Proposal
Production and Market of
Bromine and Bromides in China
October 2010
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CCM Data & Primary Intelligence Description: As a resource-oriented product, bromine is widely used in the production of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), pharmaceuticals, pesticide, dyestuff and oilfield chemicals, etc. Driven by great demand from increasing domestic consumption and overseas markets, China’s bromine industry developed fast in the past 10 years. China’s production of bromine mainly based on the underground brine in Shandong currently and the output in Shandong generally accounts for more than 80% of China’s total. However, China’s bromine output has decreased continuously in recent three years. What happened and how to deal with this situation for all market players? The development of China’s bromine industry has been completely driven by strong demand for various bromides in recent years, especially by the BFRs. Meanwhile, the medicine intermediates are becoming the new driver for the growth of bromine consumption. What is the consumption situation of bromine now and what will happen to it in the next years? The detailed answers of the above focuses will be given in this report, and it will also provide you an insightful analysis on other following aspects: - Position of Chinese bromine industry in the world - Production of bromine in the past few years in China - Introduction to technology roadmaps of various organic bromides - Multi-year price situation of bromine - Production and market share of 25 kinds of bromine derivatives by field - Key factors influencing China’s bromine and bromides market in the past few years - Development of foreign enterprises or joint ventures in China - Future forecast on Chinese bromine supply and bromides market in the next 5 year
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CCM Data & Primary Intelligence Main content: No.
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Main content
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Executive summary
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Introduction & methodology
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I
Overview of bromine and bromides industry in China
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II
Status of bromine element supplier in China (2007-E2010)
8
II-1
Bromine
8
II-1-1
Industry distribution
8
II-1-2
Production
10
Technology
10
Capacity and output
12
Producer
13
II-1-3
Price trend
15
II-2
Hydrogen bromine
16
III
Introduction to production technology for main organic bromides
18
III-1
Substitution reaction in benzene ring
18
III-2
Substitution of oxhydryl group
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III-3
Addition reaction in double bond linkage
20
III-4
Others
21
IV
Downstream industry of bromine and main bromides in China by field
23
IV-1
Flame retardant
23
IV-1-1
Development of flame retardant industry
23
IV-1-2
Overview of bromides in flame retardant industry
24
IV-1-3
Main applications in flame retardant
25
Tetrabromobisphenol A
25
Derivatives of TBBPA
27
Decabromodiphenyl oxide and 1, 2-bis(pentabromophenyl) ethane
29
Hexabromocyclododecane
32
Brominated polystyrene
33
IV-2
Pharmaceutical
35
IV-2-1
Development of pharmaceutical industry
35
IV-2-2
Overview of bromides in pharmaceutical industry
36
IV-2-3
Main applications in pharmaceutical
37
Dibromo aldehyde
37
Chloramphenicol
38
Amantadine hydrochloride
40
Bromoethane
41
Dibromantine
42
IV-3
Pesticide
44
IV-3-1
Development of pesticide industry
44
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Overview of bromides in pesticide industry
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IV-3-3
Main applications in pesticide industry
46
Methyl bromide
46
Deltamethrin
48
Naled
49
Bromoxynil octanoate
50
IV-4
Dyestuff
52
IV-4-1
Development of dyestuff industry
52
IV-4-2
Overview of bromides in dyestuff industry
53
IV-4-3
Main applications in dyestuff industry
54
2-Bromo-4,6-dinitroaniline
54
Bromamine acid
56
IV-5
Oilfield chemicals
57
IV-5-1
Development of oilfield chemicals
57
IV-5-2
Overview of bromides in oilfield chemicals
58
IV-5-3
Main applications in oilfield chemicals
58
Calcium bromide
58
Sodium bromide
60
Zinc bromide
61
Potassium bromide
62
Others
63
N-Propyl bromide
63
BCDMH
64
Lithium bromide
65
V
Import & export analysis (2009)
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VI
Analysis on key foreign-owned enterprises and joint venture enterprises in China
73
VI-1
ICL-IP
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ICL-IP enterprises in China
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Strength for ICL-IP enterprises in China
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Weakness of ICL-IP enterprises in China
75
Market strategy of ICL-IP in China
75
Albemarle
75
Albemarle enterprises in China
76
Strength for Albemarle in China
77
Weakness for Albemarle in China
78
Market strategy for Albemarle in China
78
Chemtura
78
Chemtura enterprise in China
78
Strength for Chemtura in China
79
Weakness of Chentura in China
79
Market strategy of Chentura in China
79
Influencing factors of China’s bromine and bromides industry
81
Demand for bromides
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IV-6
VI-2
VI-3
VII
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CCM Data & Primary Intelligence Policy
81
Import of beomine
83
Technology and process
83
Climate
84
VIII
Forecast (2011-2015)
85
VIII-1
Bromine supply and price trend in China
85
VIII-1-1
Bromine supply
85
VIII-1-2
Price trend
86
VIII-2
Bromides market in China
87
VIII-2-1
Organic bromides
87
BFRs
87
Organic intermediates
88
Agrochemicals
89
Others
90
VIII-2-2
Inorganic bromides
90
IX
Conclusion and commercial opportunities
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Appendix: Profiles of major producers
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X-1
Shandong Haihua Group Co., Ltd.
