Monthly Silicon Carbide Market Report Apr 2018

Monthly Silicon Carbide Market Report Apr 2018
Contents
1. Market Highlights 3
2. Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Chinese Market 3
2.1.1 Green tax sees its first collection period in China 3
2.1.2 Regulations on Collection and Management of Resource Tax to be implemented from July 1 3
2.1.3 Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China initiates first round of inspection 4
2.1.4 State Council: Rate of VAT to reduce from May 1 4
3. Company News 5
3.1 Yifeng Western Ceramic Material plans to increase green silicon carbide output in April 5
3.2 Xinwangde Silicon Carbide plans to resume smelting black silicon carbide 5
3.3 Yulong Metallurgy Product resumes black silicon carbide production 5
3.4 Heqiao Silicon and Electricity's output of black silicon carbide up in March 5
3.5 Juxin Silicon's black silicon carbide output up 5
3.6 Shunlong Abrasive halts black silicon carbide production 6
4. Market Movements 6
4.1 Chinese Market 6
4.1.1 Transaction price for black silicon carbide down further in April 6
4.1.2 Tight supply of green silicon carbide natural lump eased in April 7
4.2 International Market 7
4.2.1 Chinese Export Market 7
4.2.2 European Market 8
5 . Producers Statistics 8
5.1 China's black silicon carbide output in April unchanged MOM 8
5.2 China's green silicon carbide output up by 14.6% MOM in April 2018 9
6. Customs Statistics 10
6.1 China's silicon carbide exports up by 25.5% MOM in March 2018 10
7. Relevant Industry News 11
7.1 Silica sand grade stands at low level 11
7.2 Ferrosilicon price rebounds 11
7.3 Coal price stabilizes in Ningxia temporarily 11
7.4 Daily average output in Q1 2018 of Chinese crude steel hits a new YOY high 11
8. Market Outlook for Next Month 11

Graph Contents
Graph 1 Chinese 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 FOB price trend for Chinese silicon carbide 98%min F16-100 (USD/t) 8
Graph 6 Black silicon carbide 88%min price trend in the European market (EUR/t, CIF Europe) 8
Graph 7 China's monthly output of black silicon carbide from Jan 2017 to Apr 2018 (unit: ton) 8
Graph 8 China's monthly black silicon carbide output by province from Jan 2017 to Apr 2018 (unit: ton) 9
Graph 9 China's monthly output of green silicon carbide from Jan 2017 to Apr 2018 (unit: ton) 9
Graph 10 China's monthly output of green silicon carbide by province from Jan 2017 to Apr 2018 (unit: ton) 9
Graph 11 China's silicon carbide exports by month from Jan 2017 to Mar 2018 (unit: ton) 10
Graph 12 China's monthly silicon carbide exports by major country from Jan 2017 to Feb 2018 (unit: ton) 10

Table Contents
Table 1 China's silicon carbide exports by destination country in March 10
Table 2 Chinese Customs of Exit for silicon carbide exports in March 11
Table 3 Top ten Chinese silicon carbide export companies in March 11
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