By 2015, the demand of PTA in China may attain 24,200,000 tons per year, and the capacity will reach 21,500,000 tons per year.

The PTA capacity is 15,600,000 tons per year, and the output is near 14,100,000 tons per year, and the demand is about 19,600,000 tons per year, which increased 1,400,000 tons per year compared to 18,200,000 tons in 2009.

The import volume of PTA is about 5,500,000 tons per year.