According to the "Plastics News" news, the global polycarbonate (PC) giant Saudi Arabian basic industry (SABIC) due to equipment and other reasons will be suspended Lexan PC brand production, and is expected to restart within the next five weeks. It is reported that SABIC PC production capacity of about a quarter of global production capacity, its products can not be a normal supply, global demand side customers will be greatly affected. In addition, the world's largest PC manufacturer Ke Si Chuang, as well as manufacturers Shengxiu total more than 490,000 tons of PC production capacity in Germany, and Germany's third largest shipping company Rick Mace Group filed for bankruptcy, the future does not rule out or affect PC goods Of the transport, which led to the global market, PC supply and demand imbalance, prices rose pattern.

Polycarbonate (PC) has a light weight, high transparency, good impact resistance and easy to shape the characteristics of electronic equipment and IT equipment, auto parts, medical equipment and other fields from the supply and demand perspective: 1) demand side, China's polycarbonate (PC) demand is large, and the annual rate of 8% to 12% of the rapid growth; 2) supply side, China is a net importer of PC By the end of 2016, China's PC production capacity of nearly 900,000 tons / Production of more than 600,000 tons. Although it has been greatly improved, but still far from domestic demand, the current annual self-sufficiency rate is still less than four percent. It should be noted that the Ministry of Industry and Organization to carry out the import of new chemical materials replacement work, PC also included.