The scale of my country’s raw paint market is gradually expanding, with construction and home furnishing being the main application areas.

Raw lacquer, also known as earth lacquer, lacquer, national lacquer, etc., is a milky white pure natural liquid paint harvested from lacquer trees. The main components of raw lacquer are laccase, urushiol, gum and other nitrogen-containing substances. The content of each component will vary depending on factors such as the variety of lacquer trees and the period of lacquer harvesting. Raw lacquer has excellent physical and chemical properties, and is wear-resistant, acid-resistant, corrosion-resistant, heat-resistant, glossy, and has good electrical insulation properties. At present, there are many varieties of raw paint, which can be roughly divided into Ankang paint, Maoba paint, Chengkou paint, Guizhou paint, etc. according to the place of origin.

Lacquer has strong adaptability to the environment. It is cultivated in other provinces and cities in my country except Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Jilin. Among them, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, and Sichuan produce more lacquer. At present, Guizhou has become the region with the largest sumac production in my country. my country’s lacquer tree output is relatively large, providing sufficient raw materials for the rapid development of the lacquer market.

From the perspective of application fields, raw lacquer is mainly used in construction, home furnishing, textiles, military industry, industry, machinery, handicrafts and other fields. Among them, construction and home furnishing have become the largest application areas of raw lacquer. At present, my country’s raw paint market has formed an application pattern that is dominated by construction, home furnishing, handicrafts and other fields, supplemented by machinery, textiles, and industry.

Compared with chemical paints, raw paints have the advantages of being non-toxic and naturally green. As my country’s awareness of green environmental protection gradually increases, the application fields of raw paint, as a green and environmentally friendly material, have gradually expanded. The paint film formed by raw lacquer has a rich color and is not easily contaminated or affected by temperature. Since the covering power is relatively weak, it can retain the natural wood color and natural texture, so it is widely used in the field of log furniture. . Overall, my country’s raw paint market demand is relatively huge.

According to the “2023 Raw Lacquer Industry Project Business Plan” released by the Industrial Research Center, with the growth of my country’s home furnishing, construction, and lacquerware markets With rapid development, the market demand for raw paint has gradually increased, and the market size has expanded accordingly. In 2022, my country’s raw paint market size will be 7.56 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.82%.

From the perspective of import and export, due to the large demand for raw paint in my country, there is a certain gap between domestic raw paint production and market demand, and a large amount of imports from abroad are needed to fill this gap. According to data released by the General Administration of Customs, in 2022, my country’s raw lacquer import volume reached 528.6 tons, with an import value of 28.032 million yuan; export volume was 29.1 tons, with an export value of 13.289 million yuan.

Industry analysts said that my country’s raw paint companies are in the development stage. There are relatively many companies in the industry, but most of them are relatively large in scale. Small, leading companies have not yet been formed. At present, my country’s largest raw lacquer companies mainly include Yusang Forestry, Zesenmao Planting, Qinqiao Agriculture and Forestry, National Paint Group, Zhonghe Raw Paint, etc. As my country’s raw paint market continues to develop, competition among companies becomes more intense, and the market is gradually moving closer to larger raw paint companies. Some small and medium-sized enterprises may be eliminated, and the concentration of the raw paint market is expected to increase in the future.