National Development and Reform Commission released on October 31 data show that the first three quarters, the chemical industry added value increased by 3.8%, the growth rate down 4.8 percentage points year-on-year. The main products, ethylene production of 13.59 million tons, an increase of 1%. The primary form of plastic Output of 64.74 million tons, an increase of 6%; Synthetic rubber production of 4.32 million tons, an increase of 2.3%; Synthetic fiber production 35.19 million tons, an increase of 5.8% .Capacitor production 25.81 million tons, an increase of 4.4%; soda ash production of 2003 million tons, an increase of 5.3% The output of chemical fertilizers dropped by 5.2% to 50,450,000 tons, of which, the output of nitrogenous fertilizer decreased by 9.8%, the output of phosphate fertilizer and potash fertilizer increased by 3.3% and 3.7% respectively, and the output of pesticide decreased by 4.3% to 2.66 million tons. 5.8%. Calcium carbide production 19.6 million tons, an increase of 3.2%.
In September, the average price of caustic soda (caustic soda) was 4,000 yuan / ton, up 3.1% from the previous month and up 58.1% over the same period of last year; soda ash 2,250 yuan / ton, compared with the same period of last year Last month rose 28.6%, up 48%. Urea 1630 yuan / ton, up 4.5% from the previous month, up 33.6%; domestic DAP 2,450 yuan / ton, down 0.4% from the previous month, down 8.6%. Calcium carbide 2870 yuan / ton, up 6.7% from the previous month, up 16.7%.