Acetic Acid - A World Market Review

1.METHODOLOGY
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level
2.OUTLOOK
3.TRENDS & ISSUES
China Powers the Global Acetic Acid Market
Capacity Expansion on the Rise
Producers Exercise Increased Control Over Methanol Carbonylation Technology.
New Processes and Technology Catch the Fancy
4.FACTORS INFLUENCING THE MARKET
Technological Innovations
Acetic Acid Replaces Solvents
Raw Materials: Greatly Influencing the Acetic Acid Market
Derivatives: Driving the Acetic Acid Market
Globalization Takes Over the Mantle
Key Players Confront Fierce Competition
Economic Factors
Environmental Concerns
Government Regulations
Impact of Government Legislations on the Market
5.PRODUCT FACTS
Acetic Aid
Primary Uses of Acetic Acid
6.CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
BP and Sinopec to Establish New Acetic Acid Unit in China
Wacker to Acquire Vinyl Acetate Business of WPS and APP
INEOS Acquires VAM and EtAc Businesses from BP
Jiangsu SOPO Receives Approval for Plant Construction
Somaiya Organo-Chemicals Announces Capacity Expansion Plan
Celanese Collaborates with SWRDICI in China
G-Group Join Hands with Kingboard Chemical
Basell Acquires Lyondell to form LyondellBasell
Celanese Divests Texas Unit to Babcock & Brown
Celanese Establishes Chemical Complex in Nanjing
BP to Divest Two Production Units
Technip Bags Contract from BP-YPC Acetyls
Celanese Enters into Partnership with Accsys Technologies
Celanese Corp Acquires Acetate Products Limited
7.MAJOR PLAYERS
British Petroleum PLC (BP) (UK)
BP PETRONAS Acetyls Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
Celanese Corporation (USA)
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) (China)
Daicel Chemical Industries Limited (Japan)
Kyodo Sakusan Co., Ltd. (Japan)
DuPont (USA)
Eastman Chemical Company (USA)
Jilin Chemical Industrial Company Limited (China)
Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Japan)
LyondellBasell Industries (The Netherlands)
Millennium Chemicals Inc. (USA)
Showa Denko K K (Japan)
Sterling Chemicals Inc (USA)
8.MARKET ANALYTICS
9.THE UNITED STATES
Production Statistics
Export and Import Statistics
Market Determined by Derivatives
10.CANADA
Imports and Exports
11.JAPAN
Infiltrating into Developing Markets
Market Shapers
Leading Producers
12.EUROPE
a.France
b.Germany
c.Italy
d.The United Kingdom
e.Rest of Europe
13.ASIA-PACIFIC
a.China
b.Rest of Asia-Pacific
14.LATIN AMERICA
15.REST OF WORLD
Exhibits
Table 1: Global Acetic Acid Production Capacity: 2007-2010 (in Million Tons Per Annum)
Table 2: Select Acetic Acid Plants (with Capacity in Million Tons) in Pipeline (2008-2010)
Table 3: Worldwide Leading Acetic Acid Producers (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Annual Production Capacity (In Terms of Volume)
Table 4: Global Acetic Acid Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 5: Percentage Breakdown of Global Acetic Acid Market by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 6: Global Market for Acetic Acid in Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) Application by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 7: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Acetic Acid in Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) Application by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 8: Global Market for Acetic Acid in Acetic Anhydride Application by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 9: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Acetic Acid in Acetic Anhydride Application by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 10: Global Market for Acetic Acid in Ethyl Acetate Application by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 11: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Acetic Acid in Ethyl Acetate Application by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 12: Global Market for Acetic Acid in Butyl Acetate Application by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 13: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Acetic Acid in Butyl Acetate Application by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 14: Global Market for Acetic Acid in Other Acetates Application by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 15: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Acetic Acid in Other Acetates Application by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 16: Global Market for Acetic Acid in Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Application by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 17: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Acetic Acid in Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Application by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 18: Global Market for Acetic Acid in Other Applications by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 19: Percentage Breakdown of Global Market for Acetic Acid in Other Applications by Region for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 20: North American Acetic Acid Production Capacity Market: 2007-2010 (in Thousand Tons)
Table 21: Leading Acetic Acid Producers by Production Capacity in the US – 2006 (In ‘000 Metric Tons)
Table 22: Percentage Breakdown of US Acetic Acid Export Value by Country -
Table 23: Percentage Breakdown of US Acetic Acid Import Value by Country -
Table 24: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 25: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in the US for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 26: Canadian Acetic Acid Imports and Exports Market: 2007 (in US$ Thousands)
Table 27: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Acetic Acid Exports – 2007 (In terms of Value)
Table 28: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 29: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 30: Production Capacities of Leading Japanese Producers of Acetic Acid – 2006 (In ‘000 Metric Tons)
Table 31: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Japan: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 32: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 33: Acetic Acid Market by Region in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 34: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 35: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 36: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 37: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in France: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 38: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in France for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 39: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 40: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Germany for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 41: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 42: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 43: UK Acetic Acid Imports – 2006 (In Value £000’s and Volume 000's Kilogram)
Table 44: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in the UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 45: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 46: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 47: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 48: Acetic Acid Market by Region in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 49: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by Region in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 50: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 51: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 52: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Production by Process Type in China
Table 53: Chinese Acetic Acid Production by Leading Players – 2006 (In Thousand Metric Tons)
Table 54: Chinese Acetic Acid Imports – 2006 (in ‘000 Metric Tons)
Table 55: Chinese Glacial Acetic Acid Imports and Exports – 2007 (in ‘000 US$)
Table 56: Chinese Glacial Acetic Acid Imports and Exports – 2007 (in ‘000 Tons)
Table 57: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in China: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 58: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in China for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 59: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 60: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 61: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Latin America: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 62: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Latin America for the Years 2008 & 2009
Table 63: Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of World: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand tons)
Table 64: Percentage Breakdown of Acetic Acid Market by End-Use Segment in Rest of World for the Years 2008 & 2009
Companies Profiled