Southeast Asia Oleochemicals Market

Slides 1 to 120 provide the current and future trends of the oleochemicals market for Southeast Asia from 2008 to 2015. In this study, the base year is 2008, and the forecast period is from 2009 to 2015. The study comprises of oleochemicals such as fatty acids, fatty alcohol and refined glycerin. The fatty acid and fatty alcohol markets are currently at its mature stage. There is a growing selectivity of purchase among buyers; they prefer cost-competitive oleo-based chemicals over fatty acids and fatty alcohol derived from crude oil that are more expensive. The refined glycerin is at the growth stage where there are growing adopters of refined glycerin, as witnessed by its increasing application in end-user markets.