从1949年仅仅只有8.8万吨/年的纯碱生产能力到现在变成拥有780万吨/年生产能力的世界最大合成纯碱生产国,中国已经走过了很长的路。中国1999年的纯碱出口量估计至少有80万吨。但中国目前供应过剩的国内市场较为艰难,其价格承受着巨大的下行压力。中国还必须慎重对待在国内市场和东南亚其它市场中来自美国天然纯碱商的竞 From 1949, when only 88,000 tons/year of soda ash production capacity has become the largest synthetic soda ash producer in the world with a production capacity of 7.8 million tons/year, China has come a long way. China’s soda ash exports in 1999 are estimated to be at least 800,000 tons. However, China’s current oversupply of the domestic market is relatively difficult, and its prices are under tremendous downward pressure. China must also be careful about competing with natural soda ash producers in the United States in the domestic market and other markets in Southeast Asia.