For refrigerator, air conditioning machine enterprises, over the past year, refrigerant of procurement to save a lot cost for them. The price of R22 and R410A refrigerant downturn since the second half of 2011, haven\'t & other; Raised his head & throughout; The entire 2012 & other; \'t & throughout; . Refrigerant mainstream enterprise gloom, save your voices. Under the condition of the market demand remains weak, with R22 phased out as the core of environmental protection refrigerant replacement, officially opened in 2013. With the deepening of environmental protection refrigerant replacement process, the refrigerant market a new round of industrial upgrading is presented here. Overall market downturn, the price is falling on January 16, 2013, refrigerant industry giant JuHua shares issued 2012 annual performance pre cut announcement, according to preliminary estimates by the financial department, is expected to achieve belonging to shareholders of listed companies 2012 net profit fell 60% to 70%. Announcement explained, industry capacity expansion, economic slowdown and weakening demand at home and abroad, lead to company main product oversupply, prices fall considerably and is JuHua shares the main reason for the 2012 annual net profit fell significantly. In fact, the refrigerant industry mainstream domestic enterprises JuHua co, dongyue, meilan, sinochem taicang, sinochem Hui in blue sky, cantonese, etc., almost all chose expansion in 2011, only project is different. At that time, the refrigerant R410A and R32, R134a has a rapidly expanding capacity, market demand, such as Chinese refrigeration equipment market, in the second half of 2011 in down position, in 2012 into the trough. JuHua co officials said, although at the end of 2011, the personage inside course of study has been anticipation that 2012 would be poor years, but dramatically compressed refrigerant corporate profits still let people by surprise. This personage analysis thinks, refrigerant market downturn has several reasons, one is the world\'s economic growth, China\'s overall economic growth is slowing, consumption levels drop, the overall market demand; Second, had close relations with the refrigerant of household air-conditioning, central air-conditioning industry, into a depressed for a long time; Three is refrigerant enterprises cluster expansion, the overall market serious supply exceeds demand. According to statistics, in 2012 China\'s total 104.8797 million sales of household air conditioning units, down 3.89% year on year. While domestic air-conditioner production since the fourth quarter of 2012 has improved, but in the end did not reverse the decline in production in the whole year of 2012. At the same time, central air-conditioning market growth is also significantly lower, Aiken refrigeration network\'s latest \"in 2012 China central air-conditioning market report\", according to the first half of 2012, economic growth continues to fall, the domestic market by the European debt crisis and job difficult, high cost, financial constraints factors in many aspects, the central air-conditioning market appeared a certain degree of decline; Ease after entering in the second half of the year, industry, a large number of projects started bidding, and state and local governments at all levels continue to increase of investment in infrastructure, market capacity is growing. 2012 full-year market capacity rose nearly 10%, but slowed significantly. Refrigeration market downturn situation seriously affected the refrigerants in the field of procurement requirements, midea air conditioning a procurement director for \"electrical appliances\" reporter said, 2012 years and 2013 cold, refrigerant callback clear purchase quantity of beauty, even so, the bidding still refrigerant enterprises is very fierce. Changhong, an air conditioner procurement also says 2012 cold refrigerant procurement to save the cost for the enterprise has played a key role, 2013 cold refrigerant purchasing budget of less than one year. Even so, most of the refrigerant entrepreneurs in February 2012, is still the \"electrical appliances\" reporters that refrigerant will stabilise prices, but the reality is much worse than expected. With extremely depressed market situation, came to a formal freeze R22 refrigerant industry usage in 2013, the elimination process will induce R22 refrigerant industry a series of change, under the new situation of market competition. R22, officially entered the freeze R22 as the most widely used in household air conditioners and central air conditioning refrigerants, over the years with excellent refrigeration and heating performance, already became the mainstay of refrigerant industry, but also because of its high ODP value and high GWP and eliminated by global environmental agencies as must as refrigerant. Since the second half of 2011 the price of R22 began slipping into the channel