China is world's largest producer and consumer of paraxylene and polyester

21-Apr-14

China is the world's largest producer and consumer of paraxylene and polyester, vital for the country's textile industry. As per Reuters, state-run Sinopec Corp is the top producer of PX by company, but since 2007 smaller private firms -- such as Dalian Fujia, Shandong Lidong and Dragon Aromatics -- have also been adding capacity. A list of China's main PX plants SINOPEC Shanghai Petchem Shanghai 835000 tpa Yangzi Petchem Nanjing 800000 tpa Fujian refining $ Chemical Quanzhou 700000 tpa Jinling Petchem Nanjing 600000 tpa Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Ningbo 650000 tpa Hainan Refining & Chemical Yangpu 600000 tpa Tianjin Petrochemical Tianjin 334000 tpa Luoyang Petrochemical Luoyang 215000 tpa Qilu Petrochemical Zibo 64000 tpa PETROCHINA Urumqi Petchem Xinjiang 1000000 tpa Liaoyang Petchem Liaoning 700000 tpa Sichuan Petrochem Sichuan 700000 tpa CNOOC Huizhou Refining & Chemical Guangdong 840000 tpa INDEPENDENTS Dalian Fujia Dalian 1400000 tpa Qingdao Lidong Chemical Qingdao 700000 tpa Dragon Aromatics Fujian 1600000 tpa (Sources: China Association of Science & Technology, China Chemical Industry and Engineering Society, industry officials)