The development prospects of the alcoholic trichloroacetaldehyde industry are average and a breakthrough is urgently needed.

Trichloroacetaldehyde alcohol is a solid crystallized fine chemical product, but its application range is relatively narrow. It is mainly used in the field of pesticides, such as the production of synmycin, trichlorfon, dichlorvos, and DDT. Due to the implementation of the zero-growth policy for pesticides, the development trend of trichloroacetaldehyde alcohol products in the field of pesticides is not optimistic, and the overall market size is shrinking.

In recent years, due to the sluggish growth in downstream market demand, and some downstream pesticide manufacturers with large demand have begun to master the production technology of alcoholic trichloraldehyde, and built related production equipment to start the self-supply model, domestic alcoholic trichloroacetaldehyde has The space for industry development is shrinking, and related companies have begun to withdraw from the market. According to the “Special Research and Investment Feasibility Assessment Report on China’s Alcoholic Trichloroacetaldehyde Market 2022-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center Shows that China’s production and demand for alcoholized trichloroacetaldehyde are both declining, with production falling to 350 tons/year and demand falling to 340 tons/year.

At present, there are only two companies in China’s trichloroacetaldehyde alcohol industry, namely Nantong Jiangshan Pesticide Chemical Co., Ltd. and Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd., and the competition is very gentle. Moreover, the trichloroacetaldehyde alcohol products produced by the two companies are mainly used for the production of their own pesticide products and are not sold to external parties.

From the perspective of the macro environment, the global economic recovery is weak, and the Chinese economy has entered a new normal of slowing growth. Domestic and foreign market demand is sluggish, and the real economy lacks momentum for development. Affected by multiple factors such as the continued decline in international agricultural product prices and frequent extreme weather, the agrochemical industry is generally still in a sluggish cycle. The main terminal application field of trichloroacetaldehyde is the pesticide industry. The downturn in the pesticide industry will directly affect the future market demand of trichloroacetaldehyde.

In addition, with the adjustment of domestic planting structure, changes in cultivation methods and the reduction of rural labor force, the demand for pesticides will continue to increase. However, in the future, it will develop in the direction of high efficiency, low toxicity, easy degradation, broad herbicidal spectrum, and water-based dosage forms. Pesticide products produced by trichloroacetaldehyde do not conform to this development direction and will be eliminated sooner or later.

Industrial Analysts said that at present, the main consumption field of alcoholic trichloroacetaldehyde in China is still the field of pesticides, further digging into The demand has not yet been realized. In the future, in the face of declining market demand for trichloroacetaldehyde, leading companies in the trichloroacetaldehyde industry need to increase their efforts in the development of deep-processed products to obtain new profit growth points. In terms of technology, the current production efficiency of the trichloroacetaldehyde alcohol industry is low and the degree of automated production is not high. In the future, technology development can be directed towards continuous production processes and automated control with high content, low cost, and less waste.