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Updated to Q3 2019
Plentiful stocks in Rotterdam are expected to combine with global oversupply. Local offers are likely to be boosted by a second unit at OCI’s Dutch methanol plant, earmarked for a June startup, although news of its operation was pending in late June. Buyers and sellers are well prepared for Russian turnarounds scheduled for the summer.
Depressed expectations for Q3 are influenced by weak European economic data and global geopolitical trade tensions. The IFO index, the German business climate index, has been falling for more than a year to June. A slower offtake is expected, as consumers prepare for the summer. There is bearish expectation for China’s methanol consumption, which plays a major role for global markets.
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Methanol is primarily used to produce formaldehyde, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and acetic acid, with smaller amounts going into the manufacture of DMT, MMA, chloromethanes, methylamines, glycol methyl ethers and fuels.
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Methanol is primarily used to produce formaldehyde, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and acetic acid, with smaller amounts going into the manufacture of DMT, MMA, chloromethanes, methylamines, glycol methyl ethers and fuels.
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