Chart 8 Distribution of polypropylene production capacity in the world in 2011 (10000 tons/year)

　 2.2.2 Major polypropylene manufacturers in the world

    In recent years, global polypropylene producers The number is gradually decreasing, and production plants are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few large multinational companies. In 2011, the production capacity of the world's top ten polypropylene producers reached 33.23 million tons/year, accounting for 51.74% of the world's total polypropylene production capacity. SINOPEC (China Petrochemical Corporation The Group ranks second with the capacity of 4.92 million tons/year, accounting for 7.66% of the world's total capacity; PetroChina The natural gas group ranks seventh with 2.66 million tons/year capacity, accounting for 4.14% of the world's total capacity. In recent years, Saudi SABIC, Brazil Petrochemical and India Prudential and other companies have gradually moved up in the rankings. From the perspective of rankings, most of the top countries and regions are countries and regions with obvious resource advantages, advanced production technology and strong demand.

Chart 9 Production capacity of the world's top ten polypropylene producers in 2011 (10000 tons/year)

2.3 Analysis of world polypropylene demand

2.3.1 Regional distribution of world polypropylene consumption

According to the statistics of PP demand in major regions of the world in recent six years, the major consumption regions of the world are concentrated in Northeast Asia, North America and Western Europe. In addition, the Middle East and Southeast Asia also have large demand. On the whole, the demand of major regions in the world shows an increasing trend, but the demand of North America and Western Europe, which belong to developed regions, declined after 2008 due to the impact of the financial crisis. The financial crisis triggered by the United States was a heavy blow to the developed economies, while the European region suffered from the impact of the debt crisis. The economy declined and the manufacturing industry shrank, thus weakening the local consumption demand. After the financial crisis broke out in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, the governments of all countries implemented loose economic stimulus policies to drive the growth of demand, and became one of the first regions to get rid of the financial crisis.

Table 10 Major Consumption Regions of Global Polypropylene from 2006 to 2011 (10000 tons)

In 2011, the total consumption of polypropylene in the world was about 52.046 million tons, an increase of about 5% over 2010. Asia, North America and Europe are the most important consumer countries and regions. In 2011, the total consumption of these three regions reached about 40.717 million tons, accounting for 80.3% of the world's total consumption. Among them, the consumption in North America is 7.181 million tons, accounting for 13.8% of the total consumption, that in Western Europe is 7.815 million tons, accounting for 15.02%, and that in Asia is 27.02 million tons, accounting for 51.9%.

Chart 11 World polypropylene consumption in 2011 (10000 tons)

2.3.2 World polypropylene consumption structure

In terms of consumption, the products are mainly used to produce injection molded products, fibers, films, etc. In 2011, the demand for polypropylene for films was 12.352 million tons, accounting for 23.7% of the world's total consumption, the demand for polypropylene for fibers was 7.14 million tons, accounting for 13.7%, and the demand for polypropylene for wire drawing products was 9.153 million tons, accounting for 17.6%, The demand of injection molded products for polypropylene is 17.635 million tons, accounting for 33.9%; the demand of pipe products for polypropylene is 1.52 million tons, accounting for 2.9%; other aspects account for 6.9%. From the perspective of consumer countries in the world, the United States, China and Japan, as the top three economies in the world, have huge demand for polypropylene. From the perspective of product structure, injection molding and film products in various countries account for 50-70% of the total demand, which are the two largest product categories. Other categories that account for a large proportion are pipes, blow molding and extrusion molding, which also account for a large share of wire drawing materials and fiber materials in China.

Figure 12 World PP Consumption Structure in 2011

Chart 13 Global PP consumption in 2011 (10000 tons)

two thousand and eleven Global consumption structure in	total	Proportion
Film and sheet	one thousand two hundred and thirty-five point two	23.73%
Injection molding	one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three point five	33.88%
Pipe	one hundred and fifty-two	2.92%
Extrusion coating	nine	0.17%
Blow molding	fifty-eight	1.11%
fibre	seven hundred and fourteen	13.72%
wire drawing	nine hundred and fifteen point three	17.59%
other	three hundred and fifty-seven point six	6.87%

Chart 14 Consumption structure of countries in the world (unit: 10000 tons)

