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Market Overview Asia   Fatty Alcohol market
remained largely subdued in the beginning of the
third quarter, but trades and discussions were
heard picking up towards the end of Q3. The
market participants looked anxious over
volatility and escalation in price of the key
feedstock palm oil. However, some anticipated the
prices to ease with the arrival of the peak
harvest season, in the Aug-Sep period. Limited
upstream stocks in Indonesia and Malaysia
tightened the supply of oleochemicals across
Southeast Asia with some buyers waiting for the
feedstock prices to soften till August-end to
support production margins. Recovery of certain
downstream sectors remained a key concern for
both buyers and sellers who preferred to keep the
offers low to avoid inventory pile ups. CFR India
price of C18-C22 Fatty Alcohols were assessed
around USD 1400 per tonne, showing slight
improvement on QoQ basis. Get more info
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ohol-1084 North America   US Fatty Alcohol
market during the third quarter was largely
driven by volatility across the oil palm complex,
as demand from the key end-markets outside the
cleaning sector showed muted recovery from the
pandemic blows. Supply was heard easing with the
arrival of delayed shipments from Asia while the
demand in the rest of the Americas remained
dampened during Q3 2020. However, temporary
disruptions due to seasonal hurricanes across
several parts of the US gulf and rising COVID-19
cases remained a significant concern among the
regional traders. Many believed that the demand
surge during Q2 proved to be short-lived, as
supply lengthened with a gradual lift in
lockdowns and other coronavirus-related movement
restrictions prompting consumers to get back to
normal purchasing habits.  
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Europe   Supply chain disruptions which were
heard during Q2 across Europe were heard
significantly easing moving into Q3, prompting
buyers to replenish their stocks. At the same
time, suppliers were cautious as production may
remain impacted as some Fatty Alcohol producers
in Europe were planning to announce turnarounds
and maintenance-related work in the coming
months, thereby affecting the supply. Buyers
remained of the view that the price trend going
ahead, will all depend on the way palm kernel oil
(PKO) behave as the demand continued to soften
but higher PKO costs may mitigate the trend in
the forthcoming quarters. How we can
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• Methodology
• ChemAnalyst gathers information through primary
  research surveys conducted with various Fatty
  Alcohol manufacturers, spread across the domestic
  and international market, suppliers and
  dealers/distributors to gain insights
  into value-chains and demand-supply scenario to
  assess the market situation. Thorough study of
  companys annual reports and secondary sources
  such as exhaustive search on credible paid
  databases, including our internal database is
  done to verify the information. All the collected
  information is analyzed, evaluated and presented
  in chronological order to depict a meaningful and
  clear picture of the concerned market.
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• Our dedicated team of industry experts
  comprehensively monitors and analyzes various
  aspects of the Global Fatty Alcohol market. The
  team analyzes various industrial segments,
  strategic viewpoints and provides an analysis of
  the industrys performance in the long run. This
  would enable our clients in efficiently plan
  their future investments, mitigate risk,
  understand the cost dynamics and strike out a
  balance amidst market volatility.
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• Critical examination of the impact of COVID-19
  pandemic on the global supply chains and shift in
  demand patterns with change in buying behavior of
  consumers across the globe.
•  
• Several ongoing development projects across
  industries are tracked, followed by the details
  of major projects in the development stage, which
  can positively or negatively influence Global
  Fatty Alcohol market.
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• Pricing is captured through exhaustive primary
  interviews with domestic and international
  manufacturers, traders and importers and
  customers on monthly and yearly basis.
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• Finally, region-specific markets for Fatty
  Alcohol are analyzed and region-wise demand
  pattern is tracked.

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About Fatty alcohols are high molecular weight,
long-chain primary alcohols with the number of
carbon atoms varying from 4 to as many as 22-26.
These are generally derived from natural fats and
oils. The physical state of Fatty Alcohols is
highly dependent on the chain length,
unsaturation or saturation and branching. For
example, stearyl alcohol is a saturated alcohol
possessing 18 carbons and melting point of 58
deg. Celsius while oleyl alcohol is an
unsaturated 18-carbon alcohol possessing one
double bond and melting point of -7.5 deg.
Celsius. Iso-stearyl alcohol is an 18-carbon
alcohol with one methyl branch and melting point
of less than -60 dec. Celsius. Fatty Alcohols
have several commercial applications, including
their use as lubricants, surfactants, solvents,
emulsifiers, plasticizers, thickeners, and even
fuels. They are the most common ingredients of
personal care and home care products. They are
used in a variety of cosmetics such as as
shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, antiperspirant
and lipstick. Fatty Alcohols are usually
manufactured by two processes- the first is an
oleochemical process, based on natural oils and
fatty acids and the other is a synthetic route.
Naturally, Fatty Alcohols are produced by
transesterification of vegetable or animal
derived triglycerides followed by hydrogenation
of the thus formed esters to alcohol. The natural
oils used are mainly palm oil and palm kernel
oils (for C16-18 alcohols), coconut oil (for
C12-14 alcohols) and other natural vegetable oils
(like corn, soybean etc.) may also be used. In
the synthetic route, petroleum feedstocks are
made to undergo the Ziegler process in which
Ethylene is further polymerized using
triethylaluminium (TEA) as a catalyst, followed
by air oxidation. The process produces
even-numbered fatty alcohols.