Production and Market of Glyoxalic Acid in China

Production and Market of Glyoxalic Acid in China

Glyoxalic acid is a kind of basic organic chemical material. Bourbonal and vanillin, made of glyoxalic acid, are widely used in the flavoring agent and fixative of cosmetics, essence of daily-use chemicals. Allantoin, another downstream product for glyoxalic acid, is used as healer for wound, additive for cosmetics and plant growth regulator. It is also used in the field of medicine. P-hydroxylphenylglycine, which is an important medical intermediate and is widely used to produce lactam series antibiotic such as syncillin and cephalosporin series medical product, is also made of glyoxalic. A downstream product of glyoxalic acid, p-Hydroxyphenylacetamide is widely used to produce Atenolol, a kind of hypertension medicine.

Driven by the huge demand of its downstream products, the recent output of glyoxalic acid in China is increasing all the time, and the product quality is also improving greatly. More and more overseas companies start to import glyoxalic acid from China, with export volume increasing rapidly. However, the export volume decreased to 6,125 tonnes in 2007, accounting for about 13% of China’s glyoxalic acid output, and that’s because the consumption of GA in domestic market was increasing rapidly, and as the capacity of GA in China is growing and the quality is improving, the export volume of GA will increase again rapidly. But the impact of this trend only limit to the large-scale glyoxalic acid producers that master the technology of high purity products, while for the minor enterprises, which can only produce ordinary glyoxalic acid, it is hard for them to get more benefits from export.

Affected by the price of its raw material and the supply and demand situation of its downstream products, the price of glyoxalic acid is undergoing great changes recently and it is estimated that the situation will continue for a long time.

Because of environmental reasons, the production situation will undergo even huge changes in the future, and many glyoxalic acid producers will have to upgrade their production line to ensure their competitive advantages.

The detailed and in-depth analysis of China’s glyoxalic acid production and market situations are discussed in this report.



Shanghai Guangyu Fine Chemical Co.,Ltd., Jiangsu Taixing Yuandong Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., Shandong Changyi Hanying Medical Science Co.,Ltd., Hebei Luquan Hongli Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., Hubei Huanggang Natural Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Executive Summary
Methodology & introduction
I Development history in China
II The industry nowadays in China
II-1 Current production situation
II-2 Raw material supply situation
II-3 Import and export analysis in 2005~1H2007
III Price and its influencing factors
III-1 Historic pricing and current pricing
III-2 Factors resulting in pricing changes
IV Consumption pattern
IV-1 Analysis of applications
IV-2 Brief introduction to major end use segments
IV-2.1 Vanillin
IV-2.2 P-hydroxylphenylglycine
IV-2.3 DL-P-hydroxy Phenylhydantoin
IV-2.4 Allantoin
IV-2.5 2-hydroxyl-phosphine acetic acid
IV-2.6 Others
V Brief Introduction to Production technology
V-1 Different Pathways/Methods in China
V-2 Manufacturing cost
VI Future forecast
VI-1 Key factors and driving forces
VI-2 Quantities forecasts of market in the next 5 years
VII Conclusion
VIII Appendix VIII-1 Profiles of active manufacturers VIII-1.1 Shanghai Guangyu Fine Chemical Co., Ltd
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VIII-1.22 Beijing Northern Leader Chemical Science & Technology Co.,Ltd
VIII-2 Profiles of major idle manufacturers in 2008 VIII-2.1 Henan Puyang Baolilai Chemical Co., Ltd. ……
VIII-2.3 Shanghai Xiangli Chemical Co., Ltd.

LIST OF TABLES
Table II-1-1 The output of GA in top 10 and top 5 producers and their share in 2006 and 2007
Table II-1-2 Summary of important producers of GA in 2008-1
Table II-1-3 Summary of important producers of GA in 2008-2
Table II-2.1-1 Production capacity, actual output and operation rate of oxaldehyde in 2000-2007
Table II-2.1-2 Major oxaldehyde producers in China in 2007
Table II-3-2-1 Export price of GA in 2005~2007 Quantity (t); Unit price (USD/kg))
Table II-3-2-2 Export destination countries of GA in 2005~2007(Quantity (t); Unit price (USD/kg))
Table II-3-2-3 Active exporters of GA in 2007(Quantity (t); Unit price (USD/kg)
Table II-3-2-4 Active exporters of GA in 2006(Quantity (t); Unit price (USD/kg))
Table II-3-2-5 Active exporters of GA in 2005(Quantity (t); Unit price (USD/kg))
Table II-3-2-6 Export situation of active GA manufacturers in 2005~2007(Quantity (t); Unit price (USD/kg))
Table III-1-1 Historical quotations of GA in China
Table III-2-1 Historical quotations of oxaldehyde in China
Table IV-1-1 Consumption of GA in China in 2007
Table IV-2.1-1 List of major end users of GA in P-hydroxylphenylglycine industry
Table IV-2.2-1 List of major end users of GA in DL-P-hydroxy Phenylhydantoin industry
Table IV-2.3-1 List of major end users of GA in Allantoin industry
Table IV-2.4-1 List of major end users of GA in Vanillin industry
Table IV-2.5-1 List of major end users of GA in 2-hydroxyl-phosphine acetic acid industry
Table V-1-1 Process comparison between the three methods
V-2-1 Detailed information about the manufacturing cost of GA in China

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure II-1-1 Geographical distribution of GA production by output in China in 2006 and 2007
Figure II-1-2 Geographical distribution of GA production by output in China in 2007
Figure II-1-3 Geographical distribution of GA production by capacity in China in 2008
Figure II-2.1-4 Consumption of Oxaldehyde in GA in China from 2005 to 2007 Unit: tonne
FigureII-3.1-1 The percentage of China’s GA consumed in domestic market and that exported in China in 2006 and 2007
Figure II-3-2-1 Export price of GA in 2005~2007 Quantity (t); Unit price (USD/kg))
Figure II-3-2-2 Export destination countries of GA in 2007
Figure II-3-2-3 Export situation of active GA manufacturers in 2007
Figure IV-1-1 Consumption pattern of GA in China in 2007
Figure V-1-1 Flow chart of GA production in MA-ozone oxidation method
Figure V-1-2 Flow chart of GA production in Oxaldehyde oxidation method
Figure VI-2-1 Forecast of GA production in the next 5 years in China