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Alkoxylates Price Trend and Forecast

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For the Quarter Ending December 2021

North America

The Alkoxylates market in North America experienced the brunt of upstream crude oil shortage upon the ethylene oxide and propylene oxide feedstock inventories that touched lowest levels, induced by still-prevalent production outages post the Ida hurricane landfall in August. The heavy disruptions of the supply chain network owing to the damage from the hurricane coupled with the global container crisis further slowed down the recovery of the American market causing the market participants to fear losing competitiveness. The multitudinous applications of Alkoxylates in sectors like personal care, textile and lubricant sector attracted incessant growth in demand during Q4-2021 which further pressurized the Alkoxylates prices causing it to peak during November. However, the rising price trends eventually got reversed during December with values reaching USD 2446/MT in the USA on FOB basis, owing to the relaxing shipment constraints, and improving upstream market with the emancipation of crude oil from the USA government’s strategic reserves.

Asia

The inflationary pressure from the stronger feedstock market, effective offtakes in the downstream industries and soaring freight charges caught the Alkoxylate market in India under a tight spot. The manufacturers struggled to carry out productions at reasonable operating rates with feedstock supply shortages, while the overseas imports saw prolonged delays further intensifying the supply deficit in the market. China’s production levels saw a decline of over 50% during October with the government’s “Dual Control Policy” in effect. The traded prices in India remained firm for a major period of the quarter triggered by downstream market optimism during the festival period. December witnessed lacklustre market trends with prices in India hovering around USD 2507/MT Ex-Mumbai, backed by the gradual weakening in the feedstock prices as well as the seasonal dullness in demand.

Europe

The skyrocketing energy prices coupled with extreme tightness in raw material supplies led to the permeation of bullish sentiments in the European Alkoxylate market. The demand from the downstream surfactant and paper industry remained firm, while manufacturers found it difficult to arrange for timely dispatch and delivery of consignments amid logistical challenges and increasing restrictions on movement in the wake of Omicron spread. The ripples of the ongoing mayhem were also reflected in the spot prices as price negotiations were hardly entertained by the traders. However, the improving energy inventories and retracting freight charges from prominent heights during December pulled out the Alkoxylate market from the tumultuous state. The average prices assessed in Germany during December settled around USD 2512/MT FOB Hamburg.

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Company-wise installed capacity, production volume and plant operating efficiency is captured directly from manufacturers. Import and Export volume is captured from government sources and demand for Alkoxylates is calculated considering the production, import, export and inventory-levels on the country and regional level markets.

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Pricing Analysis

The product price is correlated with the price trend of crude oil, demand-supply gap, fluctuations in the feedstock and with the market movement of the downstream sectors.

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Basic details and information on financial performance of leading global players in the Alkoxylates market is presented in a visually captivating manner. Expansion plans and the company’s strategy is also captured to understand the vision and mission of the company to help understand the areas where companies need to focus more.

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ChemAnalyst gathers information through primary research surveys conducted with various Alkoxylate manufacturers, spread across the domestic and international market, suppliers, and dealers/distributors to gain insights into value-chains and demand-supply scenario to assess the market situation. Thorough study of company’s annual reports and secondary sources such as exhaustive search on credible paid databases, including our internal database is done to verify the information. All the collected information is analyzed, evaluated, and presented in chronological order to depict a meaningful and clear picture of the concerned market.

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Critical examination of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the global supply chains and shift in demand patterns with change in buying behavior of consumers across the globe.

Several ongoing development projects across industries are tracked, followed by the details of major projects in the development stage, which can positively or negatively influence Global Alkoxylate market.

Pricing is captured through exhaustive primary interviews with domestic and international manufacturers, traders and importers and customers on monthly and yearly basis.

Finally, region-specific markets for Alkoxylate are analyzed and region-wise demand pattern is tracked.

About

Alkoxylates are long-chain chemicals formed by the alkoxylation reaction of epoxides like ethylene(C2) oxide, propylene(C3) oxide and butylene(C4) oxide with fatty hydrophobes. Based on their manufacturing source, Alkoxylates exhibit many sub-categories which differ in properties like sap value, hydroxyl value, pH, cloud point and hydrophilic-lipophilic balance. Ethoxylates, which are the most used industrial alkoxylates, comprise a family of compounds like Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylates, Fatty Amine Ethoxylates, Alkyl Phenol Ethoxylates, Fatty Acid Ethoxylates etc. The Alkoxylates exhibit remarkable wetting, cleaning, emulsifying and stabilizing properties which warrant their widespread usage in detergents and surfactant segments. Other end-user industries that hold demand share of alkoxylates include home and personal-care, agrochemicals, textile, lubricant, and paper industries.

Product Specific Details

CAS No:	68439-50-9
HS Code:	290517
Grade:	Industrial
Contract Size:	25-50MT
Packaging Type:	Drum

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