Disinfectant is a kind of liquid disinfectant, which has strong ability of sterilization and disinfection, action speed and stability. It has the characteristics of low toxicity, less irritation, easy to dissolve in water, low corrosiveness to animals or human safety and environmental pollution.

The components of disinfectant include oxidation, aldehydes, phenols, alcohols, alkalis, salts, halogens and surfactants.

The effect classification of disinfection includes high efficiency disinfectant, medium efficiency disinfectant and low efficiency disinfectant.

In recent years, the annual growth rate of disinfectants in China has exceeded 5%. Influenced by the chemical market and the demand for epidemic prevention and control this year, the domestic market demand for disinfection products has increased greatly. At the same time, many companies are urgently approved for disinfectant production license.

According to the data of the Ministry of industry and information technology, there are 171 domestic manufacturers of 84 disinfectant at present. From the perspective of 84 disinfectant production in recent years, the annual compound growth rate of 84 disinfectant production in 2015-2019 is more than 6%, and 84 disinfectant production in 2019 is about 500000 tons, up nearly 10% year on year.

China's disinfectant manufacturers are mainly concentrated in East China. In terms of disinfectant types, they currently include chlorine disinfectant, alcohol disinfectant, aldehyde disinfectant, iodine disinfectant and phenol disinfectant, accounting for 23%, 18%, 14%, 13% and 10% of market share in market consumption respectively. In recent years, due to the impact of the epidemic situation, domestic disinfectant daily habits have been widely increased demand.

Market share of various disinfectants

Disinfectant is mainly used in medical institutions and professional medical services. The proportion of medical disinfectant is about 13.4%. In 2018, the market scale of medical disinfectant in China is about 8.6 billion yuan.

During the epidemic period, medical facilities are gradually improved in the second, third and fourth tier cities, and become the main market for disinfectant to support the market demand growth. Meanwhile, people's awareness of disinfectant consumption will be further enhanced. Disinfectant may become necessary items at home and popularize the popularity of household disinfectant. China needs disinfectant for developed countries such as Europe and America Compared with quantity, China still has a large space for development.