据悉,海湾石化和化工协会(GPCA)表示,2014年包括巴林、科威特、阿曼、卡塔尔、沙特和阿联酋在内的海合会(GCC)国家的石化工业的销售收入达到880亿美元,占到GCC国家整体制造业GDP的31%。2014年海合会国家的石化产品产量增长8.3%,增速排名全球第二。
但是油价的下跌以及中国经济的降温已经影响到了石化产品的价格,2014年海合会国家的石化工业的销售收入比2013年894亿美元的销售收入已经有所减少。GPCA秘书长Abdulwahab Al Sadoun表示:“油价下跌、中国经济降温以及伊朗核协议谈判的成功,这三大因素导致石化产品价格的走软,对于全球石化和化工行业来说,短期前景堪忧。考虑到海合会国家的石化生产商并不是价格的制定者,这意味着阿拉伯海湾地区的生产商需要更加灵活的应对措施、加强合作以及创新才能获得成功。”
庞晓华摘译自《Chemical Week》2015-10-2
原文如下:
GPCA: GCC petrochemical sales decline
October 2, 2015 | Natasha Alperowicz
The petrochemical industry of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, last year achieved sales approaching $88 billion, accounting for 31% of the GCC’s total manufacturing GDP, according to the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA). Petrochemical production rose by 8.3% in 2014, making the GCC the second-highest growth region in the world.
But the decline in the price of oil and the economic slowdown in China have had an impact on petrochemical prices, with revenues declining from $89.4 billion in 2013, according to the GPCA’s facts and figures to be released at the 10th GPCA Forum next month. “The health of the global economy since the decline in oil prices and the slowdown of the Chinese economy combined with the possibility of a nuclear deal with Iran, contributed to weak petrochemical prices and created a difficult near-term outlook for the global petrochemicals and chemicals sector,” says Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, secretary general of GPCA. “Given that the GCC petrochemicals producers are not price-setters, it means that Arabian Gulf producers need to be more agile, collaborative and innovative to succeed.”