China coal tar consumption will be on the upward trend with the recycling of coking products and rapid development of finishing processing sector. Meanwhile, as foreign coking plants have been closed down, suspended, merged or switched to other lines of production, making coal tar production increasingly fall, so the international market is in a situation of tight resources. Moreover, a group of domestic industries, including ceramics, glass and steam heating have purchased a great deal of coal tar to substitute heavy oil as fuel, so China will continue to have a short supply of coal tar. Therefore, it is forecast that China's market demand for coal tar will remain good in 2009, and China's coal tar prices will fluctuate in tandem with ups and downs of international crude oil prices and downstream product prices in the year.

In 2007, China's total recovery of coal tar was supposed to be 12.3 million tons, but actually 8.4 million tons were recycled and 3.9 million tons were unrecovered.

China Coal Tar Output, 2004-2008 (unit: 10,000 tons)

  

Source: ResearchInChina

China is still continuously expanding its coal tar processing capacity, because of short supply in domestic market. So it is expected that China's coal tar processing industry will see a severe competition in the next few years. Though the industry is boosted by strong market demand, the overall profitability of the companies is bound to be reduced due to intense competition.

China coal tar processing industry is facing an industrial upgrading and the development trend is to make the industry more centralized, enlarge its production scale and make its processing finer. Most medium- and small-sized coal tar processing companies will be eliminated during the industry upgrading. According to the national industry policy, a single unit must have an annual coal tar processing capacity of above 100,000 tons, meaning a raw materials supplier should have an annual coke processing capacity of above 2 million tons. Therefore, it is the most consistent with the development trend of China coal tar industry that coal tar producers should build their plants nearby a coke production base or some powerful coke producers can develop to the direction of deep processing of coal tar. 

The report is based on the authoritative statistics and information from the National Bureau of Statistics, the General Administration of Customs, the Ministry of Commerce and the China Economic Information Network, and substantial information from publications at home and abroad and research institutions, regarding China coal tar industry. Thus report makes an in-depth study on the output and prices of China's coal tar industry as well as the development trend of its downstream industries, including naphthalin, carbon black and bitumen.

2. Economic Environment of China's Coal Tar Industry
2.1 Analysis of Production 
2.2 Analysis of Demand
2.3 Analysis of Export
2.4 Analysis of Price
2.5 Analysis of Industry

3. Operation of China's Coal Industry in 2007
3.1 Overall Production
3.2 Sales
3.3 Overall Operation of Coal Enterprises
3.4 Cost of Sales
3.5 Increase in Financial Expenses
3.6 Market Supply and Demand
3.7 Import and Export
3.8 Prediction of China Coal Industry in 2008
3.9 Coke Industry
3.9.1 Coke Production
3.9.2 Coke Export
3.9.3 Changes in Production Capacity

4. Main Coal Tar Products
4.1 Coal Pitch Market
4.1.1 Coal Pitch Output
4.1.2 Coal Pitch Consumption
4.2 Industrial Naphthalin
4.2.1 Industrial Naphthalin Output
4.2.2 Industrial Naphathalin Price
4.3 Carbon Black Market
4.3.1 Carbon Black Output
4.3.2 Carbon Black Price
4.3.3 Prospect and Forecast of Carbon Black Industry
4.4 Development Trend of Global Coal Tar Processing Industry
4.4.1 Focus on Extracting Monomer Products
4.4.2 Focus on Bitumen Deep-Processing

5. Key Coal Tar Enterprises
5.1 Shanxi Coking (Group) Co., Ltd. 
5.1.1 Company Profile
5.1.2 Business Structure
5.2 Shanxi Hongte Coal Chemical Co., Ltd.
5.2.1 Company Profile
5.2.2 Development
5.3 Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., LTD. Chemical Branch
5.3.1 Company Profile
5.3.2 The Latest Development
5.4 Shougang Coking Co., Ltd.
5.4.1 Company Profile
5.4.2 The Latest Development
5.5 Angang Chemical Co., Ltd.
5.5.1 Company Profile
5.5.2 The Latest Development
5.6 Shandong Zhenxing Coking Co., Ltd.
5.7 Henan Bohai Chemical Co., Ltd. 

6. Development Trend of China Coal Tar Industry and Its Related Industries
6.1 Development Trend of China's Coal Tar Industry
6.2 Investment Risks of China's Coal Tar Industry
6.3 Suggestions on Investment in China Coal Tar Industry 
6.3.1 To Avoid Blind Construction
6.3.2 Resources Integration
6.3.3 To Solve Technical Difficulties
6.4 Market Competitiveness of China's Coal Tar Industry
6.5 Reliance of China's Coal Tar Industry on Other Industries
6.6 Barrier to Entry and Exit China's Coal Tar Industry
6.7 Investment Opportunities in Coal Tar Industry
6.7.1 Economic Situation of the Whole Industry
6.7.2 Investment Opportunities
6.8 Coal Tar Processing Industry
6.9 Coal-based Chemical Industry Development
6.9.1 Forecast of Industrial Development Trend
6.9.2 Market Competitiveness of Coal-based Chemical Products
6.9.3 Development Strategy

7. Conclusion