CEH: Formaldehyde

Nov 2021. Formaldehyde is the most commercially important aldehyde. Production of urea-, phenol-, and melamine-formaldehyde resins (UF, PF, and MF resins) accounts for the bulk of the world consumption of formaldehyde in 2020; other large applications include polyacetal resins, pentaerythritol, methylenebis (4-phenyl isocyanate) (MDI), 1,4-butanediol (BDO), and hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA). Most formaldehyde producers are concerned primarily with satisfying captive requirements for derivatives and/or supplying local merchant sales. Formaldehyde is usually produced close to the point of consumption since it is fairly easy to make, but is costly to transport and can develop problems associated with stability during transport. As a result, world trade in formaldehyde is minimal.

• Publish Date: 2021-11-30
• Chemical Focus: Syngas Chemicals, Industrial Gases and Fertilizers
• Number of Pages: 122
• Content Type: Report
• Delivery: Email with link to PDF file

• Global summary; regional coverage
• Producers with annual capacities and plant sites
• Consumption and five-year forecast by end-use application
• Price and production figures and trends
• Trade imports and exports

• Drive market research and commercial development
• Support competitive analysis, marketing and sales
• Inform merger and acquisition decisions