Analysis of ceramic proppant industry and export status

According to Chinese customs statistics, from 2005 to 2007 of ceramic proppant exports continued to grow in recent years, the export situation is good and fast development of the product, is China's ceramic proppant main reason for the rapid growth of exports. The second half of 2008, continuing the international economic downturn, many export-oriented manufacturers have ceramic proppant into the domestic market, in 2008 the export volume of ceramic proppant only 32,900 tons, down 9.4% ; exports of $ 6.315 million, down 15.6%. Into 2009, with the further support of monetary policy around the world, there are signs of the global economy, coupled with the favorable factors brought about by China's domestic financial policies, the 2009 ceramic lightweight proppant export volume of China rebounded.
Japan, Russia and Southeast Asia is our ceramic proppant main export countries and regions, as China occupies an absolute cost advantage, so the products are currently exported to many countries and regions, the current market share in terms of product Overseas markets still much to do.
Look at China's imports, due to our ceramic proppant, the low intensity of products, and the high strength of the product in the past for a long period of time mainly depends on imported products. With our high-strength ceramic proppant production technology successfully developed and industrialized application, breaking the monopoly of foreign products in this category, imports of ceramic proppant products began to fall, but also by the domestic economy in 2008 the impact of slower growth in domestic demand is relatively relaxed than in previous years, this is the 2008 decrease in imports of ceramic proppant of the main reasons. 2008 imports of ceramic ultralight weight for 8765.2 tons, down 2.5%; imports amounted to $ 4,383,000, a decrease of 10.8% with hoot. Into 2009, China's economic embarrassment by the state policy of stimulating domestic demand eased, the market is increasingly active, supporting domestic demand in the high-end ceramic products increased in 2009, China's imports of ceramic proppant reach 9273 tons, while the amount of imports is reach nearly $ 4.65 million. Italy, Japan and the United States is imported ceramic proppant of major countries and regions