The added value of charcoal exports is high and the overseas market development potential is huge in the future.

Charcoal is a kind of fuel, which is a dark brown or black porous solid fuel left after incomplete combustion of wood or wood raw materials. my country’s charcoal industry has a long history and has a history of thousands of years. After thousands of years of development, charcoal has developed into various types, such as white carbon, black carbon, machine-made carbon, activated carbon, etc. Among them, machine-made carbon has the advantages of cheap price, no pollution, environmental protection, and high calorific value. The application demand continues to rise, and the industry development prospects are better.

According to the “Charcoal Industry Market In-depth Research and Investment Prospects Forecast Analysis Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center, charcoal applications It has a wide range and can be used as a desiccant, used in the metallurgical industry, and used for carbon dioxide production. In addition, it also has high medical value. Global charcoal production has shown a slow growth trend in the past five years. From 25.4 million tons in 2016 to 26.82 million tons in 2020, the growth rate has gradually slowed down.

Charcoal has a long history in China, is an important domestic energy source, and has high demand for domestic applications. However, with the rapid development of domestic economy and industry, the mining of efficient energy, and the rapid development of new energy under the trend of environmental protection, it has had a huge impact on the development of the charcoal industry. my country’s charcoal production has continued to decrease in the past five years, from 840,000 tons in 2016 to 820,000 tons in 2020.

The demand for charcoal in domestic applications is still high, especially in the metallurgical industry and smokeless barbecue. Thanks to the development of terminal industries, my country’s charcoal consumption demand has shown a fluctuating growth trend. In 2016, my country’s apparent consumption of charcoal was 920,000 tons. It will grow to 1.03 million tons in 2020.

Since domestic charcoal production cannot meet market demand, my country’s charcoal imports are relatively high. In 2019, charcoal imports were as high as 420,000 tons. Affected by the epidemic in 2020, charcoal imports decreased significantly, to only 290,000 tons. It will be reduced to 270,000 tons in 2021. Compared with imports, my country’s charcoal export volume is relatively low, remaining at around 80,000 tons in the past five years. In 2021, domestic charcoal export volume will be 85,000 tons.

Although my country’s charcoal export volume is small, its added value is high. In the past five years, the amount of my country’s charcoal exports has continued to rise, from US$110 million in 2017 to US$180 million in 2021. The import value is relatively low, from US$60 million in 2017 to US$90 million in 2021. In addition to being an important energy source, charcoal can also be used as functional biomass carbon to play adsorption, electromagnetic shielding, etc., and has huge potential for future applications.

Industry analysts said that as an energy material, charcoal has a high demand for application in the world, and global charcoal production shows a steady growth trend. . Due to the country’s emphasis on sustainable energy development, my country’s charcoal production continues to decrease. However, due to the rigid demand for its application in some fields, domestic market demand has grown steadily. Against the background of imbalance between supply and demand, my country’s charcoal import volume is relatively high.