domestic energy and upstream raw materials, the increase in corporate income did not increase profits.

In the same period, domestic enterprises as the main market, production and sales and benefit declined significantly. The reason is that domestic tire enterprises are affected by a variety of factors, low operating rate, downstream demand power shortage.

Attention is, in the near future, foreign tire market demand strong recovery.

The European market for replacement tyres grew 9 per cent in the first quarter and 10 per cent for commercial tyres, according to the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers' Association (ETRMA).

Passenger tires rose 4.7% in the first quarter and commercial tires rose 5.5%, according to the American Tire Manufacturers Association.

These have driven rubber auxiliaries export to achieve strong growth.