近期，韓國金融服務委員會（FSC）發布的公告稱，韓國政府正在鼓勵該國石化工業自愿減少產能，這是韓國政府調整該國工業產能一系列計劃的一部分。韓國政府2015年12月30日宣布了一份工業重組計劃。FSC公告補充，如果調整目標領域的企業不能按照政府的建議執行，那么政府將介入。韓國石化工業的主要出口市場是中國，但是當前中國一些石化產品的正在逐步實現自給。中國和其他亞洲國家的石化產品需求增速正在放緩。
該計劃的明確目標是韓國的精對苯二甲酸（PTA）產業。政府正在鼓勵PTA生產商將產能削減30%，或150萬噸/年。FSC表示，2012年至2015年11月期間，韓國PTA生產商累計虧損達到8450億韓元（7.187億美元）。
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.
