Aromatics Services
An integrated view of long- and short-term aromatics market dynamics and strategic insights
Gain crucial insights in aromatics commercial trends, supply-demand and capacity
Our services provide a multi-deliverable package covering supply, demand, capacity and projects, long-term pricing, and written reports. We help you understand the commercial trends, supply/demand, and capacity of the aromatics markets. Optimise your commercial strategy with an integrated view of long-term market dynamics and strategic insights.
Features and workflows
Long- and short-term strategic data and integrated analysis of the aromatics markets.
Key features of Wood Mackenzie's Aromatics Services:
- Weekly PDF report and access to a monthly pricing data with forecasts.
- Global summaries and industry highlights, including product trade analysis.
- Integrated view of global short-term supply and demand, capacities, and pricing.
- Combination of granular analysis and expert insights of chemical markets.
- Customisable dashboard to enable easy generation of charts for analysis and client reports.
Wood Mackenzie's Aromatics Services provides data including:
- Dynamics analysis on metaxylene and PIA supply and demand in more than 40 countries and key regions.
- Monthly polyester market outlook and a 3-month historic view of pricing in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
- Global benzene and styrene production and consumption activity of around 100 million tonnes per year, involving over 300 sites and 1,200 assets globally.
- Regional to country-level data on over 30 cumene-phenol key markets globally, looking at supply and demand dynamics out to 2040.
Wood Mackenzie's Aromatics Services enables a number of key workflows including:
Price forecasting
- Evaluate how new capacity will affect trade and prices over the short-medium term.
- Understand phenol, cumene and acetone pricing dynamics and prices in Asia – the leading price region.
Risk assessment
- Identify opportunities and manage risk in the commodity chemical markets.
- Obtain insights on where and when new phenol and its value chain capacity will be built and assess the risks and implications of this new capacity.
Supply chain forecasting
- Understand PIA demand growth into the differentiated end-product segments.
- Examine the outlook on production costs and profitability for PX and PTA.
- Understand phenol and its derivatives demand growth and sources for growth.
Why choose WoodMac's Aromatics Services?
Wood Mackenzie’s Aromatics Service cover supply, demand, capacity and projects, and long-term pricing to support product and market evaluation, investment decisions, project feasibility review, and business plan validation.
Our aromatics services:
Benzene, Styrene & Derivatives
Understand the key commercial trends, supply/demand and capacity with our industry-wide benzene and styrene market report services.
Cumene-Phenol
Optimise your commercial strategy with an integrated view of long-term market dynamics and strategic insights into the global cumene-phenol markets.
Metaxylene & PIA
Assess the risks of tight supply and obtain insights on capacity and forecast demand for purified isophthalic acid (PIA) and metaxylene.
Frequently asked questions
Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions you may have on Wood Mackenzie’s Aromatics Services. If you have any other questions, get in touch.
Our Aromatics Services cover different horizons, with 24-month outlooks and forecasts to 2050 with annual and bi-annual updates.
Deliverables include weekly PDF reports, access to monthly pricing datasets, bi-annual reports covering market events and tactics, through to long-term (year-to-year) market outlooks and strategic options, and an interactive dashboard with trade, price, margin and cost data.
Contact an expert
Access an integrated view of short- and long-term market dynamics and strategic insights of global chemical markets to understand and take advantage of the market outlook. Get in touch with one of our experts today to learn how you can leverage our data to recognise pricing and demand patterns before your competitors or build procurement and trading strategies.
