Price trend

 

According to the monitoring of Business News Agency, the average price of activated carbon at the beginning of 2022 was 9866 yuan/ton, and the average price of activated carbon at the end of 2022 was 10766 yuan/ton, with a price increase of 9.12%.

 

quotations analysis

 

Activated carbon

 

The annual price of activated carbon in 2022 is mainly in the upward trend of shock. According to the chart of the rise and fall of the month of 2022, it can be seen that the largest increase in the year is in March, with an increase of 1.99%. The largest decline in the year was in October, with a decline of 1.23%.

 

K-column diagram of activated carbon month

 

Phase I

 

From January to July, the price of domestic activated carbon rose slightly, and the ex-factory price of activated carbon for water purification of coconut shell in East China was between 9500-12000 yuan/ton; Due to the improvement of market logistics and transportation restrictions, most dealers are optimistic, and some terminal merchants enter the market to replenish the goods, and the market quotation is firm.

 

Phase II

 

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From August to December, the domestic activated carbon market was light, most of the manufacturers’ quotations were stable, and some of them were fine-tuned. The dealers were mainly wait-and-see, the terminal demand orders were limited, the terminal replenishment sentiment was general, and the market was mainly filled by distributors.

 

Analysis of factors affecting the price of activated carbon – import and export data

 

In the first half of 2022, Japan accounted for the largest proportion of China’s activated carbon imports, with the import amount of 22.52 million US dollars, followed by the United States, with the import amount of 21.52 million US dollars. In the first half of 2022, compared with the whole year of 2021, Japan’s import pattern, although accounting for the largest proportion, has declined compared with the previous year, and the United States has also dropped from 27% in 2021 to 23% in the first half of 2022.

 

According to China’s customs data, in the first half of 2022, China’s active carbon imports were mainly concentrated in Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Beijing Province, Guangdong Province and other places, with the import amount of US $35.64 million, US $26.31 million, US $8.5 million and US $9.98 million respectively.

 

In the first half of 2022, China’s active carbon export regions are mainly concentrated in Shanxi, Fujian, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, with export amounts of 87.8 million US dollars, 33.71 million US dollars, 30.33 million US dollars, 18.99 million US dollars and 17.88 million US dollars respectively.

 

Aftermarket forecast

 

Market output: In 2022, the global market output of activated carbon will increase to about 3.65 million tons, and the market growth rate will reach about 10.27%.

 

Demand side: activated carbon is a sharp tool for environmental protection. In recent years, with the intensification of industrial pollution in China and the rapid increase of domestic demand for activated carbon, China has become one of the main consumption areas of activated carbon in the world, and is the second largest active carbon consumer in the world after the United States.

 

To sum up, with the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, the requirements for food and drinking water and other environments are also continuously increasing, so the market demand for activated carbon is gradually expanding, and the industry capacity is rapidly increasing. It is expected that the price of activated carbon will be mainly in a strong trend in 2023.

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