The Market Actuality and Development of Chinese Cast Iron Valve Products

In past 10 years the annual output of Chinese cast iron valves and pipefitting has declined to 200,000 tons from 800,000 tons, the average rate of descent is about 20%. According to related data, the application domain of cast iron can be approximately divided into eight aspects: wastewater water pipe, building water pipe, building drainage pipe, underground drainage pipe, gas transmission pipe, electrical bushing, agricultural pipe and industrial pipe. Among them the development of building water pipe and building drainage pipe is the fastest, followed by housing and agricultural pipes, the underground carriage bolt drainage pipe and gas transmission pipe development has great gaps compared with foreign countries. In recent years, the production capacity of cast iron and pipefittings has decreased slightly, but it is still unbalanced. The majority manufacturers of cast iron and pipefittings are small plastic valve enterprises, large and medium sized enterprises are very little...