since 2012, the price of R22 almost throughout in the form of diving. More aproll prices shows that R22 refrigerant in early 2012 to 14900 yuan/ton level, at the end of 2012 but fell to 9000 yuan/ton, price dropped by almost 40% in the whole year of 2012. This latest price level and price of the 2011 2011 yuan/ton, compared to fall even more than 70%. Industry based on the analysis of reasons of R22 price diving to summarize there are three: one is for 2012 upstream of R22 refrigerant hydrofluoric acid raw material prices fell sharply, down nearly 20%, compared with the other raw material prices also fell sharply, chloroform fell more than 45%, R22 costs fell sharply; Second is depressed demand downstream of household air conditioning industry, air-conditioning industry capacity utilization is not high, the demand for refrigerants, refrigerant procurement prices fell sharply; 3 it is refrigerant distributor with the enthusiasm is not high, factory inventory is high. In addition, because the state shall implement a fluorite ore mining regulation, and the fluorite ore as important resource management, fluorspar price long-term bullish. Fluorite is an important raw materials of hydrofluoric acid, fluorite prices high, affect the price of the hydrofluoric acid, the production cost of indirect compressed refrigerant R22 space. Downstream market demand downturn, industry insiders said, pricing to the buyer and the fluorite compressed profit space in the price of the upstream is JuHua co, dongyue R22 large-scale suppliers affected by the large profits in 2012 directly. Need special attention, in September 2007, the Montreal protocol through the conference of the parties as # 19 out of speed adjustment, China committed since 2013, the traditional refrigerants of R22 used total freeze in 2009-2010 average, on this basis, a 10% cut in 2015, a 35% cut in 2020, a 67.5% cut in 2025, a 100% cut in 2030. In fact, as early as 2012, China began to try out HCFCs production quota license, raw material usage quota license and production license, the use of sales record management. In addition, the ministry of industry and information technology published article 9, no. 14, 2012 announcement directory requires elimination of CFCS as refrigerant refrigeration products. According to R22 phase out plan, domestic air conditioning industry to realize the usage of R22 in 2013 to freeze at baseline, 74700 tons, 2015 cuts to 10% at the baseline level, the first phase out 10670 tons. While industrial and commercial refrigeration industry in 2015 out of about 9500 tons of R22. That is to say, according to the Chinese government\'s commitment to R22 formally entered using total freeze period from now on. The next two years, and only with air conditioning and refrigeration field for industry and commerce will be phased out over 20000 tons of R22. Meilan officials to \"electrical appliances\" reporter said: & other; To be sure, R22 to gradually reduce market supply from now on. Due to the prescribed environmental protection refrigerants of R22 as R32 raw materials keep the production line, powerful mainstream companies are now in the deployment of R22 production transformation, from product provider to raw material supplier. Throughout the &; Industry consensus forecasts, while overseas markets more than 20, ten thousand tonnes of R22 capacity are shut down quickly, home is no longer a new batch of R22 production line, but the amount of R22 in 2013 is still oversupply, the price is difficult to have a big improvement. Respondents said, R22 price level should be slightly higher than the 2013 in 2012. R22 at present mainly supply enterprises is still dongyue (capacity 200000 tons), JuHua co (capacity 150000 tons), meilan (capacity 100000 tons) and other large domestic enterprises. R410A: supply capacity as replace the refrigerant R22 environmental protection refrigerants, R410A as early as a few years ago by a great number of household air conditioning adopted by enterprises, even as a selling point to propaganda. Nearly four years, the fast rise of frequency conversion air conditioning is generally used as refrigerant R410A. R410A price from August 2011 47200 yuan/ton fell all the way, in January 2013, the latest aproll pricing, R410A price at 19500 yuan/ton, the price dropped by almost 60%. Because of R410A is composed of mixed R125 and R32, supply level and price of these two kinds of refrigerants monomer directly affects the price movements of R410A. According to gree electric appliances a procurement gree with companies such as dupont, JuHua shares, meilan purchasing cooperation have large quantities of R410A. & other; In 2012 our purchase quantity not to reduce R410A. Throughout the &; In fact, can be seen from the data, although air conditioning downturn in the market as a whole to new refrigerant R410A as a representative, in usage in the field of refrigeration in 2012 did not significantly reduce, instead of obvious rebound in the second half of 2012. Released from yi kang 2012 air conditioning market share data, the frequency conversion air conditioning has soared from 17.37% in 2009 to 52.93% in 2012, is expected to reach 60%. 