Analysis of China's ethanol production capacity distribution and partial downstream distribution
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May 20, 2023, 12:08 PM
In 2023, China's effective edible and industrial ethanol production capacity will be 14.178 million tons (including enterprises within three years of shutdown), including corn ethanol production capacity of 8.53 million tons/year, cassava ethanol 4.005 million tons/year, coal ethanol 960,000 tons/year, molasses ethanol and wheat and other ethanol 683,000 tons/year.
Heilongjiang, Jilin and Henan rank among the top three in corn ethanol production capacity. Cassava ethanol production capacity is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong and other regions.
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New production capacity is expected to be added in 2023 |
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enterprise name |
areas |
provinces |
Production capacity of 10,000 tons/year |
production process |
device status |
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Shandong hengxin |
East China |
Shandong Jining |
50 |
dimethyl ether carbonylation |
the end of 2023 |
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Anhui Tanxin |
East China |
Anhui Huaibei |
60 |
dimethyl ether carbonylation |
Device delivery in November 2023 |
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baling petrochemical |
Huazhong |
Hunan Yueyang |
20 |
caprolactam by-product |
Around the end of the second quarter of 2023 |
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Ruibai New Material |
Huazhong |
Henan Yongcheng |
25 |
acetate hydrogenation |
in 2023 |
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Remarks: The above is for reference only and is based on the actual production time of the company |
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In the later period, China's new production capacity was mainly concentrated in coal-based ethanol. Coal-based ethanol production capacity that will be built or may be built in 2023.
The total production capacity of downstream chemical ethyl acetate in 2023 will be 3.68 million tons/year, with an additional production capacity of 50+ 130,000 tons/year. Ethyl acetate production capacity is mainly concentrated in East China.
The ethylamine factory has only 4 factories in the country with a total production capacity of 220,000 tons/year, mainly concentrated in East China.
The annual production capacity of ethyl methyl carbonate in 2022 is about 660,000 tons/year, and the production capacity is expected to reach about 1 - 1.1 million tons in 2023. The main production capacity is concentrated in Shandong.