Indian demand supply scenario on Acetone

1. PROFILE OF ACETONE
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1. Product Characteristics
Appearance Colourless oily liquid
Chemical formula CH3COCH3
Solubility Miscible with water, ether and ethyl alcohol, dimethyl
formamide, chloroform, most oils.
2. Product applications
As Solvent
• Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics (nail polish removers)
• Spinning cellulose acetate fibers
• Adhesives and contact cements
• Cleaning solvent in the electronics industry
• Degreasing wool and degumming silk.
• Waxes, fats, oils and resins.
As intermediate
Aldol condensation of acetone leads to the group of aldol chemicals, which are used mainly as
solvents for a variety of materials
• Diacetone alcohol
• Mesityl oxide (no longer sold due to toxicity)
• Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)
• Methyl isobutyl carbinol (MIBC)
• Hexylene glycol
• Isophorone
• Phorone
• Diisobutyl ketone (DIBK)
• Diisobutyl carbinol (DIBC)
Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A is produced by the condensation of phenol and acetone in the presence of an acid
catalyst (hydrogen chloride) and usually a promoter such as methyl mercaptan
Bisphenol A is also used for the production of corrosion and chemical resistant polyester resins,
polysulphones and polyacrylate resins.

2. 2
Acrylics
Acetone is converted to acetone cyanohydrin, which in turn is converted to Methyl
methacrylate (MMA) monomer.
MMA is polymerized to give PMMA, which is used to make the clear acrylic sheets.
Other miscellaneous uses
• Rubber chemical – Oxy acethylene cellulose acetate
• Antioxidants
• Herbicides
• Higher ketones
• Condensation product with formaldehyde or diphenylamine
• Vitamin intermediates
3. Indian producers and their installed capacity
Name of the organization
Location Annual Installed
capacity in tonnes
Hindustan Organic
Chemicals Ltd
Kerala 30000
SI Group India Limited
Navi Mumbai 20000
4. Indian production trend
In tonnes
Name of the organization 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd 26136 26544 23084 26959 27100
SI Group India 12234 14252 20860 17000 17800
Total 38370 40796 43944 43959 44900
Source: Govt. of India, Ministry of Commerce, Antidumping statement dated 10th April 2012

3. 5. Annual all India production level of Acetone
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
46000
44000
42000
40000
38000
36000
Series 1 38370 40796 43944 43959 44900
Source: Annual Report , Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers,
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
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34000
Production in tonnes

4. 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
180000
160000
140000
120000
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
Import 59826 65026 68364 80081 108045 163562
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6. Import
6.1. Annual import
In tonnes
Source Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
Chemical Weekly
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6.2 Country wise Imports
Period : April 2011 to March 2012
Holland and
others 1%
Belgium 3%
Brazil 4%
S. Africa 4%
U.S. 4%
Japan 6%
S. Arabia 7%
Thailand 7%
Singapore 15%
Taiwan 32%
Korea S 17%

6. 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Export 139 270 1950 501 2805 1400
Baharain IS 1% Tanzania Rep 1% Kuwait 1%
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7. Export
7.1. Annual export
Source Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
7.2. Countrywise export
Others 1%
Singapore 1%
Canada 2%
Kenya 2%
Sri Lanka Dsr 11%
U Arab Emts 39%
Iran 41%

7. 8. Historical Indian demand trend – 2007 to 2010
Domestic industry refers HOC and other domestic producer refers to SI Group
Source: Govt. of India, Ministry of Commer, Antidumping statement dated 10th April 2012
9. Demand for acetone – Period April 2011 to March 2012
Indian demand for acetone 2.07 lakh tonnes
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tonnes
Period Indian
production
Indian export
demand
Domestic
demand
Gap in supply /
Indian import
2011-2012 44900 1400 207000 163500