Hydrofluoric acid is an important raw material for fluoride production, widely used in electronic appliances, medicine, metallurgy, chemical industry, light industry, pesticide, daily use, construction and military fields. In recent years, China's rapid development of hydrogen fluoride, the production capacity of about 280,000 t /year, the output of about 200,000 t /year, the average annual growth rate of 11%. Fluorine consumption growth mainly comes from the production of organic fluorine products, at present, China's first application of hydrogen fluoride market is the fluorocarbon industry, accounting for more than 56% of the total consumption of hydrogen fluoride. Followed by metal aluminum, accounting for about 30%, again inorganic fluoride salt, metal pickling, military, civilian production of special products. Anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) as the most basic fluorine chemical products, with the wide application of fluorine chemicals, the market continues to expand. Refrigerants, refrigerants for air conditioning, difluorochloromethane for fluoroethylene production, intermediates for pharmaceutical pesticides, fluorinated salts, fluorine-containing electronic chemicals, fluorine-containing coatings, fluoroplastics, fluoroelastomers and so on. To the development speed is quite fast.

China's chemical industry has more than 40 manufacturers of hydrofluoric acid, 10,000 tons of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride device (AHF) the total capacity of more than 50%. Mainly in the possession or near fluorite resources and economically developed areas, such as Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandong and other provinces. Construction projects and determine the project launched mainly in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and so on. With the gradual maturity of technology, the continuous expansion of production scale, HF production will continue to expand the production of fluorite resources. At present, China's production of hydrogen fluoride is still the general industrial-based products, high-grade products need to import. China's exports of hydrofluoric acid are increasing every year, especially in 2002, the growth rate is greater, compared with 2000, an increase of 335.13%. Is expected in the future, with the strengthening of fluorite resource control, the international market demand for hydrofluoric acid in China will continue to increase. Although there are still a number of enterprises in the new or expanded AHF production plant, but to fully meet the needs of the international and domestic markets, there will be some time.