Acrylonitrile

China's acrylonitrile industry enjoyed a steady expansion during the past five years with capacity reaching over 1.3 million t/a as of Jan. 2013 and consumption volume over 1.5 million tonnes. And China still needs to import a considerable amount of acylonitrile every year to fill the supply-demand gap. Acrylic fiber is still the largest downstream field of acrylonitrile even with declining share. And the next two downstream fields, ABS and PAM, are expected to perform eminently. In this report, CCM focuses on the production situation and consumption pattern of China's acrylonitrile industry in the past five years, as well as prediction in the next five years.