Styrene Demand Remains Dominated by Polystyrene According to Report Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com

LONDON, April 8, 2010 - The fastest styrene demand growth is forecast in China, the Middle East,
Central and Eastern Europe, and Central and South America. Based on current
capacity expansion announcements, the United States, Canada, Japan,
Singapore, the Republic of Korea, and the Middle East will remain net
exporters while Mexico, India, Thailand and other Asian countries will
continue to be net importers to 2013.

Styrene demand remains dominated by its main derivative, polystyrene
(59%), which has reached maturity in most developed countries. Other styrene
consumption is for the production of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)
and styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) resins (16%), styrene-butadiene (S/B)
copolymer latexes (6%) and unsaturated polyester, accounting for an
additional 6% of world styrene demand, while SBR and SBR latexes production
accounted for 4% of world demand.

A newly updated market report "Styrene: 2010 World Market Outlook And
Forecast" (marketpublishers.com/r/SE2614550C2EN.html) was issued by
Market Publishers, Ltd. The report features important aspects of Styrene
market, provides its thorough analysis:

    - General information (properties, applications, manufacturing
      processes);
    - World market characteristics (capacities, production, consumption,
      prices, trade by region, and 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 Styrene suppliers
and profiles of leading producers. Styrene market perspectives till 2015 are
given on global and regional basis (capacities, consumption, production, and
prices). Feedstock market for Styrene is also briefly overviewed in the
report.

Styrene: 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast

marketpublishers.com/r/SE2614550C2EN.html

Updated: Jan, 2010

Pages: 300

The report description and content are also available in Russian
(marketpublishers.ru/r/SE2614550C2RU.html) and in German
(marketpublishers.de/r/SE2614550C2DE.html) languages.

The market research 'Styrene: 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast'
has been worked out by Merchant Research & Consulting Ltd
(www.mcgroup.co.uk), an internationally recognized market research
agency, specializing in chemical industry.

    Daily updated news on Styrene and other chemicals can be reached at
    www.ChemGuide.Asia,
    www.ChemGuideEurope.com,
    www.ChemGuideUSA.com,
    www.ChemGuide.Ru

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