According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, China's output of synthetic rubber (including reclaimed rubber) in 2007 reached 2.22 million tons, up 20% year on year. China's styrene butadiene rubber output in the year reached 720,000 tons, up 23.7% compared to the previous year, boosted by the factor that Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd. brought its synthetic rubber plant with a production capacity of 100,000 tons into production in the third quarter of 2006 and Yangjin Rubber Co., Ltd. brought its synthetic rubber plant into operation in May of 2007. China's output of cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber was 460,000 tons in 2007, up 2.9% year on year, due to the impact of successive maintenance of several rubber units in the Yanshan Petrochemical Co., Ltd, the Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd and the Daqing Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

Trend of China Synthetic Rubber Output, 2005-2010 (unit: 10,000 tons)

 
Source: ResearchInChina

In 2007, China' imported 1.33 million tons of synthetic rubber, up 9% year on year. Among which, nearly 220,000 tons went to cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber, a jump of 43% year on year and around 260,000 tons was for styrene butadiene rubber, up 1% year on year. China's import of SBS dropped 10% year on year to 240,000 tons in the year, due mainly to the slack demand of shoes-making industry.

Although some of China's medium- and small-sized rubber producers are faced with the risk of bankruptcy, due to high cost in the industry and policy impact, including reduction of export rebate rate, China's synthetic rubber industry on the whole maintains a good momentum of growth. According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, China's tire output in 2007 reached 556.49 million units, up 23% year on year, of which 250 million units were meridian, up 33% year on year. China's output of rubber overshoes in the year was 1.95 billion pairs, up 18% year on year. Because of the development of downstream sectors, such as automobile, highway construction and road transportation, it is estimated that China's demand for synthetic rubber will continue to grow, but the growth rate will slow down.

1.  Foundation  of  Synthetic  Rubber  Industry
1.1  Definition  and  classification
1.1.1  Definition
1.1.2  Classification 
1.2  Production  and  processing  techniques
1.2.1  Monomer  production  and  refining
1.2.2  Polymerizations  process
1.2.3  Post-processing 
2.  Synthetic  Rubber  Supply  and  Demand 
2.1  Production  situation
2.1.1  Output  of  synthetic  rubber  in  2002-2007
2.1.2  Product  structure 
2.1.3  Expansion  of  production  capacity,  2006-2010
2.2  China  consumption  of  synthetic  rubber
2.2.1  Consumption  scale,  2003-207
2.2.2  Consumption  structure
2.2.3  Downstream  products  and  their  demand 
2.3  Import  and  export  of  synthetic  rubber,  2007
2.3.1  Import  in  2003-2007
2.3.2  Export  in  2003-2007
2.4  Output  of  synthetic  rubber  by  region,  2006-2007
2.5  Output  of  key  synthetic  rubber  enterprises
2.6  Prices  of  synthetic  rubber,  2006-2007
2.6.1  Price  fluctuations  of  styrene  butadiene  rubber
2.6.2  Price  fluctuations  of  nitrile  rubber
2.6.3  Price  fluctuations  of  cis-1,4-polybutadiene  rubber 
2.6.4  Price  fluctuations  of  ethylene  propylene  diene  methylene
2.6.5  Price  fluctuations  of  chlorinated  butyl  rubber
2.6.6  Price  fluctuations  of  neoprene
2.6.7  Price  fluctuations  of  butyl  rubber
3.  Key  Breakdown  Products  of  Synthetic  Rubber
3.1  cis-1,4-polybutadiene  rubber 
3.1.1  Output,  2003-2007
3.1.2  Output  by  region,  2006-2007
3.1.3  Consumption
3.1.4  Market  price
3.1.5  Output  of  key  enterprises
3.2  Styrene  butadiene  rubber  market
3.2.1  New  projects  and  capacity  expansion  projects
3.2.2  Import  and  export
3.2.3  Consumption  and  development  prospect
3.3  Ethylene-propylene  rubber  market
3.3.1  Production  technology
3.3.2  Production  status
3.3.3  Import  and  export
3.3.4  Consumption
3.4  Butyl  rubber  market
3.4.1  Production  
3.4.2  Import  and  export 
3.4.3  Consumer  market
3.4.4  Price
3.5  Production  and  market  of  rubber  chemicals
3.5.1  Production  capacity 
3.5.2  Output  scale
3.5.3  Market  prices,  2006-2007
4.Synthetic  Rubber  Raw  Materials  Market
4.1  Butadiene  market
4.1.1  Butadiene  supply  in  2003-2007
4.1.2  Consumption,  2006
4.1.3  Import  and  export 
4.2  Styrene  market
4.2.1  Technology 
4.2.2  Supply 
4.2.3  Consumption
4.2.4  Import  and  export 
4.2.5  Price 
5.  Synthetic  Rubber  Industry  Forecast  and  Its  Investment
5.1  Development  trend 
5.1.1  Demand  of  tire  industry
5.1.2  Multifunction  of  catalyzer
5.1.3  Product  serialization,  diversification  and  high  performance 
5.1.4  Green  processing  techniques,  large-scale  and  multifunctional  units
5.2  Opportunities  and  challenges  of  China  synthetic  rubber  industry
5.2.1  Building  tire  pants  in  China  by  multinational  tire  manufacturers
5.2.2  Building  synthetic  rubber  plants  in  China  by  multinational  manufacturers
5.2.3  Building  synthetic  rubber  research  institutes  in  China  by  multinational  manufacturers
5.2.4  China  tire  industry  under  great  pressure
5.3  Forecast  of  synthetic  rubber  product  development 
5.31  IIR 
5.3.2  NBR 
5.3.3  EPR 
5.3.4  SBS 
5.3.5  SBR 
5.3.6  BR 
5.3.7  IR 
5.4  Investment  in  China  synthetic  rubber  industry
5.4.1  Forecast  of  production  capacity  through  2010
5.4.2  Suggestions  on  future  development

