據ICIS網站5月13日消息 由于基礎材料業務的盈利能力得益于海外市場的改善，盡管銷售額有所下降，但截至2021年3月的財年，日本三井化學的凈利潤增長了70.3%。

　　該公司周四表示，集團銷售額下降的原因是產品價格下跌，受冠狀病毒流行期間石腦油和其他原材料及燃料價格下跌的拖累。

　　其基本材料板塊的銷售額同比下降12.6%，至5414億日元，但特殊項目的營業收入從上一財年的94億日元增加了一倍多，至196億日元，主要是由于海外市場的改善。

　　三井化學表示，由于冠狀病毒的影響，下游產品需求減少，其石腦油裂解裝置的開工率低于上一財年。

　　聚丙烯受到汽車產品需求放緩的影響。對于雙酚A（BPA）和丙酮，海外市場比上一財年處于更高的水平。

　　在截至2022年3月的本財年，三井化學預計，隨著全球經濟從2020年疫情引發的衰退中復蘇，公司的收益將有所提高。

　　根據該公司的預測，基礎材料應能產生6350億日元的銷售額，并在特殊項目前產生360億日元的營業利潤。

　　報告稱：“在化工行業，盡管由于經濟復蘇的跡象，預計需求將擴大，但化工企業應保持警惕，關注原材料和其他化工產品市場的波動。”

　　（1美元=109.7日元）

　　王磊 摘譯自 ICIS

　　原文如下：

　　Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals FY2020 profit surges on better overseas markets

　　Mitsui Chemicals’ net profit for the fiscal year ending March 2021 posted 70.3% growth despite lower sales, as profitability of its basic materials business benefited from better overseas markets.

　　Lower group sales were attributed to declines in product prices, dragged down by falls in values of naphtha and other raw materials and fuel amid the coronavirus pandemic, the company said on Thursday.

　　Its basic materials segment reported a 12.6% year-on-year decline in sales to Y541.4bn, but operating income before special items more than doubled to Y19.6bn from Y9.4bn in the previous fiscal year “due to improved overseas market”.

　　Mitsui Chemicals said that operating rates at its naphtha crackers were lower than the previous fiscal year due to decreased demand for downstream products, caused by the impact of the coronavirus.

　　“Performance of polypropylene was affected by slowing demand for automotive products. For bisphenol A (BPA) and acetone, the overseas market was at a higher level than the previous fiscal year,” the Japanese producer said.

　　For the current fiscal year ending March 2022, Mitsui Chemicals is projecting higher earnings, in line with the global economic recovery from a pandemic-induced slump in 2020.

　　Basic materials should be able to generate sales of Y635bn and yield an operating profit before special items of Y36bn, based on the company’s forecasts.

　　“In the chemical industry, although demand is expected to expand due to signs of economic recovery, chemical companies should remain vigilant regarding fluctuations of raw materials and other chemical product markets,” it said.

　　($1 = Y109.7)