Issue 8 - March 2022 The comprehensive operating index of the domestic recycled plastics industry declined

1.
Start construction

The average operating rate of the sample enterprises in March was 67.
88%, an increase of 39.
24 percentage points month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 9.
85 percentage points
.
The start of construction in the month showed the characteristics of first increasing and then decreasing: at the beginning of the month, with the recovery of demand and the start of processing enterprises one after another, the start of the industry increased; Since the middle of the year, due to the intensive emergence of many areas due to the epidemic, there have been many shutdowns and production stops in lockdown areas, and construction starts have declined
.

2.
Raw material inventory

The inventory of raw materials increased steadily, and the inventory of sample enterprises increased slightly by 13.
8%.

With the increase in industrial processing activity and the increased willingness of recycling enterprises, the upward shift of the market price center of raw materials has driven the raw material inventory of recycled plastic processing enterprises
.
However, the environment is complex and changeable, coupled with warmer weather, waste plastic recycling channels have increased, and inventories are still relatively low
.

3.
Orders

There has been an increase
in orders.
The market price center of raw materials has shifted upward, the profits of processing orders of superimposed terminal enterprises have been squeezed, some orders have shifted to recycled high-quality granules, and orders for recycled plastics have increased
.
Due to the year-on-year decline in processing orders of plastic products enterprises, superimposed on the impact of force majeure of the epidemic, the increase in orders was limited
.

The average value of China's recycled plastic pellet price index in March was 867.
7 points