Coconut shell activated carbon has a wide range of applications, but my country relies heavily on imported raw materials.

Coconut shell activated carbon is a multi-pore carbonized material made from high-quality coconut shells as raw materials and processed through a series of production processes such as high-temperature activation and fine processing and screening. Coconut shell activated carbon is composed of a variety of carbon substances, with a black appearance, including granular, columnar and powdered forms. Coconut shell activated carbon belongs to the fruit shell activated carbon category. It has high strength, uniform particle size, large specific surface area and adsorption performance. Strong, easy to regenerate, developed microporous structure and other characteristics.

Coconut shell activated carbon has a wide range of applications. It is suitable for purification, dehydrogenation, deodorization, etc. of pure water, beverages, and industrial sewage. It can also be used in oil refining, alcohol brewing, cigarettes, medical care, dry batteries, reagent production, and other fields. With the release of downstream market demand and increasingly stringent environmental protection requirements, the coconut shell activated carbon market has broad development space. In 2020, the global activated carbon market will reach 35.2 billion yuan. my country is one of the major suppliers of activated carbon in the world, and the coconut shell activated carbon market has great development potential.

According to the “2022-2027 China Coconut Shell Activated Carbon Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, According to different uses, coconut shell activated carbon can be divided into gas phase adsorption carbon, liquid phase adsorption carbon, industrial carbon, catalyst carrier carbon, etc. Due to limitations in raw materials, global coconut shell activated carbon production capacity is concentrated at a high level, mainly in areas rich in coconut shell resources such as the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

At present, my country’s coconut shell activated carbon production capacity is mainly concentrated in Hebei, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangsu and other regions. Since coconut shell activated carbon uses coconut shell as the main raw material, the amount of coconut shell suitable for making activated carbon in my country is small and only concentrated in Hainan. Therefore, my country’s coconut shell activated carbon raw materials are highly dependent on imports, and the main import areas are Indonesia and the Philippines. Due to the origin of coconut shell, the price of imported raw materials is higher, so the price of coconut shell activated carbon is much higher than that of other conventional activated carbon.

In terms of production companies, the main companies engaged in the production and sales of coconut shell activated carbon in my country include Hainan Xingguang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Tongrui Environmental Protection Technology Development Co., Ltd., Nanjing Zhengsen Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Pustar Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. , Jiangsu Zhuxi Activated Carbon Co., Ltd., etc. Due to the high market price of coconut shell activated carbon, some manufacturers often sell coal-based activated carbon as coconut shell activated carbon in order to seek profits. From this point of view, the supervision of the coconut shell activated carbon market needs to be strengthened.

Industry analysts said that coconut shell activated carbon has a large specific surface area, strong adsorption performance, and is easy to regenerate. In the context of increasingly strict environmental protection regulations, Next, the market demand for coconut shell activated carbon will continue to be released. Restricted by the origin of coconut shells, the global coconut shell activated carbon production capacity is highly concentrated, and my country’s high dependence on the import of coconut shell activated carbon raw materials results in its market price being higher than conventional activated carbon. Overall, insufficient supply of raw materials has become one of the main factors limiting the development of my country’s coconut shell activated carbon market.