Paraxylene (PX) 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com

LONDON, April 8, 2010 - Demand on Paraxylene in Europe has been affected by the global downturn.
The market ground to a standstill in late 2008 and production was reduced. An
expected slow recovery in demand will lead to excess capacity worldwide of
nearly 11.5m tones/year in a market of 28.8m tones/year in 2011. Demand from
Central Europe will also increase from around 2010 to feed increased PTA
production.

Paraxylene (PX) is the largest volume isomer of the mixed xylenes. Its
primary demand comes from the polyester chain, with about 60% from textiles
and about 30% from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging resin. A small
amount of PX is used as a solvent, as well as in the
production of di-paraxylene and herbicides.

Within Chemicals and Petrochemicals Reports Package, a newly updated
market report "Paraxylene (PX) 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast"
(marketpublishers.com/r/P1CCFEBAC42EN.html) was issued by Market
Publishers, Ltd. The report features important aspects of Paraxylene(PX)
market, provides its thorough analysis, focusing on the regional, country
and world markets:

    - General information (properties, applications, manufacturing
      processes);
    - World market characteristics (capacities, production, consumption,
      prices, trade by region, future projects);
    - Overviews of regional markets by country (European, Asian, American,
      Middle East, African, Oceanian markets).

The market research is accomplished by a list of major Paraxylene
suppliers and profiles of leading producers. Paraxylene market perspectives
till 2015 are given on global and regional basis (capacities, consumption,
production, prices).

Paraxylene (PX): 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast

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Updated: Jan, 2010

Pages: 250

The report description and content are also available in Russian
(marketpublishers.ru/r/MF1A8C5A402RU.html)and in German
(marketpublishers.de/r/P1CCFEBAC42DE.html) languages.

The research on Paraxylene has been worked out by Merchant Research &
Consulting Ltd (mcgroup.co.uk), an internationally recognized market
research agency, specializing in chemical industry. The report is a part of
Petrochemicals (Aromatics) Reports Package 2009, which also highlights the
markets as follows:

    - Phenol (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/P/023500/Research.html),
    - Bisphenol A (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/B/042500/Reearch.html),
    - Cumene (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/C/20/Cumene.html),
    - Dimethyl Terephthalate (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/D/005000/R.html),
    - Benzene (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/B/028500/Benzene.html),
    - Phthalic Anhydride (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/P/03900/Report.html),

    - Terephthalic Acid (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/T/01900/Report.html),
    - Toluene (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/T/04900/Toluene.html),
    - Orthoxylene (mcgroup.co.uk/researches/O/02/Orthoxylene.html),
    - Nitrobenzene(mcgroup.co.uk/researches/N/0170/Report.html).

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