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X-2
Laizhou Chengyuan Salt Chemical Co., Ltd.
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X-27
Yabang Chemical Group Co., Ltd.
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Executive summary: Driven by the strong demand from production of bromides, China’s bromine industry had developed rapidly before 2007. Since 2008, China’s bromine output has decreased year by year, which makes domestic supply of bromine can not meet the demand from the downstream industries, especially from inorganic bromides industry. China’s bromine production is based on the underground brine which is mainly distributed in Weifang Area, located in the north of Shandong. The bromine produced with underground brine has generally accounted for more than XX% of China’s total. Owing to the restriction of bromine transportation, most of China’s bromides producers are also distributed in Shandong, mainly including producers of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and inorganic bromides. From 2009 to 2010, the bromine price has increased a lot, which has largely impacted the production of bromides in China. Although China’s bromine and bromides industry has been heavily impacted by the global financial crisis, it recovers quickly and the bromine price has started to rebound since February 2009. In 2010, the bromine price maintains the growth trend, increasing from USDXX/t in January to USDXX/t in November, which has forced many bromides producers to suspend their production, especially for inorganic bromides.
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CCM Data & Primary Intelligence China’s bromine is mainly consumed in BFRs, oilfield chemicals and organic intermediates. Other application fields include agrochemicals and water treatment agents, etc. Generally, different organic-bromides are synthesized by different synthesis routes with different material and bromine supply. There are XX main technology routes including substitution reaction in benzene ring, substitution of oxhydryl group and addition reaction in double bond linkage. BFRs industry is the largest consumption field of bromine in China and the bromine consumption in BFRs production has accounted for XX% of China’s total bromine consumption in recent years. The main BFRs in China’s market include TBBPA, DEDPO, DBDPE, HBCD, BPS, TBBPA-BDBPE and BEPO. The organic intermediates is a potential downstream industry of bromine and has developed fast in recent years, with the growth rate increasing from XX% during 2005 and 2008 to XX% in 2009. This industry is also expected to increase with the growth rate of XX% in the future. At present, the main bromine-carrying intermediates include dibromo aldehyde, bromathane, a-Bromo, 4-nitrophenyl-ethanone, 1-bromoadamantane, dibromantine, 2-bromo-4 and 6- dinitroaniline, etc. Inorganic bromides belong to the products with low added value and most of them are used as oilfield chemicals. The bromine consumption in this field has accounted for XX% of China’s total bromine consumption in recent years, which excludes the bromine element supply from hydrobromic acid. The main bromine-carrying oilfield chemicals include NaBr, CaBr2, ZnBr2 and KBr. The bromine consumption in agrochemicals and water treatment agents has accounted for 3% and 3% respectively of China’s total bromine consumption in recent 5 years. The major agrochemicals include methyl bromide, deltamethrin, naled and bromoxynil octanoate. Bromochloro-5, 5-dimethylmldazolidine-2, 4-dione is a common water treatment with good results. Among the above bromides, BFRs and bromine-carrying oilfield chemicals have contributed much to China's export of bromides in recent years. In addition, analysis on the development of foreign companies in China is also provided in this report. These foreign enterprises are the top producers of bromine and bromides in the world, including ICL Industry Products, Albemarle Corporation and Chemtura Corporation who invest in China mainly through the cooperation with Chinese enterprises to build joint ventures.
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I Overview of bromine and bromides industry in China As the world’s third largest producing country, China’s capacity and output of bromine have reduced continuously in recent years, from 170,000 and 160,000 tonnes in 2007 to 150,000 and 115,000 tonnes in 2009 respectively. In 2010, the output of bromine is predicted to be about 80,000 tonnes owing to the decline in concentration of underground brine and impact from bad climates.
