Highlights

China’s calcium carbide market kept fluctuating downwards in H1, 2023 and then rebounded from July. However, by the end of August, the average price of calcium carbide was still 22.5% below that in the same period of 2022 due to the long period of low prices. Most calcium carbide producers suffered profit losses most time in 2023, and the losses were large during some periods, so the industrial operating rate stayed at a low level. By the end of August, the average operating rate was over 5 percentage points lower compared with that in the same period of 2022. In 2023, semi-coke prices dropped in line with the constant declines in coal prices, undermining the cost support for calcium carbide persistently. Meanwhile, the major downstream PVC industry was weak, reducing the demand for calcium carbide and curbing its price rise. In such a climate, the price of calcium carbide fell to the lowest level since 2021.

Although the calcium carbide industry underperformed, the market volatility was severe, bringing frequent highlights. The operating rate of calcium carbide units fluctuated constantly, influenced by the changes in profits and the maintenance schedules of PVC units. Meanwhile, the operation of PVC units was also unstable besides routine maintenance. The supply-demand mismatch resulted in constant price rises or drops of calcium carbide many times within the year. In addition, the supply stability of feedstock semi-coke and limestone also aroused market players’ attention in some periods.

Looking forward to the future, whether the newly added capacity of calcium carbide and its downstream demand can be matched, and whether the calcium carbide market is possible to improve in the future? Will there are still many industry highlights? SCI has over ten years of experience in the calcium carbide market research, comprehensively monitoring calcium carbide production, consumption and feedstock. With big data, supply-demand pattern and highlight spots as features, SCI Calcium Carbide Market Annual Report illustrates the calcium carbide industry development in 2023 via rich charts and tables as well as concise analysis, and help clients to gain a deeper understanding of the calcium carbide industry.

Report value

1. To present the changes in calcium carbide supply-demand pattern in the past 5 years

2. To show the upstream and downstream integration at China’s calcium carbide producers

3. To dig out reasons behind the variations in the calcium carbide industry from multiple aspects

4. To comprehensively analyze the influences from feedstock and downstream products

5. To objectively evaluate the calcium carbide value chain transmission

Contents

Part 1 Calcium Carbide Market Overview

Part 2 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide Supply-Demand Balance

2.1 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide Supply-Demand Balance Trend

2.2 2023 Calcium Carbide Supply-Demand and Price Co-Movement 

Part 3 Calcium Carbide Supply Pattern and Variation Trend 

3.1 China Calcium Carbide Capacity Variation

3.1.1 2019-2023 China Calcium Carbide Capacity Variation Trend 

3.1.2 2023 China Large-Scale Calcium Carbide Enterprises

3.1.3 2023 China Newly Added Calcium Carbide Capacity

3.1.4 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide-PVC Integration Enterprise Proportion Changes

3.1.5 2024-2028 China Newly added Calcium Carbide Capacity

3.1.5.1 2024-2028 China Calcium Carbide Capacity Forecast

3.1.5.2 2024 China Newly Added Calcium Carbide Capacity List

3.2 Calcium Carbide Output Variation

3.2.1 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide Output and Capacity Utilization Rate

3.2.2 2023 China Calcium Carbide Monthly Output and High-Frequency Data Changes

3.2.3 2023 China Calcium Carbide Regional Supply Features

3.2.4 2023 China Calcium Carbide Trade Flow and Influences

3.3 2024-2028 China Calcium Carbide Supply Forecast

Part 4 Calcium Carbide Demand Pattern and Variation Trend    

4.1 Calcium Carbide Demand Structure Changes

4.1.1 Calcium Carbide Demand Structure and Consumption Data

4.1.2 2019-2023 PVC Industry Calcium Carbide Consumption Proportion Changes

4.2 Major Calcium Carbide Downstream Industry Demand Variation

4.2.1 PVC Industry Calcium Carbide Demand

4.2.2 VAC Industry Calcium Carbide Demand

4.2.3 BDO Industry Calcium Carbide Demand

4.2.4 CR Industry Calcium Carbide Demand

4.3 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide Export Market

4.4 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide Apparent Consumption Volume Changes

4.5 2024-2028 Calcium Carbide Downstream Demand Growth Forecast

4.5.1 PVC Industry Calcium Carbide Demand Forecast

4.5.2 VAC Industry Calcium Carbide Demand Forecast

4.5.3 BDO Industry Calcium Carbide Demand Forecast

4.6 2024-2028 Calcium Carbide Consumption Volume Forecast

4.7 Calcium Carbide Consumption Peak and Off Seasons

4.7.1 Calcium Carbide Consumption Peak and Off Seasons Features

4.7.2 Calcium Carbide Consumption Peak and Off Seasons and Price Correlation

Part 5 Calcium Carbide Cost and Profit

5.1 Calcium Carbide Production Cost Composition

5.2 Major Calcium Carbide Feedstock and Cost Factors

5.2.1 2023 Electricity Price Analysis

5.2.2 2023 Feedstock Semi-Coke and Calcium Oxide Analysis

5.2.3 2023 Calcium Carbide and Feedstock Semi-Coke Co-Movement

5.3 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide Profit

5.3.1 Calcium Carbide Profit Variation and Feature

5.3.2 Profit Variation Influence on Calcium Carbide Production

5.4 2024 Feedstock Market Forecast

Part 6 Calcium Carbide Price Trend

6.1 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide Price

6.1.1 2019-2023 Calcium Carbide Price Variation

6.1.2 2023 Calcium Carbide Price and Seasonality

Part 7 Calcium Carbide Industry Development Outlook

7.1 Calcium Carbide Market Driver Development Forecast

7.1.1 Macro-Economy Influence on Calcium Carbide Market

7.1.2 Industrial Policy Influence on Calcium Carbide Market

7.1.3 2024-2028 China Calcium Carbide Supply-Demand Balance Forecast

7.1.3.1 2024-2028 China Calcium Carbide Supply-Demand Balance and Feature Forecast

7.1.3.2 2024 China Calcium Carbide Supply-Demand Balance Forecast

7.1.4 Calcium Carbide Market Competition Pattern Analysis

7.1.5 Calcium Carbide Value Chain Analysis and Forecast

7.1.6 Related Products Price Co-Movement Forecast

Appendixes:

Appendix 1 Calcium Carbide Industry Hotspots

Appendix 2 Methodology and Related Definition

Appendix 3 Tables, Charts and Enterprise Names

Appendix 4 Related Product Annual Reports

2023-2024 China PVC Powder Market Annual Report

2023-2024 China BDO Market Annual Report

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