Building Materials Industry Operation and New Prospects Last Year

In 2012, the building materials industry actively responded to the challenges of slowing demand growth, aggravated excess production capacity, and enhanced environmental constraints, and increased energy conservation, emission reductions, technological progress, and management innovation. The overall economic performance of the industry remained stable, and structural adjustments were further accelerated.

I. Operation of the Industry (I) The output of major products increased or decreased, and the growth rate of industrial added value fell sharply. In 2012, the added value of building materials industry increased by 11.5% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 8 percentage points, accounting for 6.6% of the national industrial added value. The annual cement output was 2.18 billion tons, an increase of 7.4% over the same period of last year. Ceramic tiles were 9.2 billion square meters, an increase of 9.4% year-on-year. Natural granite stone was 410 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 27.2%. Flat glass 710 million weight boxes, a year-on-year decrease of 3.2%, sanitary ceramics production 160 million, a year-on-year decrease of 13.1%.

(II) The overall efficiency of the industry grew steadily, and the industrial structure further optimized 34,000 enterprises above designated size at the end of 2012. The main business income for the year was 5.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.4%. Although the total profit of cement and flat glass industries decreased by 32.8% and 66.6% year-on-year, respectively, the total profit of cement products, light building materials, architectural ceramics, refractory products, metal doors and windows, and glass fiber reinforced plastic materials increased respectively year-on-year. 22.5%, 21.8%, 33.8%, 10.5%, 26.9%, and 30.6%. Total industry profits still reached a record high of 375 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%.

(3) The falling prices of major products increased inventories. The increase in business operating pressure was affected by the decline in the ex-factory price of bulk products, and the total ex-factory prices of building materials and non-mineral products decreased by 2.2% year-on-year. General cement prices showed a “previous drop and then rise” trend, with the average annual price falling by about 4% year-on-year, and the decline in the eastern region was much higher than in the central and western regions. The production and sales ratio of bulk products showed a declining trend. The cement production and sales ratio was 97.3%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6 percentage points, and the flat glass production and sales rate was 95.6%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.1 percentage point. As of December, the inventory of the cement manufacturing industry was 79.0 billion yuan, an increase of 1.8% year-on-year; the inventory of building materials such as tiles and stone materials was 59.0 billion yuan, an increase of 15.7% year-on-year; the inventory of glassware manufacturing industry was 31.9 billion yuan, an increase of 15.8% year-on-year.

(4) The growth rate of investment in fixed assets has slowed down, but fixed-asset investment in the new building materials industry and the central and western regions has increased rapidly by about 1.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.5%, which is lower than the national manufacturing growth rate by nearly 5 percentage points. Cement, construction ceramics and other industries declined by 4.2% and 4.3% respectively. The investment in fixed assets of the concrete and cement products industry was 185 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.1%, and the number of fixed asset investments continued to be the largest in the building materials industry. The production of technical glass, light building materials, and heat- and sound-insulating materials increased by 31.7%, 45.7%, and 53.7% year-on-year respectively. From a regional perspective, the fixed asset investment in the western and central regions increased by 25.7% and 18.7%, respectively, which was higher than that in the eastern region. The central region has already exceeded the eastern region as the region with the most completed investment.

(V) Efforts have been made to eliminate backwardness and vigorously, and new progress has been made in energy conservation and emission reduction. The elimination of outdated cement (clinker and grinding mills) has an annual production capacity of nearly 220 million tons, and a flat glass production capacity of 47 million weight boxes. More than 40 cement production lines will be transformed with the new technology of reducing nitrogen oxides, supporting the construction of denitrification demonstration equipment, and nearly 20 cement production lines will carry out collaborative demonstrations of urban domestic waste, sludge, industrial waste, and other engineering demonstrations. Grade 42.5 and above cement accounted for 27.1% of total cement, an increase of 0.9% over the same period of last year, and the proportion of thin bricks also increased.

(VI) The import and export structure has been further optimized, and the quality has improved. In 2012, the export delivery value of the industry was approximately RMB 225 billion, an increase of 7.9% year-on-year, and the offshore price of exports rose by 9.3%. Among them, exports of building sanitary ceramics, construction and technology glass, glass fiber and products increased by 31.5%, 10% and 5.7% respectively year-on-year. On the import side, imports of conductive products such as conductive glass, carbon fiber and products, and sealing products decreased, while imports of products such as marble and granite increased. The export volume of cement technology and equipment engineering industry was more than RMB 35 billion, ranking first in the world for five consecutive years.

