[Introduction] : No new epichlorohydrin production capacity was released in April 2023, and the total domestic production capacity was 1.92 million tons/year by the end of April. In April, there were many domestic epichlorohydrin equipment parking and maintenance enterprises, and monthly output and capacity utilization rate declined month-on-month.

The domestic output of epichlorohydrin in April was 92,000 tons, a decrease of 7,000 tons compared with March, a decrease of 7.07% from the previous month, and an increase of 15,200 tons compared with April 2022, with a year-on-year growth of 19.79%.

According to Longzhong Information, 9 sets of epiglorohydrin parking devices were involved in April (excluding technical modification devices). Among them, the 100,000 tons/year glycerol process device in Lianyungang Dachang was stopped on March 22 and restarted on April 11. The loss in April was about 3,300 tons. Hubei Minteng stopped on April 3 and restarted on April 25; The capacity of other devices is relatively small, and the shutdown time is short, the loss volume has a limited impact. According to Lonzhong Information estimates, during the shutdown of the above 9 units, the loss volume in April was 18,400 tons, which lowered the overall capacity utilization rate, resulting in the reduction of epichlorohydrin production in April, and the capacity interest rate was about 52%. The main reasons for the centralized shutdown and maintenance in April are, on the one hand, the upstream and its own equipment problems, and on the other hand, the cost control and relatively weak downstream terminal demand, manufacturers’ shipment and storage pressure, which are the main reasons for the difficult improvement of capacity utilization.

April epichlorohydrin parking device restarted, parking enterprises in May less, before the deadline only Kingboard (Hengyang) 50,000 tons/year propylene method device on May 4 parking, planned to restart on 14, May epichlorohydrin loss in about 1500 tons; In addition, some installations in Jiangsu and Shandong have negative plans for storage and withdrawal, so the output is expected to increase in May, which is estimated to be about 100,000 tons. Meanwhile, the capacity utilization rate will also be in a state of improvement, which is expected to reach 55%-60%. However, it is still necessary to pay further attention to the operation dynamics of domestic epichlorohydrin installations, and special circumstances cannot be excluded.

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