In 2018, China’s cellulose ether market capacity was 512,000 tons, and it is expected to reach 652,800 tons by 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 3.4% from 2019 to 2025. In 2018, China’s cellulose ether market was worth 11.623 billion yuan, and it is expected to reach 14.577 billion yuan by 2025, with a compound growth rate of 4.2% from 2019 to 2025. In general, the market demand for cellulose ether is stable, and it is constantly being developed and applied in new fields, and will show a uniform growth pattern in the future.

China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of cellulose ethers, but the concentration of domestic production is not high, the strength of enterprises varies greatly, and product application differentiation is obvious. High-end product enterprises are expected to stand out. China’s leading production companies include: Shandong Head, North TIANPU, Yangzi Chemical, LEEHOM Fine Chemicals, TAIAN RUITAI, etc. In 2018, these five companies accounted for about 25% of the country’s production share.

Cellulose ethers can be divided into three types: ionic, nonionic and mixed. Among them, ionic cellulose ethers accounted for the largest part of the total output. In 2018, ionic cellulose ethers accounted for 58.17% of the total output, followed by nonionic cellulose ethers. It is 35.8%, and the mixed type is the least, which is 5.43%. In terms of the end use of products, it can be divided into building materials industry, pharmaceutical industry, food industry, daily chemical industry, oil exploration and others, among which the building materials industry accounts for the largest proportion. In 2018, the building materials industry accounted for 33.16% of the total output, followed by oil exploration and food industries, respectively ranking second and third, accounting for 18.32% and 17.92%. The pharmaceutical industry accounted for 3.14% in 2018. The proportion of the pharmaceutical industry has grown rapidly in recent years and will show a trend of rapid growth in the future.

For the strong and large-scale manufacturers in my country, they have certain advantages in quality control and cost control. The product quality is stable and cost-effective, and they have certain competitiveness in the domestic and foreign markets. The products of these enterprises are mainly concentrated in high-end building material grade cellulose ether, pharmaceutical grade, food grade cellulose ether, or ordinary building material grade cellulose ether with large market demand. However, those manufacturers with weak comprehensive strength and small scale generally adopt the competitive strategy of low standard, low quality and low cost, and adopt price competition means to seize the market, and their products are mainly targeted at low-end market customers. However, leading companies pay more attention to technology and product innovation, and are expected to rely on their product advantages to enter the domestic and foreign mid-to-high-end product markets and increase market share and profitability. The demand for cellulose ethers is expected to continue increasing during the remaining years of the forecast period 2019-2025. The cellulose ether industry will usher in a stable growth space.

HENGZHOU BOZHI published “China’s Cellulose Ether Industry Development Status Analysis and Development Trend Forecast Report (2019-2025)”, which provides a basic overview of cellulose ether, including definition, classification, application and industry chain structure. Discuss development policies and plans as well as manufacturing processes and cost structures.

This report studies the development status and future trends of cellulose ethers in the global and Chinese markets, and analyzes the main production regions, main consumption regions and major manufacturers of cellulose ethers from the perspectives of production and consumption. Focus on analyzing the product characteristics, product specifications, prices, output, output value of major manufacturers in the global and Chinese markets, and the market shares of major manufacturers in the global and Chinese markets.