country	products	two thousand and six year	two thousand and seven year	two thousand and eight year	two thousand and nine year	two thousand and ten year	two thousand and eleven year
U.S.A	Film and sheet	eighty-seven point one	eighty-eight	eighty-five	ninety-two point two	one hundred and three point one	one hundred and three point eight
	Injection molding	two hundred and sixteen point five	two hundred and twenty-five point three	two hundred point six	one hundred and eighty-one point three	one hundred and eighty-six point four	one hundred and eighty-one point four
	Pipe	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Extrusion coating	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Blow molding	nine point six	eight point seven	eight	eight	nine point two	nine point three
	Wire and cable	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Rotational molding	--	--	--	--	--	--
	fibre	one hundred and thirty-one point eight	one hundred and twenty-three point five	one hundred and seven point five	eighty-seven point seven	ninety-two point five	ninety-one
	wire drawing	ten	ten point two	ten point two	nine point seven	ten	ten point two
	other	one hundred and seventy-three point six	one hundred and fifty-six point seven	one hundred and forty point five	one hundred and thirty-three point nine	one hundred and sixty-four point six	one hundred and sixty-five point two
Saudi Arabia	Film and sheet	four point seven	five point nine	six point nine	seven point four	eight point three	nine point six
	Injection molding	nine point one	ten point six	twelve	twelve point four	thirteen point seven	fifteen point four
	Pipe	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Extrusion coating	--	--	--	-	--	--
	Blow molding	--	--	--	-	--	--
	Wire and cable	--	--	--	-	--	--
	Rotational molding	--	--	--	-	--	--
	fibre	four point two	four point nine	five point six	five point seven	six point two	seven
	wire drawing	five point nine	six point eight	eight point one	eight point four	nine point one	ten point four
	other	one point one	one point four	one point six	one point seven	one point nine	two point two
Japan	Film and sheet	seventy-one point three	sixty-nine point three	sixty-six point one	fifty point seven	fifty-nine point nine	sixty point seven
	Injection molding	ninety-three	ninety point five	eighty-seven point six	sixty-two point eight	seventy-five point four	seventy-five point six
	Pipe	seventeen point one	sixteen point five	sixteen point nine	eleven point nine	fourteen	thirteen point nine
	Extrusion coating	zero point one	zero point one	zero point one	zero point one	zero point one	zero point one
	Blow molding	one point three	one point three	one point five	one	one point two	one point two
	Wire and cable	--	--	--	-	--	--
	Rotational molding	--	--	--	-	--	--
	fibre	thirty-one point six	thirty-one point seven	thirty-three point two	twenty-five point three	twenty-nine point seven	thirty point three
	wire drawing	fifty point seven	fifty-eight point two	fifty-seven point two	forty-seven point one	fifty-five point five	fifty-seven point six
	other	six point three	six point one	four point eight	three point four	four point one	four
	Injection molding	one hundred and seventy-nine point nine	two hundred and twenty-five point eight	two hundred and twenty-two point one	two hundred and ninety-six point three	three hundred and twenty-one point seven	three hundred and fifty-seven point six
	Pipe	sixty point six	sixty-four point two	sixty-five point six	seventy-four point eight	eighty-one point three	eighty-six point three
	Extrusion coating	zero point five	zero point five	zero point five	zero point five	zero point six	zero point six
	Blow molding	four point six	five point two	five point seven	six point two	seven	seven point six
	Wire and cable
	Rotational molding	--	--	--	-	--	--
	fibre	one hundred and twelve point one	one hundred and twenty-three point one	one hundred and twenty-nine	one hundred and fifty-nine point two	one hundred and seventy-two point three	one hundred and eighty-seven point eight
	wire drawing	three hundred and thirty point two	three hundred and fifty-one point five	three hundred and thirty-nine point eight	three hundred and ninety-four point eight	four hundred and thirty-six point nine	four hundred and sixty-nine point two
	other	twenty-two point two	twenty-three point five	eighteen point eight	twenty-one point seven	twenty-three point five	twenty-five point one
Thailand	Film and sheet	twenty-eight	thirty-one point two	thirty point eight	thirty point two	thirty-one point two	thirty-two point four
	Injection molding	twenty-seven	thirty point one	twenty-nine point two	twenty-eight point three	twenty-nine point two	thirty point one
	Pipe	zero point one	zero point one	zero point one	zero point one	zero point one	zero point one
	Extrusion coating	one point seven	one point eight	one point nine	one point nine	two	two
	Blow molding	zero point nine	one	one	one	one	one
	Wire and cable	--	--	--	-	--	--
	Rotational molding	--	--	--	-	--	--
	fibre	seven point two	eight point one	seven point eight	seven point three	seven point four	seven point four
	wire drawing	twenty point seven	twenty-three	twenty-two point six	twenty-two point one	twenty-three point six	twenty-four point six
	other	zero point nine	one	zero point nine	zero point eight	zero point eight	zero point eight
Australia	Film and sheet	eight point five	eight point seven	eight point nine	nine	nine point two	nine point eight
	Injection molding	eight point two	eight point four	eight point five	eight point five	eight point six	nine point one
	Pipe	--	--	--	-	--	--
	Extrusion coating	zero point five	zero point five	zero point five	zero point six	zero point six	zero point six
	Blow molding	zero point three	zero point three	zero point three	zero point three	zero point three	zero point three
	Wire and cable	--	--	--	-	--	--
	Rotational molding	--	--	--	-	--	--
	fibre	two point two	two point three	two point three	two point two	two point two	two point two
	wire drawing	six point three	six point five	six point six	six point six	seven	seven point four
	other	zero point three	zero point three	zero point three	zero point three	zero point two	zero point three

2.4 Analysis of World Polypropylene Trade

From the perspective of PP import and export in major regions of the world from 2006 to 2011, North America and Europe, as the main production and consumption regions with developed industries and high-end raw materials, have relatively mature markets, small demand increment, high product grade, and export volume is significantly greater than import volume. South America's imports and exports are relatively balanced. Africa is constrained by technology and other factors, and the import volume is significantly greater than the export volume, but the absolute volume of both is significantly lower than that of other regions of the world. The Middle East is completing the transformation from a pure oil export to a variety of petrochemical products export. With the low-cost advantage of raw materials, the upsurge of petrochemical construction in the Middle East continues. The export volume of polypropylene in the Middle East has soared in recent years, with an average export growth rate of 34.58% from 2006 to 2011. The import volume has not fluctuated in recent years. There are obvious regional differences in Asia. The market structure of relatively developed regions such as South Korea and Japan is relatively mature, while China and Southeast Asia are still the main demand regions.

Table 15 Global polypropylene imports from 2006 to 2011

Table 16 Global polypropylene export from 2006 to 2011