US Q1 IBA production falls 22% year on year – NPRA

14 May 2009 20:51  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--US isobutanol (IBA) production was  36.2m lb (16,420 tonnes) in the first quarter, down 22% from the same period a year earlier, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) said on Thursday.

Slumping IBA prices and weak demand - both pulled down by the depressed automotive and construction sectors - prompted producers to cut output rates.

The NPRA data was compiled from four US IBA producers: BASF, Dow Chemical, Eastman and Oxea.

US IBA production (in thousands of pounds)

Q1 2008	Q2 2008	Q3 2008	Q4 2008	Q1 2009
46,129	42,009	39,988	28,925	36,151

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