PUBLISHER: PUdaily | PRODUCT CODE: 1442084
PUBLISHER: PUdaily | PRODUCT CODE: 1442084
In 2022, a series of interrelated major events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the resulting food and energy crisis, soaring inflation, tightening debt conditions, and climate emergencies, resulted in a severe blow to the global economy. The global economy has been seeing a slowdown in 2023 since the last year. The Asia-Pacific region is generally in a post-pandemic recovery phase, but the recovery is slow. Dow Chemical and Shell declared force majeure on the supply of propylene oxide. Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical, Satellite Chemical, and Jincheng Petrochemical successfully started their new production facilities. However, the demand from polyether polyols and propylene glycol has not met expectations,amplifying the supply-demand imbalance and further tilting the dominance downstream. The price of propylene oxide has fallen to the level of CNY 10,000/tonne, with narrower fluctuations, while profitability has significantly declined. With the implementation of "Industrial Structure Adjustment Guidance Catalogue", the use of chlorohydrin process is expected to be phased out in China by the end of 2025. Asia Pacific PO Market Report 2023, prepared by PUdaily, focuses on the Asia-Pacific market, providing in-depth analysis of the supply-demand pattern, price trends, costs and profits, potential growth, industry opportunities and potential threats, investment environment, and more. This report will assist users in targeting the ever-changing submarkets in the coming years, helping stakeholders make informed decisions and promote their development.
Fig. 1 PO value chain
Fig. 2 Different processes shares of the total PO production in 2023
Fig. 3 Process of producing PO using chlorohydrination
Fig. 4 Process of producing PO using cooxidation
Fig. 5 Process of producing PO using PO/MTBE
Fig. 6 Process of producing PO using CHP
Fig. 7 Process of producing PO using HPPO process (the refining of methanol is omitted)
Fig. 8 Distribution of Dow's global PO capacities
Fig. 9 Distribution of LyondellBasell's global PO capacities
Fig. 10 Global PO capacity and consumption 2019-2023 (in 10kt, %)
Fig. 11 PO capacity and consumption in Asia-Pacific for 2019-2023 (in 10kt, %)
Fig. 12 Forecast of PO capacity and consumption in Asia-Pacific for 2024-2028 (in 10kt, %)
Fig. 13 Movement of propylene prices in 2023 (in CNY/tonne)
Fig. 14 Movement of liquid chlorine prices in 2023 (in CNY/tonne)
Fig. 15 Movement of PO prices in 2023 (in CNY/tonne)
Fig. 16 China's annual PO capacities and output 2019-2023 (in 10kt)
Fig. 17 Volumes of China's PO imports and exports 2019-2023 (in 10kt)
Fig. 18 Different downstream sectors' shares of PO consumption in 2023 (%)
Fig. 19 Different downstream sectors' shares of the total polyether polyols consumption
Fig. 20 Different downstream industries' shares of the total PG consumption in China in 2023
Fig. 21 Different downstream industries' shares of the total PGME consumption in China in 2023
Fig. 22 Types of flame retardant
Fig. 23 Estimated PO capacities and consumption in China 2024-2028
Fig. 24 Annual PO capacities and consumption in Southeast Asia and India 2019-2023 (in 10kt)
Fig. 25 Annual PO capacities and consumption in Japan and South Korea 2019-2023 (in 10kt)