China Plastics Network talks about the sharp drop in investment in the plastics industry

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first quarter, the fixed assets investment in the rubber and plastic products industry was 90.2 billion yuan, and the growth rate of investment dropped 22.8% from the same period of last year, down 12.3% from the end of last year. In 2014, the total new capacity of the five general plastics industries exceeded 10%, while the average profit rate of the plastics industry was 4.9%, which was less than the average of 5.45% of the other 17 light industry in the country. The growth rate of the plastics processing industry slowed down. The average growth rate during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period was below 10%, less than half of the average growth rate during the “11th Five-Year Plan” period.

Even so, due to the rapid expansion of production capacity in previous years, the situation of oversupply is still difficult to change. At present, China's plastic consumption has surpassed that of the United States, ranking first in the world, with an annual sales volume of about 80 million tons. With the increase in demand, China's polyolefin capacity has expanded rapidly in the past two years. Taking polypropylene as an example, the production capacity in 2013 was 13 million tons. By 2015, it has increased by 9 million tons, with an average annual growth rate of 30%, while the domestic annual demand growth rate is less than 4%. These data all indicate that investment in the plastics industry is plummeting.