Environmental tax began to be levied in 2018,bad chemical companies shutting down is still continuing, the price of acetate raw materials and glacial acetic acid remain very high.

In such an environment, the cost of various chemical companies began to increase in the intangible, of course, this refers only to the more polluting chemical manufacturers.

Due to various aspects of the impact, the price of acetic acid until January 22, 2018 is still in 4600-4950 yuan / ton . In the off season, the price has not changed, the cost of acetate products determines the situation that it is difficult for market to declined price. Although the prices of ethyl acetate and butyl ester have minor fluctuations, but overall there is still not much change.

In 2018, the implementation of the environmental tax will not only increase the pressure on the chemical industry, but also put a lot of pressure on the coating enterprises. Moreover, the implementation of the admission in 2020 is also imminent. The deadline for Guangdong, Shanxi and Hunan provinces to enter the park is 2020. In other words, the chemical park will become a new ticket for the survival of the coating enterprises by 2020.

High environmental protection will become the basic threshold for coating enterprises. Personalized, customized and specialized services will become the major selling point for coating enterprises. High added value will become the goal pursued by the enterprises. The coating industry will provide high-end products, high-quality services, custom and the overall solution to the direction.

With the concentration of the coating industry increased, the concentration of the raw materials in the upper reaches of the coating industry is also rising. Some industries such as titanium dioxide will enter the monopoly situation, with more than a dozen or so large enterprises controlling the domestic market. The domestic acetate products have shown the concentration of the industry. The largest domestic acetate enterprises is Jiangmen Kenshin, which is also the world’s largest manufacturer of acetate, acetate production capacity reached 950,000 tons, according to the factory’s acetate products factory price shows that the second half of 2017 are in an up state. One of the most obvious performance is ethyl acetate, butyl acetate.

It is foreseeable that in 2018 paint market will be quite difficult. Of course, the tortuous road is not only difficult but also opportunities.