In the fourth quarter of 2012, our group has recorded a total sales amount of 17,004 tons (including 1,387 tons sold outside mainland China and 603 tons used for our downstream silicone rubber appliances production, which took up 8.16% and 3.55% of the total respectively),at the growth rate of 13.80% from the same period of last year. During this quarter, the total sales of silicone compound and insulating rubber were 9,773 tons and 720 tons, showing a decline of 2.60% and 35.54% respectively from a year earlier. The sales volume of silicone gum jumped 71.78% to 6,512 tons from the same quarter of 2011.
In 2012, the total sales amount of silicone rubber was 59,054 tons(including 5,933 tons were sold outside mainland China and 2,330 tons used for our downstream silicone rubber appliances production, which accounted for 10.05% and 3.95% of the total respectively), increasing by 6.94% compared with the last year. Among the total, there were sold of 19,799 tons of gum and 35,732 tons of silicone compound, showing an increasing of 48.35% and a decline of 4.06% respectively from a year earlier. While the sales volume of insulating rubber was 3,511 tons, showing a decline of 24.22% from the year of 2011, which was mainly due to the slow growth of high speed railway construction and electricity industries of mainland China as well as the European debt crisis and weak economic performance globally. In late of 2012, we introduced our Liquid Silicone Rubber to the market and sold of 11 tons in volume.
January 22nd, 2013