Research and Markets: Special Organic Fibre (SOF) Production and Trade in China 2008-Jun. 2009

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c94a18/special_organic_fi) has announced the addition of the "Special Organic Fibre (SOF) Production and Trade in China 2008-Jun. 2009" report to their offering.

This the second edition of the trade analysis report on SOF, covering production and trade situation from Jan. 2008 to Jun. 2009. In this edition the publisher mainly updates trade data of SOF, the analysis and depth is similar to the first version. By the end of June 2009, only three manufacturers have commercially produced Fanglun 1313 in China, and Fanglun 1414 has not achieved industrial production yet. Moreover, a new HSPE fibre manufacturer (Guangdong Shinda UHMWPE Fibre Co., Ltd.) has gone into operation in early 2009. In Q2 2009, the trade situation of HSPE fibre and unidirectional sheets are similar to Q1 2009. While in Q2 2009 the Fanglun 1313's import exceeded export because of growing domestic demand. And Fanglun 1414 mainly relies on import at present.

The first version: Jan. 2008-March 2009

Special organic fibres (SOF) are fibres with one or more of the following properties such as high strength, high modules, high-temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, radialisation resistance, etc., mainly including high strength PE fibre (HSPE fiber), aramid fibre, high strength polyvinyl alcohol fibre (HSPVA fiber), polybenzoimidazole fibre (PBI fibre) and so on.

After about forty years' development, China's SOF industry has achieved great progress. What is the current SOF production situation in China? And who are the major manufacturers?

Besides satisfying the domestic demand, Chinese SOF has also entered foreign market. Under the global financial crisis, what are the significant changes in export/import of major SOF products in 2008-June 2009? This report will provide: