2012 Building Materials Industry Operation Review and 2013 Outlook

Abstract In 2012, the building materials industry actively responded to the challenges of slower demand growth, increased overcapacity, and increased environmental constraints. Energy conservation, emission reduction, technological progress and management innovation were intensified. The overall economic operation of the industry remained stable and structural adjustments were further accelerated. First, the industry operation situation (a...
In 2012, the building materials industry actively responded to the challenges of slower demand growth, increased overcapacity, and increased environmental constraints. Energy conservation, emission reduction, technological progress and management innovation were intensified. The overall economic operation of the industry remained stable and structural adjustments were further accelerated.

I. Industry operation

(1) The output of major products has increased and decreased, and the growth rate of industrial added value has fallen sharply.

In 2012, the added value of the 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, up 7.4% year-on-year, ceramic bricks were 9.2 billion square meters, up 9.4% year-on-year, and natural granite stone was 410 million square meters, up 27.2% year-on-year. Flat glass 710 million weight boxes, down 3.2% year-on-year, sanitary ceramics production of 160 million pieces, down 13.1% year-on-year.

(II) The overall efficiency of the industry has grown steadily and the industrial structure has been further optimized.

At the end of 2012, there were 34,000 enterprises above designated size, and the main business income of the year was 5.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.4%. Although the total profit of cement, flat glass and other industries decreased by 32.8% and 66.6% respectively, the total profit of cement products, lightweight building materials, building ceramics, refractory products, metal doors and windows and glass fiber reinforced plastic materials increased respectively. 22.5%, 21.8%, 33.8%, 10.5%, 26.9% and 30.6%, the total profit of the whole industry still reached a new high of 375 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5%.

(3) The price of major products fell, and the inventory pressure increased.

Affected by the decline in the ex-factory price of bulk products, the total ex-factory price of building materials and non-mineral products decreased by 2.2% year-on-year. The price of general cement showed a trend of “pre-event and then rise”. The average annual price dropped by about 4% year-on-year, and the decline in the eastern region was much higher than that in the central and western regions. The production and sales rate of bulk products showed a downward trend. The cement production and sales rate was 97.3%, down 0.6 percentage points year-on-year. The flat glass production and sales rate was 95.6%, down 0.1 percentage point year-on-year. As of December, cement manufacturing stocks were 79 billion yuan, up 1.8% year-on-year; brick and tile, stone and other building materials manufacturing stocks were 59 billion yuan, up 15.7% year-on-year; glass products manufacturing stocks were 31.9 billion yuan, up 15.8% year-on-year.

(4) The growth rate of fixed asset investment has slowed down, but the new building materials industry and the central and western regions have grown rapidly.

The investment in fixed assets was about 1.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.5%, which was lower than the national manufacturing growth rate by nearly 5 percentage points. Cement, building ceramics and other industries fell by 4.2% and 4.3% respectively. The concrete and cement products industry completed a fixed asset investment of 185 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.1%, and continued to maintain the scale of fixed asset investment in the building materials industry. The manufacturing of technical glass, lightweight building materials and thermal and acoustic insulation materials increased by 31.7%, 45.7% and 53.7% respectively. From a regional perspective, the completion of fixed asset investment in the western and central regions increased by 25.7% and 18.7%, respectively, both higher than the eastern region, and the central region has surpassed the eastern region to become the region with the most investment completion.

(V) Vigorously stepping out of backwardness, making new progress in energy conservation and emission reduction

The annual production capacity of backward cement (clinker and mill) was nearly 220 million tons, and the production capacity of flat glass was 47 million weight boxes. More than 40 cement production lines have been retrofitted with new technologies for reducing nitrogen oxides, supporting denitrification demonstration equipment, and nearly 20 cement production lines have been collaboratively disposed of urban domestic waste, sludge, industrial waste and other engineering demonstrations. Cement of 42.5 and above accounted for 27.1% of the total cement, up 0.9 percentage points year-on-year, and the proportion of thin bricks also increased.

