近期，韩国金融服务委员会（FSC）发布的公告称，韩国政府正在鼓励该国石化工业自愿减少产能，这是韩国政府调整该国工业产能一系列计划的一部分。韩国政府2015年12月30日宣布了一份工业重组计划。FSC公告补充，如果调整目标领域的企业不能按照政府的建议执行，那么政府将介入。韩国石化工业的主要出口市场是中国，但是当前中国一些石化产品的正在逐步实现自给。中国和其他亚洲国家的石化产品需求增速正在放缓。
该计划的明确目标是韩国的精对苯二甲酸（PTA）产业。政府正在鼓励PTA生产商将产能削减30%，或150万吨/年。FSC表示，2012年至2015年11月期间，韩国PTA生产商累计亏损达到8450亿韩元（7.187亿美元）。
原文如下：
South Korean government 'encouraging' restructuring of petrochemical industry
4:08 AM MST | December 31, 2015
South Korea is “encouraging” its petrochemical industry to reduce production capacity voluntarily as part of a broader initiative to restructure industrial production in the country, according to a statement from the Financial Services Commission (FSC; Seoul). The South Korean government announced an industrial restructuring plan yesterday. If companies operating in targeted sectors fail to heed the government’s advice, it will step in, the FSC statement adds. South Korea’s petrochemical sector traditionally exports much of its output to China, which is increasingly self-sufficient in certain petrochemical products. Demand is also slowing in China and other parts of Asia.
The plan specifically targets the country's purified terephthalic acid (PTA) industry. The government is encouraging PTA producers to reduce capacity by a combined 30%, or 1.5 million m.t./year. The country's PTA producers accumulated a deficit of 845 billion South Korean won ($718.7 million) between 2012 and November 2015, FSC says.