2013 cold & other; Frequency of household air conditioner, dc inverter VRF pull R410A demand in 2012. Because of R410A, mixed patent failure at the end of 2011, China\'s regional supply of R125 and R32 soared, leading to the supply of R410A growth is greater than the demand growth. R410A rarely bulk sales, basic is straight for the whole machine factory, price nature is hard to rise up. Throughout the &; One foreign refrigerant giant officials to \"electrical appliances\" reporters. In fact, it is because of R22 in 2013 entered the freeze, R410A mixed patent and failure in China, at the end of 2011 in a R22 in the absence of a mature alternative, although R410A GWP value is very high, but the ODP value is very low and is still seen as the future for a long time demand for larger product. In addition, due to the frequency of using R410A products rapid advances in the field of refrigeration, domestic companies are optimistic about the R410A refrigerant development prospects. It is worth noting that due to R22 alternative has entered the scheduled program, in the case of hydrocarbon refrigerants can\'t mass involved in alternative, R410A refrigerant R22 has been a household air conditioning in the important alternative products. According to the Chinese room air conditioner as alternative plan, before reform in 2015, 35 production lines, accounted for 17 of R410A air-conditioning production lines, in accordance with the design production capacity of 250000 units/year, article 17 of this production line will have a annual production capacity of 4.25 million units. In terms of industrial and commercial refrigeration as substitute, also serves as an important supplementary R410A plan included in the alternative plan. Industry insiders said, because the R410A is composed of mixed R125 and R32, R125, the increase in the planning and construction projects of R32 R125 alone, nearly 100000 tons of annual capacity growth. However, due to weak market, part of the device that has been built has not put into production. In the next few years, R125, R32 and excess capacity will inevitably of R410A R410A will develop to full competition market, the market price will not high. At present, the major suppliers of R410A for honeywell, dupont, JuHua co, meilan, etc. Everything: price falling R134a has a wide application in the field of automotive air conditioning, also have involved in the air-conditioner production, is currently the most widely used in environmental protection refrigerants at low temperature. Everything with good comprehensive performance has become a very effective and safe substitute for R12 R12 is ever in the application of the main application fields. In terms of price, everything from a peak of nearly 80000 yuan/ton in 2011 all the way down, after the first three months of 2012 short rise, prices diving, in late December 2012, everything in the aproll average at around 25000 yuan/ton, down nearly 70%. The taicang said concerns chief introduction, & other R134a has a trend of the market downturn let us a lot of pressure. Throughout the &; For the causes of low price, he thinks that there are several aspects: one is everything of upstream raw materials trichloroethylene and hydrofluoric acid supply prices fell about 15%, the manufacturing cost decreased significantly; Second is downstream of everything auto industry sales volume is still not optimistic, in 2012 China\'s auto production fell by 20% ~ 30%, accordingly to reduce demand for refrigerant; Three is R134a has a plentiful supply market, dealers wait-and-see mood is very heavy. Dongyue group responsible person said: & other; According to statistics, in 2013 the world demand for everything around 160000 tons, and this year everything of domestic production capacity of 250000 tons, the market is in a state of serious supply exceeds demand. Throughout the &; In 2011, is the most popular refrigerant market period, each big R134a has a production enterprise take various means to actively cope with everything in short supply situation. , zhejiang pujiang the refining industry co., LTD., on the basis of the original production line, built a set of annual output of 10000 tons of R134a has a production line, everything\'s total annual capacity of 15000 tons ascension. Three American chemical yearly produces 10000 tons of R134a has a new device. Sinochem modern environmental chemical (xi \'an) co., LTD., jiangsu KTS fluorine chemical industry co., LTD and shandong dongyue chemical co., LTD. At that time promoted R134a has a production plant utilization, sinochem modern environmental chemical (xi \'an) to a R134a has a production capacity of 30000 