2013 BPA - ECH Market Summary & Retrospect

1. 2013.8.21-8.23 Holiday Inn Qingdao Parkview 2013 BPA - ECH Market Summary & Retrospect 2013 BPA-ECH Industry Hotspot & Forecast Mainly restricted by supply-demand contradiction, the boom degree of the chemical industry weakens in 2013, followed by decreased price, reduced profit and frequent destocking operations. And this is also true for BPA (bisphenol A), ECH (epichlorohydrin), epoxy resin, PC (polycarbonate) and related markets. Are influences from the world economy and energy environment important for the chemical industry trend? • Will China and even world economy stabilize? Have the key factors that affect the commodity market changed? • What are the hotspots of the 2013 world economy? • Under the 2013 world economic environment, what the chemical industry will be like? What caused the sluggishness of the BPA market? • What caused the sluggishness of the BPA market? • How can market insiders deal with the upcoming great supply changes of BPA and feedstock phenol? • What are the major elements that affect the BPA market in H2 2013? How can ECH producers tackle with unbalanced supply and demand? • In H1 2013, international and China BPA markets were both dull. China BPA prices uncharacteristically declined in Mar and then underwent three-month-long narrow corrections. Was this caused by supply/demand fundamentals, cost or current economic environment? • BPA prices fell below RMB 13,000/mt in Jun, signifying that the BPA industry started to suffer from profit loss. With the supply-demand condition changing quietly, what adjustment should market insiders make? • In H1 2013, China benzene price perched at a high level and phenolic ketone manufacturers dedicated in reducing output to prevent prices from declining. However, what kinds of changes will the China benzene and phenolic ketone markets take in H2 2013? And how these changes will affect BPA market insiders’ visual patterns? • What are the major factors that result in unbalanced ECH supply and demand? • Compared with the propylene-based production method, how about the economic efficiency of glycerin-based production method? • How can market insiders deal with the unbalanced supply and demand? • What’s the accordance to predict the following ECH market trend? Opportunities and challenges for downstream ECH and PC industries • 2013 China epoxy resin market condition. • The development direction and problems of the epoxy resin industry. • Supply pattern changes lead to trade flow changes. • Factors that will affect the world PC supply and demand. Exploring for more appropriate trade modes against the backdrop of changing economic environment and commodity market condition • What was the chemical industry condition in H1 2013? • Analyzing factors that will affect the chemical industry in H2 2013 • With the chemical industry developing and commodity environment changing, what challenges will the traditional trade mode face? • Exploring for diversified operations for the chemical industry to keep abreast of the times. In H1 2013, profit of the epoxy resin industry shrank with average operating rate lower than H1 2012. And what’s the reason? ECH price kept hovering at a low level in H1 2013. With supply and demand unbalanced, various contradictions emerged. In addition, more and more capacities will come online. What the ECH market will be like?

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