II Status of bromine element supplier in China (2007-E2010)
About 90% of bromine producers are distributed in Shandong. More than 80% of them extract bromine from underground brine and the rest 20% use concentrated seawater as raw material in bromine production. These 20% producers belong to salt-making enterprises that are mainly distributed in Dongying City.
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180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0
-5.00 -10.00 -15.00 %
Unit: tonne
Figure II-1-2.2 Capacity and output of bromine in China, 2007~2010E
-20.00 -25.00 -30.00 -35.00 2007
2008 Capacity
Output
2009
2010E
Grow th rate of output
Source: CCM International
IV Downstream industry of bromine and main bromides in China by field IV-1 Flame retardant IV-1-1 Development of flame retardant industry
In 2009, there have been more than 200 flame retardant manufacturers with total capacity and output of 990,600t/a and 449,150 tonnes respectively in 2009. Moreover, China’s flame retardant industry is seeing strong growth momentum, driven by increasing varieties of new products developed at home, domestic climbing demand and related favorable policies, as
well as widening gap between supply and demand for overseas market.
Figure IV-1-1.3 Output structure of flame retardants in China, 2006 and 2009 2006 1.26%
4.64%
0.84%
2009 3.15% 4.01%
0.13% 39.61%
3.34%
0.56%
30.84%
4.21% 10.69%
16.86%
21.91%
10.54%
BFRs
16.70%
CFRs
PFRs
ATO
ATH
25.60%
MH
ZB
MCA
Others
Source: CCM International
IV-2 Pharmaceutical
Figure IV-2-2.1Share of bromine consumption in pharmaceutical field by product in China
Dibromantine, 8.15%
Others , 6.42%
Bromoethane, 30.79%
Chloramphenicol, 30.19% Amantadine hydrochloride, 8.15%
Source: CCM International
IV-3-3 Main applications in pesticide industry 他
Methyl bromide
Dibromo aldehyde, 16.30%
5.11%
Table IV-3-3.1 Status of methyl bromide production in China, 2007-2010 Year
Capacity, t/a
Output, tonne
Bromine consumption, tonne
2007
12,600
4,650
3,953
2008
12,600
3,880
3,300
2009
12,600
3,530
3,000
2010E
12,600
3,450
2,930
Source: CCM International
IV-4 Dyestuff Table IV-4-3.4 Main producers of bromamine acid in China, 2010 Capacity’10,
Output’09,
Quotation,
t/a
tonne
USD/t
No. Producer 1
Jiangsu Yabang Dyestuff Co., Ltd.
2
Abbreviation Jiangsu Yabang
6,000
3,300
9,278
Jiangsu Taizhou Zhengang Dystuff Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Zhengang
4,000
2,700
9,131
3
Zhejiang Taizhou Dongfeng Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Dongfeng
2,000
1,200
9,278
4
Jilin Longjin Sanbao Dajing Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Jilin Sanbao
1,200
1,000
9,427
5
Shandong Juye Linfeng Chemicals material Co., Ltd.
Shandong Juye Linfeng
1,000
300
N/A
Note: the quotations were given during 25th Oct. and 30th Oct. Shandong Juye Linfeng stops their production in 2010. Source: CCM International
IV-5 Oilfield chemicals IV-5-1 Development of oilfield chemicals Figure IV-5-2.1 Share of the bromine consumption in oilfield chemicals by product, 2009 5.45%
5.93%
NaBr CaBr2 ZnBr2 KBr
28.16%
60.46%
Note: the data of sodium bromide and potassium bromide excludes the parts in water treatment and medicine Source: CCM International
IV-6 Others Table IV-6.1 Status of N-propyl bromide production in China, 2007-2010 Year
Capacity, t/a
Output, tonne
Bromine consumption, tonne
2007
33,000
15,000
9,750
2008
33,000
12,500
8,125
2009
33,000
13,500
8,775
2010E
34,000
10,000
6,500
Source: CCM International
V Import & export analysis (2009)
Table V-1 Import situation of bromine in China, 2005-2010 Year
Volume, tonne
Value, USD
Average price, USD/kg
2005
25,308.116
36,777,137
1.45
2006
16,232.134
28,611,610
1.76
2007
13,136.114
21,830,811
1.66
2008
16,256.682
28,422,136
1.75
2009
12,491.035
17,971,904
1.44
2010, Jan. to Sept.
15,818.580
31,308,699
1.98
Source: CCM International
Figure V-5 Export volume of other bromides and oxybromides in the China, 2005-2010 40.00
Export volum, '000 tonnes
35.00 30.00 25.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 0.00 2005 Source: CCM International
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010, Jan.to Sept.
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