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PROFILE OF ACETONE

1. Product Characteristics

Appearance Colourless oily liquid

Chemical formula CH3COCH3

Solubility Miscible with water, ether and ethyl alcohol, dimethyl

formamide, chloroform, most oils.

2. Product applications

As Solvent

• Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics (nail polish removers)

• Spinning cellulose acetate fibers

• Adhesives and contact cements

• Cleaning solvent in the electronics industry

• Degreasing wool and degumming silk.

• Waxes, fats, oils and resins.

As intermediate

Aldol condensation of acetone leads to the group of aldol chemicals, which are used mainly as

solvents for a variety of materials

• Diacetone alcohol

• Mesityl oxide (no longer sold due to toxicity)

• Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)

• Methyl isobutyl carbinol (MIBC)

• Hexylene glycol

• Isophorone

• Phorone

• Diisobutyl ketone (DIBK)

• Diisobutyl carbinol (DIBC)

Bisphenol A

Bisphenol A is produced by the condensation of phenol and acetone in the presence of an acid

catalyst (hydrogen chloride) and usually a promoter such as methyl mercaptan

Bisphenol A is also used for the production of corrosion and chemical resistant polyester resins,

polysulphones and polyacrylate resins.

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Acrylics

Acetone is converted to acetone cyanohydrin, which in turn is converted to Methyl

methacrylate (MMA) monomer.

MMA is polymerized to give PMMA, which is used to make the clear acrylic sheets.

Other miscellaneous uses

• Rubber chemical – Oxy acethylene cellulose acetate

• Antioxidants

• Herbicides

• Higher ketones

• Condensation product with formaldehyde or diphenylamine

• Vitamin intermediates

3. Indian producers and their installed capacity

Name of the organization

Location Annual Installed

capacity in tonnes

Hindustan Organic

Chemicals Ltd

Kerala 30000

SI Group India Limited

Navi Mumbai 20000

4. Indian production trend

In tonnes

Name of the organization 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd 26136 26544 23084 26959 27100

SI Group India 12234 14252 20860 17000 17800

Total 38370 40796 43944 43959 44900

Source: Govt. of India, Ministry of Commerce, Antidumping statement dated 10th

April 2012

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5. Annual all India production level of Acetone

Source: Annual Report , Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers,

Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

Series 1 38370 40796 43944 43959 44900

34000

36000

38000

40000

42000

44000

46000

Production in tonnes

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6. Import

6.1. Annual import

In tonnes

Source Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India

Chemical Weekly

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Import 59826 65026 68364 80081 108045 163562

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

180000

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6.2 Country wise Imports

Period : April 2011 to March 2012

Holland and

others 1%Belgium 3%

Brazil 4%

S. Africa 4%

U.S. 4%

Japan 6%

S. Arabia 7%

Thailand 7%

Singapore 15%

Korea S 17%

Taiwan 32%

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7. Export

7.1. Annual export

Source Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India

7.2. Countrywise export

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

Export 139 270 1950 501 2805 1400

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500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

Others 1%

Baharain IS 1% Tanzania Rep 1% Kuwait 1%

Singapore 1%

Canada 2%

Kenya 2%

Sri Lanka Dsr 11%

U Arab Emts 39%

Iran 41%

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8. Historical Indian demand trend – 2007 to 2010

Domestic industry refers HOC and other domestic producer refers to SI Group

Source: Govt. of India, Ministry of Commer, Antidumping statement dated 10th

April 2012

9. Demand for acetone – Period April 2011 to March 2012

Indian demand for acetone 2.07 lakh tonnes

tonnes

Period Indian

production

Indian export

demand

Domestic

demand

Gap in supply /

Indian import

2011-2012 44900 1400 207000 163500