据SRI咨询公司2009年1月的分析和预测,全球2007年的炭黑需求量为940万t,其中,亚洲占50%(仅日本就占10%),北美占19%,西欧占15%,中东欧占8%,中南美占5%,中东和非洲占3%。预计炭黑需求量的年增长率为4.2%,2012年将达到1160万t。然而,由于2008年第四季度起全球经济形势恶化,预计200 According to SRI Consulting’s January 2009 analysis and forecast, the global demand for carbon black in 2007 was 9.4 million tons, of which Asia accounted for 50% (Japan alone accounted for 10%), North America accounted for 19%, Western Europe accounted for 15% 8% in Central and Eastern Europe, 5% in Central and South America, and 3% in the Middle East and Africa. The annual growth rate of carbon black demand is expected to be 4.2% in 2012 to reach 11.6 million tons. However, due to the deteriorating global economic situation in the fourth quarter of 2008, it is estimated at 200