2012 refrigerant market analysis

In 2012, the demand for the refrigerant market in China was very strong, and the sales growth of most companies was very large. So, what is the market for refrigerants in China this year? According to the reporter of the Refrigeration Express, many companies now report that the situation of the refrigerant market this year is much less clear-cut than last year, and a large part of the refrigerant companies' target selection this year has kept a steady development. The fluctuations in the prices of various types of refrigerants are too great. Many companies that have stockpiled goods have encountered a certain degree of cold winters. In recent months, the prices of various refrigerants on the market have fluctuate little and have basically stabilized. What is the current development of various types of refrigerants in the market?

One: The market is changing. How are various refrigerants currently developing?

R22 is still the mainstream of the market The market share of R22 will be eliminated from China's market in 2020. The market share is still high, and it is still the mainstream of the market. The price of R22 has been at a low price since the beginning of this year. Because R22 production has been banned in many regions in foreign countries, the demand for R22 in foreign markets is gradually increasing, and domestic air conditioner industry is currently in a downturn due to the current development, and the demand for R22 is clearly showing a downward trend. It is understood that R22 is a traditional refrigerant, and its cooling effect is currently the best. Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China announced the No. 14 Announcement of 2012, in which Article 9 of the Announcement Catalogue requires the elimination of refrigeration and air-conditioning products that use CFCS (chlorofluorocarbons) as refrigerants. R22 will also be phased out by 2020. Experts in the large air-conditioning refrigeration market analyze that by 2020 R22 refrigerant will completely withdraw from the application of the product, but since R22 is the base material of many refrigerants, the ratio of some mixed refrigerants needs to be added to R22, so R22 Although there will be some restrictions on the amount, it is impossible to completely stop production. The alternative route for refrigerants has been ongoing and there is now a new type of compressor refrigerant substitute, the CCL2F2.

R134a is expected to produce 160,000 tons more than the demand worldwide next year. The R134a is now widely used in the automotive air conditioning industry, and there are also a small number of refrigerators involved. Experts in the air-conditioning and refrigeration market forecast that the world's R134a demand will reach around 160,000 tons next year, and the production capacity of R134a will reach around 250,000 tons next year. R134a is currently the most widely used medium and low temperature environmental protection refrigerant. Due to the good comprehensive performance of HFC-134a, it makes it a very effective and safe alternative to CFC-12. It is mainly used in most fields where R12 refrigerant is used. . R134a does not destroy ozone, but it can cause greenhouse effect, so it is not a pure environmental protection refrigerant.

R134a now has a new alternative refrigerant, the 1234YF, which DuPont and San Aifu now own. Honeywell and Merlin are also preparing to produce the product. However, the price of the product is high. Honeywell's responsible person said that the price should be more than 600,000 yuan / ton.

At present, China is mainly promoting the refrigerant R32, the product is mainly based on R22 as raw materials. The companies that now produce the refrigerant include Juhua, DuPont, Honeywell, Dongyue, Meilan, and others.

The R410a is mainly purchased by the air conditioner manufacturers on the market. The R410a is widely used in inverter air conditioners. Among them, the location of the air-conditioning manufacturers is mainly matched, and not many R410as are used on the market alone. Experts in the large air-conditioning and refrigeration market said that Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. will purchase about 8,000 tons of R410a refrigerant from Meilan each year and 5,000 tons of R410a from Juhua. Gree also has a part of its R410a refrigerant sourced from DuPont.

From interviews and investigations conducted by reporters, it is found that the amount of R410a sold from dealers on the market is not particularly large. Among them, some are used in the maintenance of refrigeration and air conditioning.

600a refrigerant leading refrigerator applications Mainstream manufacturers mainly in the vicinity of a large oil field 600a, also known as isobutane, can be used as lighter gas. Because of its flammable and explosive nature, it cannot be applied in the fields of home air conditioning and central air conditioning already in the field of automobile air conditioning. It is mainly used in a stable environment. At present, it is mainly used in the field of refrigerators. It is understood that manufacturers producing 600a refrigerant are mainly located near large-scale oil fields. For example: Zhongyang Weiyang in Henan Province is close to Zhongyuan Oilfield.

R290 China's Shenzhen began pilot sales nationwide With little, Shenzhen in March this year became China's hydrocarbon refrigerant test point. For a time, hydrocarbon refrigerants were also hotter. Before the pilot in Shenzhen, Gree, Midea, and Haier had already introduced the R290 air-conditioning production line.

Because R290 is flammable and explosive, it has been difficult to promote and use it. With the lifting of the ban on hydrocarbon refrigerants in China, R290 still has a lot of room for development in China. From the data interviewed and investigated by reporters in the market, it is found that the R290 on the market is not very popular. The sales of the product is still relatively small.

According to the related refrigerant dealer company, since R290 is a newly applied refrigerant product, its temporary application in the refrigeration and air conditioning field is still relatively small. In the analysis of the large air-conditioning and refrigeration market, although there are some air-conditioning manufacturers that have begun production, there are not many quantities actually put on the market. Therefore, many distributors of refrigerants do not purchase such products, mainly because of the needs of the market. relationship. If there are mass production of R290 refrigerant products on the market, it will cause a "surge" in the demand for the refrigerant. Everyone knows that R290 belongs to flammable and explosive refrigerants, and many companies and direct users still have certain concerns about their use.

Second: How will the "packing" tide of the refrigerant market develop?

In the past, the sales of refrigerants on the market were all sent directly to the distributors by the manufacturer. They were basically transported to dealers through special tanks, and then the sellers installed the market's needs to dispense bottles of different weight specifications. Inside. At present, the common weights on the market are: 22.7kg, 13.6kg, 260g, 210g, 390g and so on.

It is understood that many distributors of refrigerants only need to go through simple packaging to live a very high profit. So now on the market, many dealers pack their own refrigerant. However, as far as the reporter knows, some refrigeration manufacturers have begun to dispense bottled refrigerant products. Among them, Juhua and Meilan have already started packing. The weights of the packaging are mainly: 22.7kg and 13.6kg.

According to analysis of air-conditioner and refrigeration market experts, there are some refrigerant agency companies on the market that rely on packaging products to obtain more profits. Therefore, in the process of packaging, the control of the weight of the product is completely controlled by the agent company that dispenses the product. In order to obtain more profits, some agencies began to cut corners on the weight of their products. Now on the market, some manufacturers have already begun to sell their products to distributors by themselves. This has a certain degree of impact on those distributors who have their own packaging. Refrigerant manufacturers began packing their own products. For the refrigerant market specification, it promoted the specification of the refrigerant market system.