(6) Further optimization of import and export structure and improvement of quality

In 2012, the export delivery value of the industry was about 225 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%, and the offshore price of export commodities rose by 9.3%. Among them, the export value of building sanitary ceramics, construction and technical glass, glass fiber and products increased by 31.5%, 10% and 5.7% respectively. In terms of imports, imports of deep-processed products such as conductive glass, carbon fiber and products, and sealing products declined, and imports of marble and granite increased. The export volume of cement technology equipment engineering industry is more than 35 billion yuan, ranking first in the world for five consecutive years.

Second, the problems in the operation of the industry

(1) The momentum of overcapacity is still difficult to contain

Due to the increase in new production capacity in various places, although the elimination of backwardness continued to increase, the national cement and flat glass production capacity at the end of 2012 still reached 3 billion tons and 1.04 billion weight boxes respectively, and the capacity utilization rate reached a new low, down to 72.7%. 68.3%.

(II) Energy-saving and emission reduction technologies and industrialization of inorganic non-metallic new materials urgently need to be strengthened

As the smog weather is frequent, as a high-energy-consumption and high-emission building materials industry, it is urgent to accelerate the development of advanced technologies suitable for cutting industries such as cement, glass, ceramics, etc. to reduce nitrogen oxides, prevent PM2.5, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Inorganic non-metallic new materials are still difficult to protect local demand, and it is urgent to strengthen technological innovation and expand the scale of the industry.

(3) Lagging behind the development of green building materials

Green building materials are the material basis for the development of green buildings and an important direction for the transformation and upgrading of the building materials industry. However, due to the relative lag of standard specifications, the development and application of green building materials is not enough. It is urgent to connect upstream and downstream, and strengthen the construction of standard certification system to meet the needs of green building and building energy conservation.

(4) Cement quality standards need to be revised and refined

In 2012, the output of cement clinker was 1.28 billion tons, up 1% year-on-year. The growth rate was 6.4 percentage points lower than the growth rate of cement production, and the cement clinker coefficient was reduced from 62.6% to 58.5%. The process of making and revisioning cement product standards needs to be accelerated.

Third, the development trend and key work of the building materials industry in 2013

With the simultaneous development of industrialization, urbanization, informationization, and agricultural modernization, and the benign interaction between urbanization and industrialization, the building materials industry will continue to maintain a stable and rapid development momentum in 2013. It is expected that the industrial added value will increase by 12% year-on-year, and the growth rate of major product output will remain. Stable, cement production growth rate may fall to less than 5%, flat glass, building sanitary ceramics production is basically flat or slightly rising, green building materials and products industry will continue to maintain two or more growth rate.

In the face of the overcapacity of bulk products, the energy consumption per unit of industrial added value and high carbon dioxide emissions, the large amount of pollutants discharged, and the difficulties and contradictions of urgently needed products in emerging industries, the building materials industry will continue to strive for progress in 2013. Promote the traditional industry, cultivate and strengthen the inorganic non-metallic new materials industry and vigorously develop the productive service industry, and the “three in one” will promote synergy. Focus on the following work:

First, in-depth research, do a good job in monitoring the economic operation of the industry, study common, difficult and hot issues in the industry, actively resolve excess capacity, and carry out the mid-term evaluation of the “12th Five-Year Development Plan for Building Materials Industry” to guide the smooth operation and healthy development of the industry.

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

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

The fourth is to establish a statistical system for seven non-metallic mineral products such as refractory clay and fluorite, issue a directive plan for the production of fluorite and refractory clay, and formulate "Several Opinions on Promoting the Healthy and Sustainable Development of the Refractory Industry" to accelerate the development of non-metallic minerals. industry.

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

The sixth is to sort out the industry standard system, standardize and revise important industry standards, combine industry access and energy conservation and emission reduction benchmarks, accelerate the development of productive service industries, and use advanced standards to stimulate technological innovation in the industry and promote the green development of building materials industry.


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