U.S. Isopropyl Alcohol export prices rose slightly by 0.15% in the third week of September 2025, breaking a week-on-week decline witnessed across previous weeks. The slight rebound was fueled by a combination of factors, including ongoing supply tightness across key U.S. production regions, increased downstream demand from healthcare and personal care sectors, as well as short-term production decelerations ahead of weather and trade tensions across the global market. Global trade dynamics also helped the Isopropyl Alcohol price increase, with prudent re-entry by importers in Europe and Asia and volatile freight and logistics prices adding to disparate landed prices. The quarterly demand cycle for Q4 also prompted buyers to pre-purchase supplies. The modest rise in this instance of Isopropyl Alcohol is seen by market players as an initial indicator of market recovery following weeks of weakening, a function of a better-balanced supply-demand environment. In the future, U.S. Isopropyl Alcohol export prices will keep a gradual growth trend going into Q4 2025, driven by ongoing demand, limited supply, and pre-end-of-year buying by foreign buyers.
