The concentration of China's carbon black industry has gradually increased

On November 22~24, the 2022 China Carbon Black Annual Meeting and General Assembly with the theme of "adapting to the market environment, controlling production capacity and output, pioneering and innovative development, and overcoming difficulties together" was held in Huangshan City, Anhui Province, at which the Carbon Black Branch of China Rubber Industry Association announced the list of "Top Ten Enterprises in the Carbon Black Industry in 2022" and commended
it.

In the list of the top ten carbon black, Jiangxi Black Cat Carbon Black Co.
, Ltd.
ranked first in China's carbon black industry with a main business income of 9.
34 billion yuan; followed by Longxing Chemical Co.
, Ltd.
ranked second among the top ten enterprises in the industry with a main business income of 3.
10 billion yuan; and Shanxi Anlun Chemical Co.
, Ltd
.
ranked third among the top ten enterprises in the industry with a main business income of 2.
35 billion yuan.

The fourth to tenth enterprises are Shanxi Yongdong Chemical Co.
, Ltd.
, Jinneng Technology Co.
, Ltd.
, Shanxi Sanqiang New Energy Technology Co.
, Ltd.
, Suzhou Baohua Carbon Black Co.
, Ltd.
, Dashiqiao Liaobin Carbon Black Factory, Shuoyuan New Materials (Dongying) Co.
, Ltd.
, Qingzhou Boao Carbon Black Co.
, Ltd.
, etc
.

At present, the concentration of China's carbon black industry has gradually increased, and the overall competition pattern of foreign capital, private enterprises, state-owned or state-controlled entities coexisting, and the market competition is relatively full
.
The top five production enterprises in China's carbon black production capacity are Black Cat Co.
, Ltd.
, Jinneng Technology, Longxing Chemical, Anlun Chemical and Yongdong Chemical
.

From the perspective of enterprise output distribution, the market concentration of China's carbon black industry is relatively high
.
According to statistics, in 2021, the carbon black market share of Black Cat Co.
, Ltd.
will be 19.
3%, the market share of Longxing Chemical carbon black will be 9.
0%, and the market share of carbon black of Yongdong Co.
, Ltd.
will be 7.
1%, and the competition analysis of the carbon black industry expects that the market share of the industry will be further concentrated
in leading enterprises in the future.

From the perspective of carbon black applications, China's carbon black is mainly used in tires, printing, plastics, coatings, etc
.
In the carbon black consumption structure, the consumption of carbon black for tires accounted for the highest proportion, with domestic consumption of 3.
6 million tons in 2021, accounting for 67% of the total consumption, followed by rubber shoes, hoses, tapes, sealing materials and other products, accounting for 24%
of the total consumption.
Non-rubber products such as inks and coatings account for 9%.

On the whole, China is the world's largest carbon black producer at this stage, but the concentration of production capacity is much lower than that of developed countries, mainly carbon black enterprises are evolved from steel companies
.
Therefore, the state has issued relevant policies to make the concentration of carbon black industry closer to that of developed countries, so that China's carbon black enterprises have a certain position
in the international market.