Profile on Butyl acetate

PROFILE ON BUTYL ACETATE

SECTION I GENERAL DETAILS...................................................................3

SECTION II TRADE ANALYSIS....................................................................4

SECTION III INDIAN SUPPLY SCENARIO.....................................................7

SECTION IV INDIAN DEMAND SCENARIO Period April 2012 to March 2013

8
3.1.

Indian demand............................................................................................... 8

3.2.

Specific properties of Butyl acetate...............................................................8

3.3.

Sectorwise demand pattern...........................................................................8

3.4.

Selected customers of butyl acetate..............................................................9

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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
40000
38000
Quantity in tonnes

36000
34000
32000
30000
2010 TO 2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

Period April to March

2.1.2.Portwise import Period April 2012 to March 2013

Name of the port
Kandla Sea
Mumbai Sea
Nhava Sheva Sea
Cochin Sea
Calcutta & Haldia Sea
Visakhapatnam Sea
Chennai Sea
Delhi Icd Tughlakabad
Dadri Cfs Apl
Hyderabad Air
Chennai Air
Bangalore Air
Calcutta & Haldia Air
Mumbai Air
Total

Quantity in
tonnes
36659
4078
980
74
49
32
23
14.400
2.340
1.020
0.175
0.001
0.020
0.042
41913

Value in
USD
4,59,53,468
51,52,280
14,33,943
1,11,476
68,674
50,745
33,160
18,059
4,490
1,870
1,328
6.1
769
474
330,871

Price in USD
per tonne
1254
1263
1463
1506
1402
1586
1442
1254
1919
1833
7589
6100
38450
11286

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2.1.3.Countrywise import Period April 2012 to March 2013

Country
Singapore
United States Of America
Malaysia
China
Russia
Korea Republic Of
Brazil
Netherlands
Total

Quantity in
tonnes
19268
11261
7764
2958
625
16
14.4
7
41913

Value in
USD
2,42,51,70
5
1,37,11,72
0
1,00,34,41
4
38,71,212
9,04,535
22836
20436
10908
227,896

Price in USD
per tonne
1259
1217
1292
1309
1448
1433
1419
1515

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
Kandla Sea
Mundra Sea
Others including Nhava
Sheva Sea
Total

Quantity in
tonnes
662.300
139.040

Value in USD
892142
181296

12.66
801.34

20518.93
1093956.93

Price in USD
per tonne
1347
1303
1620

2.2.2.Countrywise export
Country
United Arab
Emirates
Jordan
Oman
Nepal
Turkey
United Kingdom
Total

Quantity in
tonnes

Value in USD

702.020
99.320
11.480
1.295
0.540
0.050
814

944573.86
128864.67
16185.16
2565.93
1620.00
147.31
1093956.93

Price in USD per

tonne
1,345
1,297
1,409
1,981
3,000
2,946

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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
Source
Industries

Nil

Discussion with Mr. Ramdasan, Marketing, Laxmi Organic

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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

Pharmaceuticals 20%
Paint, coating and resins 60%

Flavours, electrical and other misc uses 20%

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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.