According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 173.4 tons of calcium carbide, down by 28.4% M-O-M and down by 33.1% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 132 tons.

Japan’s Calcium Carbide Import Statistics by Country in September 2014 Commodity: Calcium Carbide, 28491000 Unit: 1,000YEN, KG Source from Ministry of Finance of Japan

According to the statistic, Chinese calcium carbide production was 2.116 million tons in September 2014, slightly down by 0.61% M-O-M and up by 4.4% Y-O-Y. In Jan-Sep, 2014, total production was 18.416 million tons, up by 10.8% Y-O-Y.

According to the statistic, Chinese calcium carbide production was 2.129 million tons in August, up by 14.1% Y-O-Y.

Calcium carbide is produced industrially in an electric arc furnace loaded with a mixture of lime and coke at about 2000 °C, this method has not changed since its invention in 1888.Calcium carbide is formed:

Calcium carbide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula of CaC2. Its main use industrially is in the production of acetylene and calcium cyanamide.

Generation of acetylene gas for welding, chloroethylenes, vinyl acetate monomer, acetylene chemicals, reducing agent.

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