Profile on Butyl acetate

PROFILE ON BUTYL ACETATE

PROFILE ON BUTYL ACETATE

SECTION I GENERAL DETAILS ..............................................................................................................2

SECTION II TRADE ANALYSIS ...............................................................................................................3

SECTION III INDIAN SUPPLY SCENARIO ................................................................................................6

SECTION IV INDIAN DEMAND SCENARIO – Period April 2012 to March 2013 .......................................7
3.1. Indian demand .............................................................................................................................. 7
3.2. Specific properties of Butyl acetate .............................................................................................. 7
3.3. Sectorwise demand pattern.......................................................................................................... 7
3.4. Selected customers of butyl acetate ............................................................................................ 8

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SECTION I
GENERAL DETAILS

1.1. Alternate name n-Butyl acetate

Acetic acid butyl ester
Butyl ethanoate

1.2. Product application

Butyl acetate is a good solvent and used in various industrial sectors because of its high flash resistance
and evaporation rate.

The end user industrial application sectors include the following

 Paints, thinners, and lacquers

 Inks
 Video tape binders
 Nitro cellulose
 Nail enamel
 Perfumes and flavouring materials
 Component in synthetic flavours such as apricot, banana, butter, pear, quince, pine apple,
grenadine, butter scotch and raspberry
 As cleaning solvent for silicon wafers

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SECTION II
TRADE ANALYSIS

2.1. Import of n-Butyl acetate

2.1.1. Annual import

44000
42000
Quantity in tonnes

40000
38000
36000
34000
32000
30000
2010 TO 2011 2011-2012 2012-2013
Qty in tonnes 35178 40294 41913

Period April to March

2.1.2. Portwise import – Period April 2012 to March 2013

Price in USD per

Name of the port Quantity in tonnes Value in USD tonne
Kandla Sea 36659 4,59,53,468 1254
Mumbai Sea 4078 51,52,280 1263
Nhava Sheva Sea 980 14,33,943 1463
Cochin Sea 74 1,11,476 1506
Calcutta & Haldia Sea 49 68,674 1402
Visakhapatnam Sea 32 50,745 1586
Chennai Sea 23 33,160 1442
Delhi Icd Tughlakabad 14.400 18,059 1254
Dadri Cfs Apl 2.340 4,490 1919
Hyderabad Air 1.020 1,870 1833
Chennai Air 0.175 1,328 7589
Bangalore Air 0.001 6.1 6100
Calcutta & Haldia Air 0.020 769 38450
Mumbai Air 0.042 474 11286
Total 41913 330,871

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2.1.3. Countrywise import – Period April 2012 to March 2013

Quantity in Price in USD per

Value in USD
Country tonnes tonne
Singapore 19268 2,42,51,705 1259
United States Of America 11261 1,37,11,720 1217
Malaysia 7764 1,00,34,414 1292
China 2958 38,71,212 1309
Russia 625 9,04,535 1448
Korea Republic Of 16 22836 1433
Brazil 14.4 20436 1419
Netherlands 7 10908 1515
Total 41913 227,896

2.2. Import of isomeric Butyl acetate (including sec, tert and iso)

Quantity of import of isomers of butyl acetate 518 tonnes

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2.2. Export – Period April 2012 to March 2013

Butyl acetate is not produced in India. So, there is no export of butyl acetate directly from the
producers.

2.2.1. Portwise export

Port Quantity in tonnes Value in USD Price in USD per tonne

Kandla Sea 662.300 892142 1347
Mundra Sea 139.040 181296 1303
Others including Nhava Sheva Sea 12.66 20518.93 1620
Total 801.34 1093956.93

2.2.2. Countrywise export

Country Quantity in tonnes Value in USD Price in USD per tonne

United Arab Emirates 702.020 944573.86 1,345
Jordan 99.320 128864.67 1,297
Oman 11.480 16185.16 1,409
Nepal 1.295 2565.93 1,981
Turkey 0.540 1620.00 3,000
United Kingdom 0.050 147.31 2,946
Total 814 1093956.93

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SECTION III
INDIAN SUPPLY SCENARIO

At present Butyl acetate is not produced in India, due to non viability of economy of production.

At present entire requirement of butyl acetate is met by import.

Indian production of butyl acetate Nil

Source Discussion with Mr. Ramdasan, Marketing, Laxmi Organic Industries

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SECTION IV
INDIAN DEMAND SCENARIO
– Period April 2012 to March 2013

3.1. Indian demand

Indian demand for butyl acetate Around 42000 tonnes

3.2. Specific properties of Butyl acetate

 Blush resistant
 Medium evaporating
 Low intrinsic viscosity
 Good flow properties
 Limited miscibility in water
 Non-HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutant) Solvent
 Outstanding leveling and gloss characteristics
 Excellent solvent power for resins, polymers, oils and cellulose nitrate
 Miscible with all common organic solvents (alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, glycols, ethers, glycol
ethers

3.3. Sectorwise demand pattern

Flavours, electrical
and other misc
uses 20%

Pharmaceuticals Paint, coating and

20% resins 60%

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3.4. Selected customers of butyl acetate

 Nikhil Adhesive, Gujarat

 Polychem, Maharashtra
 P S BEDI & CO.PVT. LTD.
 Apex Chemicals,
 Drj Chemicals Ltd
 Asian PPG Industries Ltd.
 AP Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.,
 Plastichem Indl.Corporatio
 KLJ Polymers and Chemicals.,
 Esdee Paints Ltd.
 Berger Paints India, Calcutta
 Hansa Paints & Chemicals, New Delhi
 P.K. Industries, Jalandhar
 Macfarlane Paints, Calcutta
 Addision Paints & Chemicals, Madras
 Bensilal & Sons, Ghaziabad
 Coromandal Paints & Chemicals Ltd., A.P.
 Resins & Solvents, Bangalore
 Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd., Bombay
 Punjab Paint,Colour & Varnish Works Pvt.Ltd., U.P.
 Gayatri Products, Ahmedabad
 Maruti Coatings & Chemicals, Hyderabad
 Parlab, Allahabad
 Thinners and lacquers, U.P.