Issue 4, 2022 - January The comprehensive operating index of the domestic recycled plastics industry declined

1.
Start of construction:

The average operating rate of the sample enterprises in January was 48%, down 14 percentage points from the previous month and up 5.
36 percentage points
year-on-year.
Among them, the average start of large enterprises is 65%, a small decrease of 12 percentage points, the start of medium-sized enterprises is 50%, down 14 percentage points, and the average start of small and micro enterprises is 15%, down 25 percentage points
.
After New Year's Day, due to the colder weather and the early Spring Festival holiday for workers in some areas, the start of recycled plastic processing enterprises continued to decline
.
Due to the improvement in the profit of some recycled products during the year, the enthusiasm for starting work was slightly higher than in the same period of previous years, but it was still at a low level
.

2.
Raw material inventory:

Raw material inventories were mixed, and the inventories of some sample companies increased
slightly.
Due to the relatively high price of virgin plastics and the continued rise in crude oil prices, some post-holiday slightly bullish expectations; At the same time, considering that there are fewer transactions after the holiday and logistics are blocked, but under the uncertain risk, cautious operation is the mainstay, and raw material inventories have increased
slightly.

3.
Order:

In January, affected by the early holiday and market closure of downstream factories, orders mostly declined
.

The average value of China's recycled plastic pellet price index in January was 839.
1 points