Monthly Silicon Carbide Market Report Jan 2018

Contents
1 Market Highlights 2
2．Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Chinese Market 3
2.1.1 China levies green tax from January 1st 2018 3
2.1.2 China carries out environmental protection inspection to deal with heavy pollution weather 4
2.2 International Market 4
2.2.1 Increase of RMB to USD exchange rate hits record high in recent 24 years 4
3．Company News 4
3.1 hengyu Silicon Carbide increases black silicon carbide output last December 4
3.2 Shunlong Abrasive resumes black silicon carbide production 4
3.3 Hexing Metallurgy plans to resume black silicon carbide production 4
3.4 Longding plans to resume black silicon carbide production 4
3.5 Jiangang Silicon Carbide's black silicon carbide output up in 2017 4
3.6 North Silicon Carbide resumes black silicon carbide production 4
3.7 Yinchuan Yuanhao resumes black silicon carbide production 5
4 Market Movements 5
4. 1 Chinese Market 5
4.1.1 Black silicon carbide prices begin decreasing in January 5
4.1.2 Prices for green silicon carbide natural lump rise further in January 6
4.2 International Market 6
4.2.1 Chinese Export Market 6
4.2.2 European Market 7
5 . Producers Statistics 7
5.1 China's black silicon carbide output down by 4.3% MOM in January 2018 7
5.2 China's green silicon carbide output down by 15.1% MOM in January 2018 8
6. Customs Statistics 9
6.1 China's silicon carbide exports up by 1.7% MOM in December 2017 9
7. Relevant Industry News 10
7.1 Silica sand supply stable 10
7.2 Ferrosilicon prices fall down 10
7.3 Ningxia sees tight supply of coal 10
7.4 China's crude steel output keeps dropping 10
8. Market Outlook for Next Month 10



Graph content

Graph 1 Black silicon carbide 88%min 0-10mm price trend in Tianjin port (RMB/t) 6
Graph 2 Black silicon carbide 98%min F16-100 price trend in the Chinese market (RMB/t, EXW) 6
Graph 3 Price trend for Chinese green silicon carbide 98%min JIS1500 (RMB/t, EXW) 7
Graph 4 FOB price trend for Chinese black silicon carbide 88%min 0-10mm (USD/t) 7
Graph 5 Black silicon carbide 88%min price trend in the European market (EUR/t, CIF Europe) 7
Graph 6 China's monthly output of black silicon carbide from Jan 2017 to Jan 2018 (unit: ton) 8
Graph 7 China's monthly black silicon carbide output by province from Jan 2017 to Jan 2018 (unit: ton) 8
Graph 8 China's monthly output of green silicon carbide from Jan 2017 to Jan 2018 9
Graph 9 China's monthly output of green silicon carbide by province from Jan 2017 to Jan 2018 9
Graph 10 China's silicon carbide exports by month from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (unit: ton) 9
Graph 11 China's monthly silicon carbide exports by major country from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (unit: ton) 9

Table content

Table 1 Top 10 Chinese exporters for silicon carbide in December 10
Table 2 Chinese Customs of Exit for silicon carbide exports in December 10


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