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Ethylene Carbonate (EC) Prices Overview

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Ethylene Carbonate (EC) Prices Overview

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Market Overview

Quarterly update on global Ethylene Carbonate (EC) market

For the Quarter Ending December 2020

Asia

The demand of Ethylene Carbonate remained low to moderate during Q4 2020 across the APAC region. Post COVID-19 recovery, industrial and domestic activities gained speed in most of the Asian countries. In China, Li-ion batteries market also started coming on track and demand for Ethylene Carbonate started rising though the prices remained stable at USD 1220/tonne during final quarter. In addition, Japan had a great boost of more than 10% in the prices of Ethylene Carbonate from November to December 2020 as an effect of planned shutdown of Eneos’ major upstream ethylene plant of capacity 540,000 tonne/year. Meanwhile, India faced slight boost of 2.7% in prices during the same period.

Europe

The second wave of COVID-19 infections in Europe disrupted the supply of several industrial as well as imported chemicals which created the shortage of feedstock chemicals, thereby raising Ethylene Carbonate prices. Exxonmobil’s Ethylene manufacturing unit in Scotland caught fire in October, that created forced shutdown for several days. This created more shortage of upstream Ethylene, required for the production of downstream Ethylene Oxide and Ethylene Carbonate. Meanwhile, European commission declared that they injected a huge investment for the production of lithium-ion batteries in Europe. This investment is aimed at placing Europe in second no. in battery manufacturing by 2024. EC is majorly used in Li-ion batteries and hence the demand is anticipated to rise.

North America

North America suffered shortage of several upstream chemicals including Ethylene. The shortage came due to disrupted operations at several plants across the gulf coast as effect of multiple hurricanes across the region. The demand for EC remained stable and hence the prices didn’t fluctuate much. The price of EC hovered around 1450 USD/tonne in USA. Meanwhile, the demand of feedstock EO was increasing, that significantly uplifted its prices.

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Market Analysis

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 Ethylene Carbonate (EC) 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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Company Profile

Basic details and information on financial performance of leading global players in the Ethylene Carbonate (EC) 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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Daily updates on industry-specific and product-specific news, exclusive primary-based news capturing plant shutdowns/outages/closures, capacity expansions, operating rates, insights on demand-supply situation, awarding of technology licenses, new product launch and deals specifying mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and disinvestments, to help players capitalize on market opportunity.

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Methodology

ChemAnalyst gathers information through primary research surveys conducted with various Ethylene Carbonate (EC) 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.

Our dedicated team of industry experts comprehensively monitors and analyzes various aspects of the Global Ethylene Carbonate (EC) market. The team analyzes various industrial segments, strategic viewpoints and provides an analysis of the industry’s performance in the long run. This would enable our clients in efficiently plan their future investments, mitigate risk, understand the cost dynamics and strike out a balance amidst market volatility.

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 Ethylene Carbonate (EC) market.

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

Finally, region-specific markets for Ethylene Carbonate (EC) are analyzed and region-wise demand pattern is tracked.

About

Ethylene Carbonate (EC) is an organic compound having chemical formula (CH₂O)CO. It is a colourless/transparent crystalline solid with melting point of around 35°C and hence found solid at room temperature. Commercially, Ethylene Carbonate is manufactured by the reaction of feedstock Ethylene Oxide (EO) with Carbon Dioxide to produce EC. Although, on laboratory scale it can be produced by the reacting Urea with Ethylene glycol. There are many direct and indirect applications of Ethylene Carbonate, but it is mainly used as an electrolyte solution in lithium-ion batteries. Apart from that EC is used as polar solvent for many other applications, as a plasticizer, as a precursor to produce Vinyl Carbonate which is further utilised for inorganic synthesis and making polymers. In addition, EC is utilised for the synthesis of aliphatic polyurethane, glycerol carbonate, dimethyl carbonate etc. and also as a lubricant, soil hardening agent, and electrolyte for capacitor etc.

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