According to the data from the National Bureau of statistics, the national coating production in April was 1.7 million tons, down about 5% month on month, of which Sichuan, Liaoning, Beijing, Shanghai and other real estate production fell more than 10% month on month. According to the analysis of Zhongyu information, in April, the increasing pressure of environmental protection inspection in all parts of the country, coupled with the continuous transformation and upgrading of "oil to water" in recent years, has led to the increasing pressure on the survival of small and medium-sized paint enterprises. Moreover, as one of the most traditional solvents for paint and coating, the pressure on the survival of national standard solvent oil 200 has also increased in recent years. In 2016-2017, Qingjiang Petrochemical Co., Ltd. was one of the two major groups. Yangzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. has successively stopped production or changed production of national standard 200 × solvent oil products. At present, only Taizhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and Baling Petrochemical Co., Ltd. are still processing national standard 200 × solvent oil. The market of national standard 200 × solvent oil is shrinking year by year. The main factors that cause this situation are as follows:

First of all, the transformation of oil to water production caused by environmental protection has led to the abandonment of the use of traditional oil solvents by some coating enterprises, which has led to a linear decline in the demand for 200 × national standard solvent oil; secondly, according to the adjustment of consumption tax policy by the state tax Bureau, the cost pressure of 2000 yuan / ton is increased invisibly due to the 1.52 yuan / litre consumption tax of 200 × national standard solvent oil, especially for the two kinds of solvent oil. Compared with the private refineries, the main refineries of the large group have no price advantage in the national standard of 200 yuan, and they are far away from the high price resources downstream. Finally, in recent years, the alternative product, light white oil (D series solvent oil), has been developing continuously, and it is more and more favored by the only paint and coating factories due to its extremely low aromatic content of environmental protection characteristics, especially the price difference between the two at present. The price of light white oil w1-40 (D40) in some refineries is even significantly lower than the national standard 200 × solvent oil of the two major groups, and the light white oil (D series solvent oil) after twice hydrogenation has far exceeded the traditional national standard 200 × solvent oil in taste, color, aromatics content, etc., with high cost performance, to a certain extent, it has been replaced. Gradually seize the only market share of 200 × solvent oil in the national standard.

Zhongyu information believes that in the decades of solvent oil development, there has been brilliant, but it is helpless to upgrade and transform the products due to environmental pressure. With the gradual shrinking of solvent oil market of national standard 200, the more environmentally friendly alternative light white oil (D series solvent oil), or even higher-end isoalkane products, may gradually develop.