Disposable lighters are the mainstream, lighter fluid market is small

A lighter is a small fire-making device, mainly used for making fire and smoking, but also for cooking and other fire-making. Lighter oil refers to a special oil composed of light oil as raw material and mixed with additives to improve performance. At present, the main component of lighter oil is kerosene, which is mixed with other light oils. This type of lighter is also called a kerosene lighter.

Kerosene lighters do not require a large internal and external pressure difference, their internal structure is extremely simple, and their performance is excellent, making it almost impossible to explode. In addition, kerosene lighters are more convenient when refueling. You only need to unscrew the screws on the lighter base and squeeze lighter fluid directly into it.

​​​​​Lighter oil is a product used in conjunction with lighters, so this industry is closely related to the development of the lighter industry. After years of development, China has become the world’s most important producer and consumer of lighters, but mainly disposable lighters. Kerosene lighters are not only expensive, but also far less convenient and reliable than disposable lighters. As a result, there are fewer kerosene lighters in daily life, and their acceptance and recognition by ordinary consumers is low.

According to the “2023-2028 China Lighter Oil Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, the recent In recent years, thanks to the continued development of China’s lighter industry and the huge number of smokers in China, the domestic lighter oil market has continued to grow. In 2022, China’s lighter oil market size will be 24.5 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.4%. The growth rate of the entire industry is relatively slow.

The development of China’s lighter oil industry is relatively late, and there is still a big gap compared with developed countries in Europe and the United States. This is mainly reflected in the fact that domestic lighter oil production companies are mainly small and medium-sized, and most of them are produced and filled by chemical companies; and lighter oils are not unified. According to the industry standards, the quality of lighter oil products is uneven, which limits the further development of the industry. In addition, the domestic lighter oil industry still needs further improvement and innovation in terms of raw material purity and production processes, and new clean and efficient production processes need to be gradually developed.

​​  Industry analysts said that judging from the current situation of the domestic lighter oil industry, the development of the lighter oil industry is relatively slow. On the one hand, because consumers are more willing to choose disposable lighters in daily life, the market size of kerosene lighters is small. On the other hand, as a large number of domestic disposable lighters are exported to countries such as Europe and the United States, lighter companies are more willing to produce disposable lighters with good economic benefits. As a result, lighter companies are not very enthusiastic about product promotion and marketing of kerosene lighters, and end consumers are not very enthusiastic about the product promotion and marketing of kerosene lighters. Lighter fluid is not well accepted. Therefore, overall, the lighter oil market is relatively small due to its limited application fields.