Description

Global Markets Direct, the leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research “Global Vinyls Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020”. The study, which is an offering from the company’s Chemicals Research Group, provides in-depth analysis of the global vinyls market with volume forecasts for Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) and Ethylene dichloride (EDC) to 2020. Detailed analysis and forecasts of the major economic and market trends, both historic and forecast, affecting the vinyls markets in all the major regions of the world have been undertaken. The research includes VCM and EDC demand and production forecasts for major regions of the world. Demand, production and trade analysis for VCM and EDC for the major markets within each region is also provided. Market share analysis of major vinyls producers by region is also included in this comprehensive report covering all the major parameters. The report is built using the data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in house analysis by Global Markets Direct’s team of industry experts. The global vinyls manufacturing capacity in 2008 was dominated by the Asia Pacific region, followed by Europe and North America. In the Asia Pacific region, China accounts for 50% of the region’s capacity and is the largest producer of PVC in the world. Most of the Chinese capacities have come in the last decade with the bulk of the new plants manufacturing vinyls using acetylene as the feedstock, instead of ethylene which is used elsewhere. Historically, North America was the largest market for vinyls, but it has been overtaken by the Asia Pacific region which currently accounts for around 50% of the global PVC demand. During the same period, the demand from traditionally large PVC markets of the US, Western Europe and Japan have either remained stagnant or have declined. Global VCM market size in 2008 was 40.35 million tons and EDC market was 41.7 million tons. The global vinyls demand is expected to grow by an average of 5% per annum until 2020, mainly driven by demand from developing economies of China, India and Brazil. Low per capita consumption and high demand from developing countries will drive the global vinyls demand. However, it is expected to remain stagnant in developed markets of North America, Europe and Japan. The vinyls market in North America and Europe is consolidated and in Asia Pacific it is highly fragmented.

Scope

• The report provides in-depth analysis, market opportunities and challenges for manufacturers of vinyls, worldwide. Its scope includes:
• • Market volumes data for VCM from 2000 to 2008 and forecast for 12 years to 2020.
• • Market volumes data for EDC from 2000 to 2008 and forecast for 12 years to 2020.
• • Vinyls markets in key regions- Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, South and Central America (Latin America) and the Middle East.
• • Vinyls markets in key countries- The US, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, The UK, China, Japan, India, Turkey, Iran, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.
• • Drivers of vinyls demand including Chinese demand and construction applications, and restraints of vinyls demand including the slowdown in developed markets of North America and Europe are analyzed in this report.
• • Information on the competitive landscape with the shares of the leading companies such as Oxy Vinyls, Formosa, Ineos and Dow Chemicals.