melamine

According to statistics, there were more than 90 melamine producers in the world in 2003 with a total capacity of 1.3346 million t/a. China had around 70 producers and a total capacity of 300 000 t/a, accounting for 22％ of the world total. Europe is the foremost melamine production region, with a capacity accounting for around 34％ of the world total. The proportion of the capacity in the world total is 12％ in the United States, 12％ in Japan and 19％ in other countries. China's demand for melamine has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow. Melamine producers' efforts to get prices back up to a healthy level are meting with slow response and limited demand, as all marketers await an improvement in the finished product situation both at home and abroad.