my country’s charcoal production is gradually declining and market competition is fierce

Charcoal mainly refers to the black or dark brown porous solid fuel left behind by incomplete combustion of wood raw materials or wood, or pyrolysis under air-isolated conditions. As the production technology gradually matures, the types of charcoal products gradually increase, which can be roughly divided into black carbon, white carbon, machine-made carbon, activated carbon, etc. Among them, black charcoal and white charcoal are mainly made of forest wood materials, also known as log charcoal. However, due to shortcomings such as not being resistant to burning and easy to explode, the output of this product is gradually decreasing; machine-made charcoal is often used as a substitute for log charcoal and has the characteristics of burning It has the advantages of long time, no explosion, and no pollution; activated carbon has catalytic and adsorption functions and has a wide range of applications, but it causes serious water pollution.

From the perspective of my country’s charcoal industry chain, the upstream of the industry chain is mainly the raw material industry, which provides raw materials such as wood, husks, rice husks, and corn stalks; the middle reaches is mainly the charcoal production industry, which carries out the production and manufacturing of different types of charcoal products; the downstream It is mainly oriented to application fields. In addition to being directly used as fuel for barbecues, home cooking, heating and other fields, it can also be used to make carbon disulfide, carburizing agent, charcoal desiccant, surface flux, charcoal bricks, reducing agent, etc.

According to the “Charcoal Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center, charcoal is a One of the traditional fuels, charcoal has a long history of application in my country. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, charcoal was already a very important fuel. Today, charcoal is still one of the very important fuels in our country. With the continuous development of my country’s industry and metallurgical industry, charcoal is widely used in chemical production, industrial smelting and other fields, and the market demand is gradually increasing. However, due to the increasingly strict environmental protection requirements in our country, a series of environmental protection measures have been issued, such as prohibiting the felling of natural forests and strictly prohibiting the burning of charcoal in earth kilns. Since charcoal consumes a large amount of wood in the production process, it is greatly affected by policies, leading to a gradual decline in my country’s charcoal production. In 2022, my country’s charcoal output will be 1.6918 million tons, a decrease of 92,600 tons from last year.

With the rapid development of my country’s economy and society, the demand for charcoal in industry and manufacturing continues to grow. However, due to a certain gap between my country’s charcoal production and demand, it still needs to be filled through imports. According to data released by the General Administration of Customs, in 2022, my country’s charcoal import volume will be 471,300 tons, with an import value of 910 million yuan.

Industry analysts said that due to the low threshold of my country’s charcoal industry, market competition is fierce. The largest charcoal companies in my country mainly include Guozheng Charcoal, Fusheng Carbon Industry, Jinhai New Materials, Yuanli Co., Ltd., Hetong Biotechnology, Semik New Energy, Xuezhongqing Environmental Protection, Green Sheng Forestry, Shengju Biotechnology, etc. Among them, Yuanli Shares has a larger market share and has gradually become a leading company in the industry. As my country’s charcoal industry gradually upgrades its industrial structure, its market share will gradually focus on technologically advanced charcoal companies in the future, and the market share of leading companies will gradually increase.