TITANIUM DIOXIDE: 2018 "FIRST BATTLE" TITANIUM WHITE POWDER MARKET IS HIGHLY PUBLICIZED

The first month of 2018 is coming to an end.At home and abroad titanium dioxide released the price increase letter;In early January, panzhihua vanadium and titanium industrial park was shut down and started to work together.Implementation of environmental protection tax;All the downstream coating plants encountered environmental protection, tianjin solvent - based coating enterprises all shut down;The national logistics vacation time has been basically determined, the titanium dioxide market entered the nervous stocking period......

       First month of the New Year, the titanium white powder market is highly publicized.

Teno announced that it will raise prices for all Tronox titanium dioxide (Tio2) products from January 1, 2018, with an increase of $125 / ton in the asia-pacific region and a $165 / ton in Australia.

According to the notice, the ti-pure titanium powder sold in greater China will be increased by $150 / ton from January 1, 2018, and the price of special specifications r-350 and t-6300 will rise by $200 / ton.

Shiyuan industry co., LTD issued a notice, from January 1, 2018, the asia-pacific region of Tipaque?The price of titanium dioxide will rise to $200 a tonne.

    Announced on January 9, panzhihua titanium sea science and technology: based on the current market conditions, combined with the company actual situation, through the research, since January 9, 2018, titanium titanium sea sharp type titanium dioxide THA2000 titanium/tripod star sharp type titanium dioxide PDA1000 domestic trade price increase 500 yuan/ton.

     On January 12, panzhihua titanium sea science and technology once again announced that since January 12, 2018, titanium rutile type titanium white sea domestic trade price increase 500 yuan/ton, price increase of foreign trade 50 dollars/ton.

On January 24, the price of a flying saucer in pinggui, guangxi province, was raised by 500 yuan/ton from January 25, 2018.

    On January 24, guangxi detian chemical industry issued a price adjustment letter. From January 24, 2018, the titanium dioxide titanium dioxide powder was raised 500 yuan/ton on the basis of the original price.

On Jan. 25, guangxi wind titanium industry pricing release letter, because of the rising price of raw materials according to the current market situation, combined with the actual production and supply situation, since January 25, 2018, the company all kinds titanium dioxide on the basis of the original price increase 500 yuan/ton.

Second, panzhihua vanadium titanium industrial park has been shut down.

In early January, influenced by panzhihua area large water diversion project, panzhihua vanadium titanium dioxide titanium industrial park enterprise all factories for ten days or so, titanium white areas to reduce supply, some manufacturer no inventory, price rise.As of January 10, titanium dioxide enterprises in the park have resumed production.

       Iii. The implementation of environmental protection tax.

On January 1, 2018, China's first environmental protection tax, the environmental protection tax, has been officially implemented as a substitute for the nearly 40 years of sewage charging system.In the past, four types of pollutants, such as air pollutants, water pollutants, solid waste and noise, which were collected by the environmental protection department, are now subject to environmental protection tax by the tax authorities.

Around the current environmental tax law and implementing regulations have been published, also made in accordance with the specific applicable taxes, green taxes has clear all belong to the local revenue, detailed taxable emissions statistical methods are also gradually clear.

According to the regulations of the environmental protection tax law, the environmental protection tax is paid according to the season. On April 1, 2018, solstice15 is the first period of environmental protection tax.

Among them, heilongjiang, liaoning, jilin, zhejiang, anhui, fujian, jiangxi, shaanxi, gansu, qinghai, ningxia, xinjiang and other 12 provinces determine tax according to the low limit, the atmosphere, water pollution tax per pollution equivalent to 1.2 yuan and 1.4 yuan respectively.

Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, shandong, hubei, hunan, guangdong, guangxi, hainan, chongqing, sichuan, guizhou, yunnan and other 12 provinces taxes in the middle level, the air pollution tax between each pollution equivalent of 1.8 to 3.9 yuan, the water pollution tax between each pollution equivalent of 2.1 to 3.5 yuan.

Beijing, tianjin, hebei, Shanghai, jiangsu, henan and other provinces tax at a higher level, the air pollution tax in 4.8 per pollution equivalent to 12 yuan between, the water pollution tax between each pollution equivalent to 14, 4.8 yuan.

4. Many coating enterprises are closed or relocated.

Since last year, Nippon paint, PPG coating, akzo Nobel, jotun coatings, basf chemical several foreign tu companies were included in the national key monitoring enterprise (pollution) list.Therefore, in the context of the country's intensified efforts to improve the environment, no coating enterprise can stay out of the situation, even if it is a foreign enterprise.As the largest coating market in the world, China's coating production and marketing is the world's largest, but China's domestic coating companies still lag behind foreign coatings companies.Small and medium coating enterprises more, resulting in the overall situation of the industry is large and not strong.However, as the environmental protection supervision and the price of raw materials have been successively hit, under multiple pressures, paint enterprises are under increasing pressure, and the coating industry needs to accelerate the transformation and upgrading.

5. National logistics vacation time has been basically determined.

The national logistics vacation time has been basically determined, the local logistics suspension schedule is generally as follows:

The provinces that have been closed on January 26, 2018 (the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month) are: xinjiang, gansu, shaanxi, ningxia, qinghai, sichuan, yunnan, guizhou and chongqing;

The provinces that are closed on January 29, 2018 are: guangdong, guangxi, hainan, heilongjiang, jilin, liaoning and Inner Mongolia.

The provinces that have been closed on January 31, 2018 (the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month) are: hunan, hubei, jiangsu, zhejiang, Shanghai, anhui, jiangxi and fujian;

February 2, 2018 (the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month), the provinces that are suspended are: henan;

February 3, 2018 (the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month) the provinces that are closed are: hebei, shanxi and shandong.

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