Ammonium bicarbonate is a carbonate of ammonia with the molecular formula NH4HCO3. Ammonium bicarbonate can also be obtained by passing carbon dioxide into an ammonium carbonate solution. It is a white powder with a strong ammonia odor and is easily soluble in water. When the ammonium bicarbonate solution is placed in the air or heated, carbon dioxide is released, and the solution becomes alkaline.
The main applications of ammonium bicarbonate include: l Neutral fertilizer, suitable for all kinds of soils and all kinds of crops. l Ion exchange method for the production of potassium carbonate and raw materials for the production of reagent carbonate, foaming agent for foam rubber. It is used in the pharmaceutical industry as an extractant of vitamin B1 and an amination agent for ampicillin intermediate phenine. l The tanning industry is used as a tanning buffer. The bulb industry is used to formulate frosted bulb ammonium fluoride corrosive agent. l Used as food leavening agent, raw materials for refrigeration ironing and electrolyte, auxiliary raw materials for the production of phosphors, etc. l used as a foaming agent, suitable for epoxy resin, phenolic resin, urea-formaldehyde resin, etc., the reference dosage is 10 15%. It can also be used as a foaming agent for PVC paste resin and blowing agent TSH. In this report, the statistical scope does not include agricultural grade ammonium bicarbonate, only food grade, industrial grade and pharmaceutical grade.
Sodium bicarbonateThe overall size of the global market
In 2022, the global ammonium bicarbonate revenue was about 176$11 million and expected to reach $210 by 2029$75 million, with a CAGR of 2% between 2023 and 2029. At the same time, the global ammonium bicarbonate sales volume in 2022 will be about 99807 thousand tons, which is expected to reach 1,316 in 202996 thousand tons. In 2022, the size of the Chinese market is about 3425 million US dollars, accounting for about 1945%, with North America and Europe accounting for 183% and 3677%。In the next few years, China's CAGR will be 595%, compared to -3 CAGR in North America and Europe in the same period7% and 06%, the Asia-Pacific region will play a more important role, in addition to China, the United States and Europe, Japan, South Korea, India and Southeast Asia, are still important markets that cannot be ignored. 
The major ammonium bicarbonate producers in the global market include BASF, Adcom, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers, Huaertai, and Shandong Weijiao, among others, with the top five manufacturers accounting for approximately 7062% market share.
In terms of product type, food grade is currently the most important sub-product, accounting for about 569% share.
In terms of product applications, food is currently the most important demand**, accounting for about 613% share.
Key Drivers:
Driver 1: There are two main production technologies for ammonium bicarbonate, which are the traditional production of ammonium bicarbonate from ammonia to ammonia and the co-production of ammonium bicarbonate from ammonia-containing melamine tail gas. In 2020, among the 29 ammonium bicarbonate production enterprises in the country, 8 enterprises comprehensively used ammonium bicarbonate co-production of ammonia-containing melamine tail gas, and the output of ammonium bicarbonate was 2.08 million tons, accounting for 48% of the total output3%；There are 21 companies that produce ammonium bicarbonate from the traditional change gas of gas ammonia to ammonia water, with an output of 22250,000 tons, accounting for 51% of the total production7%。
Driver 2: Wide range of applicationsAmmonium bicarbonate is widely used, ammonium bicarbonate (food grade) is mainly used as food expansion agent, foaming agent, neutral fertilizer, etc. Ammonium bicarbonate (industrial grade) can be used in pigments, leather, foam rubber, pharmaceuticals, daily chemicals, electroplating, ceramics, fire extinguishing agents and frosted light bulbs.
Driver 3: Lithium battery application.
The lithium battery industry is currently in a stage of rapid development, and ammonium bicarbonate can be used in the production of lithium battery cathode materials. For example, ammonium bicarbonate is used as a precipitant to synthesize spherical CO0 by co-precipitation9ni0.05mn0.05CO3 precursor, using carbonate precursor and Li2CO3 as raw materials, LiCO0 was prepared by solid-phase reaction in air9ni0.05mn0.05O2 cathode material.
Key Hindrances:
Restraint 1: Most of the ammonium bicarbonate products are seasonal production or by-products, and the plant load is unstable, so it is difficult to investigate the plant operation data under economic load. Restraint 2: China's energy structure is dominated by coal, and the production of natural gas is insufficient, which determines that the raw material structure of China's synthetic ammonia nitrogen fertilizer industry is dominated by coal, especially many small and medium-sized enterprises with backward technology and technology, high energy consumption, and greater pressure on the environment. Restraint 3: nitrogen fertilizer industrial wastewater is characterized by high ammonia nitrogen content, relatively low COD, this kind of high ammonia nitrogen low-carbon source wastewater treatment, conventional wastewater treatment means are insufficient, so many enterprises in order to control pollutant discharge, are using comprehensive treatment methods, on the one hand, strengthen environmental management, reduce the production of "running and dripping", the use of emission reduction technology, from the source to reduce the type and quantity of pollutants; On the other hand, a variety of combined processes and appropriate biological denitrification technologies are adopted to achieve pollutant emission standards. Industry development opportunities:
Trend 1: * The gradual reduction of businessmen, small and medium-sized enterprises out of the market since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the country's requirements for environmental protection and safety management are increasing day by day, with the rapid exit of a number of small and medium-sized nitrogen fertilizer enterprises, the output of ammonium bicarbonate has decreased significantly, and the national ammonium bicarbonate output in 2020 is 43040,000 tons, accounting for only 19%。The number of production enterprises decreased from 89 in 2015 to 29 in 2020, a decrease of 674%；Production increased from 1195 in 201560,000 tonnes (physical volume) decreased to 430 in 202040,000 tons, a decrease of 64%; The proportion of total nitrogen fertilizer production in the country has increased from 42% reduced to 19%, a decrease of 23 percentage points. Trend 2: Improvement of production environmental quality In recent years, the technological progress of ammonium bicarbonate production is mainly reflected in the improvement of environmental quality, and almost all enterprises have increased the treatment of ammonia in the unorganized emission of waste gas in the workshop, and increased the equipment of air induction, washing and photooxidation. The production of 1 ton of ammonium bicarbonate increases environmental protection and consumes less than 1 kilowatt hour. Trend 3: Ammonium carbonate products should also develop towards the trend of standardized production, energy saving and consumption reduction, continuous innovation and adjustment of product structure. Trend 4: Ammonium bicarbonate is entering more high-end industries, such as lithium battery cathode materials. Cathode material is one of the key materials that determine the performance of lithium-ion batteries, and it is also the main lithium-ion ** in commercial lithium-ion batteries. These factors provide a large space for the development of ammonium bicarbonate application. The relevant report recommends "the overall scale of the global sodium bicarbonate industry in 2024, the domestic and foreign market share and ranking of major enterprises".QYChin will continue to pay attention to industry dynamics and provide investors and industry insiders with the latest and most comprehensive market analysis and trends**.