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The global silicone industry has a long history of development, and currently silicone products can be seen everywhere in the market. From the beginning of the invention of the silicone tube in the 18th century to the vigorous development of the silicone industry today, the silicone industry has experienced a process from scratch to complexity. It is currently in a prosperous stage.

At present, in the global silica gel, organic silica gel accounts for a relatively large proportion. In 2014, the global output of organic silica gel was 1.65 million tons. In 2019, the global output of organic silica gel has increased to 2.6 million tons, with an average annual compound growth rate of 9.5%.

Chart 1: 2014-2019 global organic silicone production changes (unit: ten thousand tons, %)

Inorganic silica gel is mainly based on sodium silicate products. In 2016, the global sodium silicate market was 9 billion U.S. dollars. In 2019, the global sodium silicate market has increased to 9.6 billion U.S. dollars, with an average annual compound growth rate of 2%.

Chart 2: 2016-2019 global sodium silicate (inorganic silica gel) market size changes (unit: billion U.S. dollars, %)

In 2016, the global silicone market was worth 15.3 billion U.S. dollars. In 2019, the global silicone market has increased to 18.5 billion U.S. dollars, with an average annual compound growth rate of 6.5%.

Chart 3: 2016-2019 global organic silicone market size changes (unit: billion U.S. dollars, %)

China is the main production area of silica gel in the world

At present, China is the world's largest production and sales area of inorganic silica gel, and China's inorganic silica gel market accounts for 59.38% of the global market.

 Figure 4: Regional competitive landscape of global inorganic silica gel in 2019 (unit: %)

The global production capacity of silicone monomers, the basic raw material of silicone, is mainly distributed in China, Germany, the United States, Britain, Japan, Thailand and France. In the past ten years, the global production capacity of organic silicon has shifted to China's domestic market. my country has become a major producer of organic silicon monomers. In 2019, China's organic silicon monomer production capacity was 3.28 million tons (including foreign capital and joint venture capacity), accounting for 59.42% of the global organic silicon monomer production capacity, ranking first in the world; Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Thailand And France accounted for 9.06%, 11.96%, 7.25%, 5.43%, 2.54% and 3.62% of the global silicone production capacity respectively.

Chart 5: Distribution pattern of global organic silicon monomer production capacity in 2019 (unit: %)

China has a wealth of basic raw materials for the production of organic silica gel. Therefore, China has become the main production area of organic silica gel in the world. China's organic silica gel production accounts for 64.8% of the global organic silica gel output.

Chart 6: Distribution pattern of global organic silica gel production in 2019 (unit: %)

China's capacity utilization rate is about 80%

According to the data released by the National Inorganic Silicide Industry Association, there are currently about 30 inorganic silica gel manufacturers nationwide. According to the plan of the National Inorganic Silicide Industry Association, the industry's production capacity in 2019 will be around 450,000 tons.

From 2013 to 2018, China's organic silicon monomer production capacity continued to expand. In 2018, China's organic silicon monomer production capacity remained at 3.09 million tons/year; since 2019, as the new organic silicon monomer production capacity continues to be put into operation , In 2019, the production capacity of organic silicon monomers increased. As of the end of 2019, China's organic silicon monomer production capacity reached 3.28 million tons/year (including foreign capital and joint venture production capacity).

Chart 7: 2013-2019 China's organic silicon monomer production capacity trend chart (unit: 10,000 tons/year, %)

According to the data released by the National Inorganic Silicide Industry Association, there are currently about 30 inorganic silica gel manufacturers nationwide. According to the plan of the National Inorganic Silicide Industry Association, the industry output in 2019 will be around 350,000 tons. In 2019, China's organic silicon monomer output reached 2.31 million tons.

Chart 8: 2013-2019 China's organic silicon monomer production trend chart (unit: ten thousand tons)

According to the data released by the National Inorganic Silicide Industry Association, the current capacity utilization rate of inorganic silica gel in the country is about 80%.

From 2008 to 2010, the rapid expansion of domestic new silicone projects and the explosive growth of industry production capacity, coupled with the large gap between the technological level of domestic enterprises and foreign countries, led to the low utilization rate of the industry's overall production capacity during 2008-2010.

After 2010, with the gradual digestion of excess capacity, technological advancement in the industry, and the improvement of corporate process management, the overall industry capacity utilization rate has shown an upward trend.

Based on the production and production capacity of polysiloxanes calculated by SAGSI, China's polysiloxane capacity utilization rate has shown a fluctuating upward trend from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, the polysiloxane capacity utilization rate reached 82.92%.

Chart 9: 2010-2019 China's polysiloxane capacity utilization trend chart (unit: %)