tons. However, in many new device is not completely under the condition of stable production, refrigerant market entered the persistent downward channel, excess capacity and weak demand for the price of everything into the trough. Disturbing R134a has a production enterprise, at present many refrigerant giants are stepping up research and development, including honeywell, R134a has a replacement product. According to understand, although everything ODP value is 0, but has higher GWP value, as with R410A does not belong to environmental protection refrigerants in the true sense. Therefore, alternative about everything, increasing attention has been regarded as a technology hot spot. According to dupont relevant controller introduces, the eu has ruled since January 1, 2013, all new vehicles are forbidden to use everything. America will be from 2014 began to restrict the use of everything. According to understanding, has the world patent of dupont HFO - 1234 - yf mass substitute products are by far the most likely. Abroad have HFO - 1234 - yf vehicle performance was studied, audi, BMW, Chrysler, cannstatt, ford, gm, Honda, hyundai, Mazda, jaguar, PSA, Renault and Toyota 13 auto makers involved. HFO - 1234 - yf has been the United States environmental protection and the European REACH regulation for R134a has a greener alternatives. Learned, at present domestic everything producers are actively research and development and introduction of R134a has a substitute, but due to technical difficulties, this tendency has a substantial progress, just like three love rich with dupont cooperation project of strategic actions. Market downturn in demand, excess capacity, as well as substitutes, with the flourishing development has obvious suppression on the prices of everything. The industry consensus forecasts, the price of everything will continue to fall in 2013. R290: expect the market to open in 2013, R22 elimination process officially open, ODP value is 0, low GWP value of hydrocarbon refrigerants industry widely, and recognized by the government, industry association establishment and use of hydrocarbon refrigerants at present in household appliances mainly include R600a and R290. R600a in China, has been widely used in the refrigerator and R290 is starting from 2011 is applied in household air conditioner field. R290, however, are still not implemented in the field of household air conditioning bulk supply. Hui in puyang city fine chemical co., LTD. The head of \"electrical appliances\" reporter said: & other; R600a prices lower, but not too much volatility, and the speedy development of R290 hesitated, disappointing. Currently Hui in an attempt to promote their own R433b hydrocarbon refrigerants. Throughout the &; In fact, in 2012, although there are a R290 gree air conditioning production line start batch supply the maldives and the German market, but the yield is very small. R290 of midea, haier air conditioning is only in the trial production stage. In Hui officials said, as a result of hydrocarbon refrigerants are natural working substance, of atmospheric pollution, damage to the ozone layer is no, and the greenhouse effect is almost zero, in many countries and regions have begun to use. Germany is now 95% of refrigerators, refrigerator/freezer refrigeration equipment has been using hydrocarbon refrigerants, some big supermarket chain in Britain, 80% of the air-conditioner has been using hydrocarbon refrigerants. But in China, due to the flammability of R290 is still a lack of standards and related guidance, relevant parties are still in the production and use of safety testing, comprehensive promotion period are yet to come. According to the Chinese room air conditioner as the plan out, beginning in 2013, 35 R22 air conditioner production line reconstruction, the action should be started on time. Among them, at least 18 R290 air-conditioning production line will have a total capacity of 4.5 million units. According to \"electric\" reporter understanding, the plan of the first contract basic determine was conducted in the first half of 2013. After the first batch of industrial and commercial refrigeration as signed out projects have been implemented, but the industrial and commercial refrigeration R22 phase out plan with R32 is given priority to, the development of hydrocarbon refrigerants at home hope, almost a horse in R290 air-conditioning production. Due to hydrocarbon refrigerant production is relatively easy, a lot of refrigerant manufacturer said, once hydrocarbon refrigerant market open, will quickly realize the follow up. Are so R290 has not a glut of supply and demand situation, cultivate and promote market. It is understood that China R600a and R290 main manufacturers of shandong yuean chemical industry co., LTD., nanjing jinling petrochemical co., LTD., in Hui and some refineries. (article source: \"electrical appliances\", author: Yu Hao)