松香是重要的工业原料。全世界每年的松香总产量已超过100万吨。近三年内,美国各类松香年产量稳定在30～32万吨;苏联为22～25万吨;葡萄牙脂松香为9～11万砘;我国脂松香为28～32万吨。工业发达国家每人平均年消耗量为1公斤。据西德专家估算,今后世界松香的年需要量将增加到每年350万吨。 Rosin is an important industrial raw material. The annual output of rosin in the world has exceeded 1 million tons. In the past three years, the annual output of various types of rosin in the United States has been stabilized at 30 to 320,000 tons; the Soviet Union is between 22 and 250,000 tons; the Portuguese gum rosin is between 91,000 and 1,100,000; the rosin in China is between 28 and 320,000 tons. The average annual consumption of industrialized countries per capita is 1 kg. According to the estimates of the West German experts, the annual needs of rosin in the world will increase to 3.5 million tons per year.