TRENDS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY IN COMMUNIST CHINA IN 1964

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February 1965
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INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
TREE NDS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY
TN COMMUNIST CHINA IN 1964
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TRENDS IN THE CEMENT INDUSTRY
1,N COMM NIST~ CHINA IN 1964
Although there was sti . i .le capacity in the industry in 1964, t e Chinese
resumed production at two plants that had been shut down for a number
of years, started initial. production at one completely new plant, increased
output at some plants that had been operating below capacity during 1962
and 1963, and expanded the .support facilities at three or four additional
plants. This increase in activity suggests that production of cement from
major plants may have increased by 15 to 20 percent in 1964. Because
most Chinese industrial plants still have excess capacity, expanded pro-
duction of cement probably is related more to the resumption of con-
struction of transportation and municipal facilities than to renewed indus-
trial investment?
1. Areas of Increased Activity
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implemented in early 1.961. 1/ Two plants in Manchuria, -- the heart of
the cement industry in. China --- that were idle
apparently have resumed pro uc tion. ese p
located at Fu.-shun and Pen- ch' i. in Liaoning Province and have a com-
bined installed capacity of roughly 600, 000 tons per year. **
The increased activity of two other plants located in the southern
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part of the country, however, was of greater significance. .A new plant
at Liu-chou in Kwangsi Province, which has been under construction for
the past 6 or 7 years and, although nearly complete, had been abandoned
ca~y of about 300, 000 tons per year - - should reduce or eliminate
Chinese dependence on cement imported from North Vietnam for con-
struction of projects in South China. and on Hainan Island. In addition
to the Liu-thou plant, the important cement plant at Kun-rni.ng in Yunnan
Operation of this new plant -- estimated to have an insta
since 1962, started initial production in September 1964
Tonnages are given in metric tons throughout this pu. . Ica .
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1964 the second of two kilns was placed in opeon. Increased
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province increased production in 1964 above that the K previous years.
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construction effort in the south 2s ,
production at this plant -- estima stepped-UP
00 tons per year -- may have been n in response to a t such as the recently rev pro-
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production and Consumption plant s in 1964, total production of cement from
and 9 ~ pion tons,nano ncrease
China probably totaled between 7 million aof
1 million tons above the estimated 6 million b illionttons in 1963
(see the table). Although incomplete statistics sugges Chinese
have increased gradually sed output p obably was Consumed
exports of cement to the Free World
the past few years, most of the increased
domestically. The increase in exports
exports to the USSR ~ ncea196 a3r, as
has been offset by a decrease ports
shown in the table.
In 1964, there was not a major increase
cement probably waslneeded in c
tion in Communist China, but additional such known activities as the construction tlianMo~e military airavele-rs
fields, 3/ ports, and railroads in
re ort that there has been some resumption in the construction of
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municipal projects that had been abandoned since 1961.
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Production. of Cement
from Major Plants in Communist China
and Exports to the USSR
1953-64
Thousand Metric Tons
Exports
1953
3,880
290
1954
4,6oo
270
1955
4,500
348
786
1956
6,390
1957
6,860
1,192
1958
,300 a/
978
1959
12,270 b/
560
1960
C/
552
595
1961
689
1962
5,000 to 7,000 d/
1963
6,000 to 8,000 a/
373
1964
7,000 to 9,000 a/
Less than
100 d/
a. Production in 1978 may includ e i. million tons from
small backyard plants.
b. Including 1.72 million tons from small shaft-kiln
plants of a design alleged to be more advanced than the
backyard plants used in 1958.
c. The plan for. 1960 was to produce 16 million tons,
with one-third of the total to come from small plants.
It is probable that this plan was not fulfilled and that,
at the maximum, production from major plants in 1960 did
not exceed 11 million tons.
d. Estimated.
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