亚洲乙酸市场下游需求更为强劲

中国石化新闻网讯 据ICIS网站1月6日新加坡报道 考虑到东北亚地区精对苯二甲酸（PTA）和醋酸乙烯单体（VAM）行业的产能增加，亚洲乙酸市场今年的下游需求将更加强劲。

在韩国，随着韩国酒精工业公司考虑在2020年第一季度将其12万吨/年醋酸乙酯工厂的产能削减1万吨/年，国内消费量将增长。

这将使其醋酸需求从目前的8万吨提高到8.8万吨左右。

另外，乐天集团BP化工计划于2020年10月在蔚山新建的20万吨/年醋酸乙烯单体工厂开始试运行。

2019年底，市场在多个方面找到支撑。

去年12月早些时候，由于今年工厂完成转产后供应充足，加上中国第四季度醋酸工厂利用率相对较高，达到产能的85%-91%，整个亚洲的醋酸现货价格被压低在三年来的低点。

王磊 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

Asia’s acetic acid market sees firmer downstream demand

Asia’s acetic acid market will see firmer downstream demand this year, given capacity additions in the purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) sectors in northeast Asia.

In South Korea, domestic consumption is set to grow as Korea Alcohol Industrial is considering to debottleneck its 120,000 tonne/year ethyl acetate plant by 10,000 tonnes/year in the first quarter of 2020.

This would raise its acetic acid demand to around 88,000 tonnes from the current 80,000 tonnes.

Separately, Lotte BP Chemical plans to start trial operation at its new 200,000 tonne/year VAM plant in Ulsan in October 2020.

In the tail end of 2019, the market found support on several fronts.

Earlier in December, spot acetic acid prices across Asia were depressed at three-year lows due to ample supply following the completion of plant turnarounds for the year, coupled with relatively high acetic acid plant utilization rates in China at 85-91% of capacity in the fourth quarter.