Acrylonitrile (ACN) production capacity reach to 7.2 million Tons in 2018
HDIN Research publish a report about acrylonitrile market. This report covers 24 producers around the world.
Acrylonitrile is a very important chemical raw material which can produces a variety of polymers such as Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Nylon 66 which is produced by Adiponitrile, Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN), Acrylic Fiber which can be used to produce Carbon Fiber, Nitrite Butadiene Rubber (NBR) and Polyacrylamide which is produced by Acrylamide.
Figure Acrylonitrile Industrial Chain
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The global acrylonitrile production capacity and production volume reaches to 7.2 million tons and 5.7 million tons at 2.1% and 1.9% CAGR respectively. And the capacity and production will reach to 9.4 million tons and 6.9 million tons in 2024.
Figure 2011-2024 Global Acrylonitrile Production Capacity, Production and Growth Rate
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Global top 5 manufacturers are INEOS Nitriles, Petrochina, Ascend Performance Materials, Tongsuh Petrochemical and Shanghai SECCO, and their production capacity share reach to 51.8% of global total capacity in 2018.
Figure Global Top 10 Acrylonitrile Competitors Market Share
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The acrylonitrile production capacity of China is 2.1 million tons, APAC (excl. China) is 2.1 million tons, Europe is 1.9 million tons, North America is 0.9 million tons and MEA is 0.2 million tons.
Figure Acrylonitrile Production Share by Region
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There are two production routing for acrylonitrile: Propylene Ammoxidation Process and Propane Ammoxidation Process. Propylene Ammoxidation Process is the most import production method of acrylonitrile.
Figure 2018 Acrylonitrile Capacity Share by Technology
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This report also include global and regional acrylonitrile consumption, market size, price, raw materials and cost analysis, demand by application including ABS, Acrylic Fiber, Acrylamide, SAN, NBR and Adiponitrile.