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Disconnects in the global benzene market
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Report summary
The chemical industry has a number of by-products of its core processes for which supply is anything but on-purpose. One of the largest volume products of this ilk is benzene. Benzene is a monomer with broad application, but one which increasingly presents challenges to those industries which rely on it as a key raw material, due to its supply disconnects. This insight explores some of these disconnects.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Benzene Market Overview
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Supply Disconnects
- Supply Sources
- Supply Source Disconnects
- Geographic Disconnects
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Global Demand
- Demand Disconnects
- Global Trade – The Great Balancer?
- A Disconnected Outlook
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Global Benzene Demand by Segment 2014
- Global Benzene Demand Split by Major Derivative (percent)
- Global Benzene Imports & Exports
- Global Benzene Capacity by Source Category
- Global Benzene Demand Split by Region 2014
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