According to preliminary statistics, in 2023, the total output of China's coating industry was 35.772 million tons, an increase of 4.5% over the same period last year; Imports were 153,000 tons, down 20.4% from the same period last year, exports 262,000 tons, up 19.6% from the same period last year; Apparent consumption was 35.663 million tons, an increase of 4.2% over the same period last year; The main business income was 404.48 billion yuan, down 4.5% year-on-year; Total profit was 23.74 billion yuan, up 9.5 percent year-on-year.

In 2023, China's total production capacity of titanium dioxide was 5.642 million tons, an increase of 11.2% over the same period of last year; The total output was 4.223 million tons, an increase of 8.0% over the same period of last year; Imports were 84,000 tons, down 31.4% from the same period last year, and exports were 1.642 million tons, up 16.7% from the same period last year; Apparent consumption was 2.666 million tons, an increase of 1.5% over the same period last year.

In 2023, the total production capacity of iron oxide pigments was 700,000 tons, 12.5% lower than that of the same period last year; Total output of 589,000 tons, lower than the same period of last year 7.5%; Imports were 157,000 tons, an increase of 7.3% over the same period of last year, and exports were 279,000 tons, a decrease of 21.5% over the same period of last year; Apparent consumption of 467,000 tons, 6.55% lower than the same period last year.

Note: In view of the annual changes in the number and scale of enterprises in the paint and pigment industry, the above data analysis is based on the total amount of the industry, not the same caliber comparison.

source：https://www.chinacoatingnet.com/plus/view.php?aid=11149