2014 In The First Half Of The Year, Demand For Polyurethane Was Slowed Down In Synthetic Leather Industry.

In the process of synthetic leather production, we can not do without the help of polyurethane as raw and auxiliary materials. With the introduction and research of technology, our country has successfully developed polyurethane technology, which will add new impetus to the development of synthetic leather industry. In the first half of 2014, the synthetic leather industry is in a stable development period. However, as the upstream industry of synthetic leather, the polyurethane industry is growing slowly.

Yes Statistics Data show that China's downstream demand for polymeric polyurethane materials showed negative growth in the first quarter, the demand for pure polyurethane materials grew by only 3%, and total demand remained virtually unchanged. The demand for polyurethane materials improved slightly in the two quarter compared with the first quarter. In the first half of this year, the overall demand for polyurethane materials increased by only about 2%.

In the first half of 2014, the main downstream industries such as building insulation, automobiles, white goods, synthetic leather, shoes, textiles and other industries entered a steady development period, and demand slowed down.

From the price point of view, the price of polymerized polyurethane material has dropped by more than 10% on the basis of the price at the beginning of the year, while the price of pure benzene, the key raw material of polyurethane material, has increased by nearly 20% on the basis of the lowest price in the first half of the year.

　　 at present Domestic PU materials manufacturers have expanded capacity plan, strong market share, but low demand and low price pressure. At the beginning of this year, the price of aggregated MDI fell continuously from 18000 yuan at the beginning of the year to 14000 yuan / ton, which has dropped to MDI production cost. It is at a historical low level. Although the overall demand for pure polyurethane materials is relatively stable, the price has dropped by 1500 yuan, left and right, due to the low confidence in the market. At the same time, prices of polyurethane raw materials, such as pure benzene, continued to rise, rising nearly 20% in the first half of this year, approaching 10000 yuan, the production cost of polyurethane materials rose sharply, the prices of products dropped sharply, and profit margins were seriously squeezed.

With the influence of the national macro-control policy, the downstream industries of polyurethane materials, such as light textile, shoemaking, synthetic leather, and other industries are facing great difficulties. Synthetic leather, shoemaking and other industries tend to use more environmentally friendly waterborne polyurethane materials. Therefore, the downstream demand of polyurethane materials in the second half of the year is still not optimistic, basically maintaining the level of demand in the same period last year.

New production capacity, new technology and new environmental protection facilities are the main points constantly advocated in the national macro-control. With the promulgation and implementation of the discharge standard for water pollutants in leather and fur processing industry, synthetic leather, artificial leather and other industries require more and more sewage treatment. enterprise The need to promote the development of the industry.