Silicon carbide market report March 2017

Contents
Abstract 3
1.International market review 3
1.1 Chinese export market review 3
1.2 European market review 4
1.3 US market review 4
2. Chinese market review 5
2.1 Silicon carbide market in March 5
2.2 Green silicon carbide in March 6
3 . Monthly outputs for Chinese siliocn carbide 6
3.1 China’s black silicon carbide output up by 17.9% MOM in March 2017 6
3.2 Chinese green silicon carbide output up by 46.3% MOM in March 7
4. Imports and exorts for Chinese silicon carbide 8
4.1 China’s silicon carbide exports down by 26.2% MOM in Feb 2017 8
5. Company news 9
5.1 Jiuyi Abrasive plans to resume black silicon carbide production in March 9
5.2 Henglida plans to increase green silicon carbide output 9
5.3 Ruide Silicon postpones resuming production 10
5.4 Gansu Jiangang Silicon carbide increases black silicon carbide capacity by 14,000t 10
6. Industrial news 10
7. Market outlook 10


Graph 1 FOB price trend for Chinese black silicon carbide 88%min, 0-10mm (USD/t) 4
Graph 2 Black silicon carbide 88%min price trend in the European market (EUR/t, CIF Europe) 4
Graph 3 Black silicon carbide 88%min price trend in the U.S. market (USD/t; CIF U.Asian Metal Copyright market USDt; CIF U.Asian Metal CopyrightS.) 4
Graph 4 Black silicon carbide 88%min 0-10mm price trend in Tianjin port (RMB/t) 5
Graph 5 Black silicon carbide 98%min, F16-100 price trend in the Chinese market (RMB/t, ex works) 6
Graph 6 Price trend for Chinese green silicon carbide 98%min JIS1500 (RMB/t, ex works) 6
Graph 7 China’s black silicon carbide output by month (Unit: tonne) 7
Graph 8 China’s black silicon carbide output by province (Unit: tonne) 7
Graph 9 Monthly output of Chinese green silicon carbide 7
Graph 10 Monthly output of Chinese green silicon carbide by province 8
Graph 11 China’s silicon carbide exports by month (t) 8
Graph 12 China’s silicon carbide exports by destination from Jan 2016 to Feb 2017 (t) 8

Table 1 Top ten Chinese silicon carbide exporters in Feb 2017 are as follows: 8
Table 2 Customs data on China’s silicon carbide exports in Feb 2017 9

.Asian Metal Copyright4 Gansu Jiangang Silicon carbide increases black silicon carbide capacity by 14,000t 10 6Asian Metal Copyright