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Abi will answer all Oleochemicals related
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Abi - AI powered digital procurement assistant
Get up-to-date market and supplier info on Oleochemicals to help you build
Intelligence covers market and price outlook, SWOT analysis, demand & supply drivers, engagement models and Procurement best practices
Intelligence on category covers the following aspects market outlook, supply market, SWOT analysis, Cost components & Price outlook, Demand and supply drivers, Engagement Models and Procurement Best Practices
Assess Supplier Risk based on key risk and compliance parameters
Supplier assessment covers the following parameters Financial Risk, Ethical, Labor, Environmental Compliance, IT Security.
Supplier assessment is powered by world’s leading data partners including D&B, CreditSafe, Dow Jones, Refinitiv, Orpheus
Identify right fit suppliers based on your selection criteria including revenue, capabilities, certification, geography
Select suppliers based on industry, country, classification from a database of 4.2 mn suppliers. Get detailed supplier profiles with supplier capabilities, revenue, certifications, risk ratings
Benchmark your category performance against peers and the market
Measure category performance on 15 key parameters across cost, risk and strategy KPIs
Get information on key factors affecting your supply
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11.4 MMT
1.14 MMT
1.596 MMT
8.208 MMT
Category Intelligence on Oleochemicals covers the following
The global oleochemicals market is oversupplied with 3 MMT of fatty acids and alcohols. Economic slowdown and a drop in trade volume by 23 percent during 2011–2016, and bio-diesel demand are the key drivers.Trade volume has been increasing since 2017
Preference for natural oleochemicals (75 percent market share in 2017), due to the increasing focus on sustainability factors, is expected to drive the oleochemcials demand from natural oils.
Key Exporting Countries in the oleochemical market include Indonesia (27 percent), Malaysia (25 percent), Netherlands (11 percent), Germany (9 percent) and US (6 percent)
Key Importing Countries in the global oleochemicals market are China (14 percent), Netherlands (11 percent), US (9 percent), Germany (8 percent), Italy (7 percent).
The best sourcing regions for oleo chemicals are US: Indonesia and China, EU: Malaysia and Indonesia, Africa: Malaysia, Indonesia, and China, Asia: Malaysia and Indonesia
Contract structure
Personal care companies contribute to 26 percent of the oleochemicals demand and have a better buying power
–This provides them the opportunity to revise the contract prices frequently, based on the price trend
Buyers Negotitiation Power
Palm and tallow have major composition (more than 40 percent) of heavy-cut fatty acids and negligible light cut and lauric acids. On the other hand, PKO and CNO have a wide mix of all the fatty acids. This has positioned PKO and CNO as the preferred feedstock in the olechemical industry.To stay competitive, the basic and downstream oleochemical manufacturers are shifting from synthetics to natural feedstock, like PKO, CNO, and tallow.
Catalyst consumption is lesser in the Lurgi process/Wax ester route compared with the other two processes, namely Davy process/Acid route and Ester route. Thus, the catalyst cost, and thereby, the overall production cost is reduced by around 50 $/MT at the same fatty alcohol yield rate of 48 percent
PKO is the most traded commodity (3 MMT) among the oleochemical feedstock, due to its ample availability and premium quality of the end products. Southeast Asia is the major exporter (50–55 percent), and the US and the EU (35–60 percent) are the major importers of both PKO and CNO. China also imports a significant amount of PKO (23 percent), majorly for soap production
The global fatty acid market is expected to remain oversupplied for the next 3 –5 years, due to a rapid increase in production capacity of fatty acids in the past few years and sluggish demand growth rates in China.
Market Outlook (2018)
Asia drives the global oleochemical market.The US and the EU are facing tallow insufficiency, hence, opt for synthetic feedstock The growing environmental and regulatory pressures on surfactant manufacturers are driving the natural and renewable raw materials usage Lower prices of lauric oils make it a more attractive feedstock for oleo chemicals than palm and tallow, as they lead to better quality soaps Fatty alcohol market is likely to grow by 4.5% in the next five years. Profitability in fatty alcohols is lesser compared to fatty acids.
Key factors tracked for oleochemicals prices estimations: Total annual production, capacity utilization, cost components (fixed, operating & overhead costs), and profit margins
The report gives details on major oleochemicals supplier profiles like KAO group, IAO group, Wilmar, BASF, etc.It lists out favourable procurement terms, key sourcing destinations. The report gives a thorough cost structure analysis, oleochemical price drivers and constraints and pricing analysis.It gives information on the emerging trends in the end-use industry and Porter’s five force analysis of the global olechemical market. The report gives a detailed regional outlook on the APAC, EU and North America regions. It lists out the impact of trade regulations and tariffs on the oleochemical industry and provides a thorough demand-supply analysis.
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