据ICIS网站1月14日新加坡报道 由于下游汽车行业下滑，农历新年假期前夕，亚洲对丁腈橡胶（NBR）的需求萎缩，电动汽车产量的增长进一步影响了消费。
一位橡胶贸易商表示：“由于汽车行业的低迷，对丁腈橡胶的需求已经减弱，而这一行业正在向电气化转型。”
向生产更环保汽车的转变意味着对丁腈橡胶的需求减少，丁腈橡胶主要应用于内燃机中。
这位交易员表示：“新能源电动汽车的动力是锂离子电池，而不是内燃机，内燃机使用大量汽车零部件（其中一些使用丁腈橡胶）。”
汽车工业是丁腈橡胶的主要下游，丁腈橡胶也用于工业、农业和鞋业。
丁腈橡胶的广泛应用包括汽车传动带、软管、O形圈、垫圈、油封、V形皮带以及合成革、打印机成型辊、碾米辊、一次性非乳胶手套和电缆护套等。
王磊 摘译自 ICIS
原文如下：
Asia NBR demand falls pre-holiday amid shift to electric cars
Asia’s demand for acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) has shrunk in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holidays due to slumping downstream automotive sector, with consumption being eroded further by growing production of electric vehicles.
“Demand for NBR has weakened due to the slump in the auto industry which is undergoing a transition to electrification,” a rubber trader said.
The shift to producing more environment-friendly vehicles translates to lesser demand for NBR, which has applications in internal combustion engines.
“The new energy electric vehicles is powered by a lithium ion battery instead of an internal combustion engine, which uses a whole host of auto parts or components [some of which use NBR],” the trader said.
The automotive industry is a major downstream for NBR, which is also used in the industrial, agricultural and footwear industries.
NBR's wide range of applications include automotive transmission belts, hoses, O-rings, gaskets, oil seals, and V belts; as well as synthetic leather, printer's form rollers, rice rollers, disposable non-latex gloves and cable jacketing.