II. Problems existing in the operation of the industry (I) The trend of overcapacity is difficult to curb due to more new production capacity in various regions. Although the intensity of backward elimination has continued to increase, the cement and flat glass production capacity in China reached 3 billion tons and 1.04 billion respectively. In the weight box, capacity utilization rate was again low, dropping to 72.7% and 68.3% respectively.

(II) The industrialization of energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies and inorganic non-metallic new materials needs to be strengthened. With the frequent occurrence of hazy weather, the high-energy-consuming and high-emissions building materials industry urgently needs to accelerate the development of large-scale industries such as cement, glass and ceramics. Advanced technologies such as nitrogen oxides, prevention and control of PM2.5, and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions; inorganic non-metallic new materials are still difficult to protect local demand, and urgently need to strengthen technological innovation and expand industrial scale.

(III) Lag Development of Green Building Materials Green building materials are the material basis for the development of green buildings and also an important direction for the transformation and upgrading of building materials industry. However, due to the relative lag in standards and standards, the development and application of green building materials are not enough. It is urgent to connect upstream and downstream, and strengthen the construction of standards certification system to meet the needs of green building and building energy conservation development.

(4) The cement quality standards need to be revised and refined. The output of cement clinker in 2012 was 1.28 billion tons, an increase of 1% year-on-year. The growth rate was 6.4 percentage points lower than that of cement production, and the cement clinker coefficient was reduced from 62.6% to 58.5%. The process of the revision of cement product standards needs to be accelerated.

III. Development trends and priorities of the building materials industry in 2013 Along with the simultaneous development of industrialization, urbanization, informatization, and agricultural modernization, and the positive interaction between urbanization and industrialization, the building materials industry will continue to maintain steady and rapid development in 2013. It is expected that the industrial added value will increase. The year-on-year growth of 12%, the growth rate of production of main products remained stable, the growth rate of cement production may fall within 5%, the output of flat glass and building sanitary ceramics remained basically the same or slightly increased, and the green building materials and products industry will continue to maintain growth rates of more than two percent. .

Confronted with the problems and contradictions of overcapacity of bulk products, high energy consumption per unit of industrial added value, high CO2 emissions, large total pollutant emissions, and difficulties in securing urgently needed products in emerging industries, the building materials industry will continue to improve steadily in 2013, and strive to transform To promote traditional industries, cultivate and expand the inorganic non-metallic new materials industry and vigorously develop the production and industry, the “trinity” will advance in a coordinated manner. Focus on the following work:

First, conduct in-depth investigations, do a good job in the monitoring of industrial economic operations, study industry commonalities, difficulties, and hot issues, actively resolve excess production capacity, carry out the mid-term evaluation of the “Twelve Five-year Development Plan for Building Materials Industry”, and guide the stable operation and healthy development of the industry.

The second is to implement the "Green Building Action Plan", together with relevant departments to study and formulate green building materials certification standards and methods, the preparation of "Green Building Materials Catalog" to guide and promote the development of green building materials, inorganic non-metallic new materials, and drive the industry transformation and upgrading.

The third is to revise the industrial policies or access conditions of the building sanitary ceramics, friction materials, etc., continue to announce the list of enterprises and production lines that meet the conditions for cement, flat glass, and other industries, and use the market mechanism to force the restructuring of overcapacity industries.

Fourth, establish a statistical system for seven kinds of non-metallic mineral products such as fire-resistant clay and fluorite, issued a directive plan for the production of fluorite and fireclay, and formulated “Several Opinions for Promoting Healthy and Sustainable Development of the Refractory Industry” to accelerate the development of non-metallic ore deposits. industry.

The fifth is to intensify technological transformation, promote the demonstration of new technologies such as cement kiln co-processing, kiln denitrification and dust removal, strengthen energy conservation and emission reduction, expand the function of building materials industry, and better serve the development of circular economy and ecological civilization.

Sixth, we must sort out the industry standard system, revise key industry standards, integrate industry access and energy-saving emission reduction targets, accelerate the development of the industry, use advanced standards to encourage industrial technological innovation, and promote the green development of the building materials industry.