Performance  and  application  of  synthetic  rubber  in  common  use
Production  capacity  of  synthetic  rubber  by  country,  2007
Supply  and  Demand  of  synthetic  rubber  in  main  countries  and  regions,  2006
Consumption  of  synthetic  rubber  by  country,  2005
China  output  of  synthetic  rubber,  2002-2007
Changes  of  China  synthetic  rubber  output,  2002-2007
Synthetic  rubber  output  by  province,  2007
Synthetic  rubber  output  proportion  by  province,  2007
Synthetic  rubber  output  by  province,  2006
Synthetic  rubber  output  proportion  by  province,  2006
Synthetic  rubber  output  by  province,  2005
Synthetic  rubber  output  proportion  by  province,  2005
China  synthetic  rubber  production  capacity  of  key  enterprise,  2005
China  synthetic  rubber  output  by  type,  2005 
China  cis-butadiene  rubber  output,  2003-2007
China  cis-butadiene  rubber  output  trend,  2003-2007
China  cis-butadiene  rubber  output  by  province,  2007
China  cis-butadiene  rubber  output  proportion  by  province,2007
China  cis-butadiene  rubber  output  by  province,  2006
China  cis-butadiene  rubber  output  proportion  by  province,2006
China  main  new  production  capacity  of  styrene,  2007-2015
Consumption  structure  of  styrene  ,  2006  and  forecast,  2007 
Supply  and  demand  of  styrene,  2006-2015
Main  provinces  of  styrene  import,  2006
Trade  modes  of  styrene  import,  2006
International  price  trend  of  styrene  and  raw  materials,  2001-2006
China  price  trend  of  styrene,  2001-2006
Modern  automobile's  requirements  of  tire  performance
China  market  demand  forecast  of  synthetic  rubber,  2010
China  synthetic  rubber  projects  in  construction  and  new  production  capacity,  2006-2010