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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DG 20*36 S.O.c. Series C/P-86-5 For Release February 27, 1987 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON U.S. PRODUCTION OF SELECTED SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS (INCLUDING SYNTHETIC PLASTICS AND RESIN MATERIALS) THIRD QUARTER, FOURTH QUARTER, AND CUMULATIVE TOTALS, 1986 The chemicals and synthetic plastics and resin materials covered in this report were selected, with the advice and assistance of industry and Government representatives, on the basis of their economic importance, seasonality, and specified uses. For the purpose of this report, production is defined as the sum of the quantities of each listed item made (a) for consumption in the producing plant, <b) for transfer to other plants of the same company, Cc) for sale, and <d) produced under toll agreement.1 Figures are reported on a 100 percent content basis unless otherwise specified. Where applicable, the statistics include data for materials produced by tar distillers, petroleum refiners, and coke-oven operators. This reoort was oreoared bv Mrs. Sharon Greenfield (202-523-0*56) CHEMICAL UNIT OF THIRD QUARTER 1986 2 PRODUCTION FOURTH QUARTER 1986 3 YEAR TO DATE 19864 1985 TAR AND TAR CRUDES Creosote Oil (Dead Oil): Distillate as such (100T. creosote basis)----------------------------- -1,000 gallons- 23,653 22,719 90,072 71.18B BENZENOID CRUDES Benzene, (Benzol) (all grades)------- '----------------------- 361,331 360,856 1,388,877 1,348,557 ALIPHATIC CRUDES Alpha olefins (C6 and higher)---------------:----------------- -1,000 pounds-- 657,690 - 565,831 Isobutylene (2-Methylpropene)--------------------------------Propylenei 290,737 A,045 R19 Other grades (38-89.9%)----------- ------------------------- ----------- do------------- 46 7\600 308,3*9 *3,88.4,277 *85,775 CYCLIC INTERMEDIATES Aniline----------------------------------- --------------- -----------------------Cresylic acid and crecols (including 194,750 24,323 222,935 54,37* 23,536 4,4r-Isopropylidenediphenol (Bis- 461,047 2,291,051 497,764 2,346,248 698,246 771*371 Styrene monomer----------------------- -------------------------------------Toluene 2,*- and 2,6-diisocyanate 1,966,051 2,063,391 1,9*6,222 _ 2,592,564 1,205,902 15,480,084 1,862^6*9 821,437 222,527 88,818 8,914,928 2,920,641 7,838,421 7,683,590 1,321,513 2,525,484 1,007,563 n 019 560 1,957,549 758,177 223,714 85,664 8,548,123 2,777,418 O } * 4,4. 7,453,562 7,165,054 p-Xylene----------- --------------------- ---------- ------------------------ORGANIC PIGMENTS 1,319,090 1,204,797 4,994,699 4,668,555' 5 54*; 711 1,028 3,420 3,034' N36682 DUP0502 98591 > CHEMICAL *| PRODUCTION QUANTITY . THIRD : FOURTH QUARTER QUARTER 1986 s 1986s YEAR TO DATE 1986* 1985 ORGANIC PIGMENTS--Continued t'lgmenx tied uiixuiu c v iiw x , i*x ijojw- -- Pigment Red 53:1, (barium), C.I. 15585------------- ----<jo------------- 4,289 1#165 4,646 X| 925 16,339 4,165 ,10,174 J 4,249 HEDTCINAI.S AND CHEMICALS (BULK) Aeetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin)------------------------------- PLASTICS AND KESIN MATERIALS ,669 10 04* 7,506 27,130 23,310 Polyethylene and copolymers: 354^225 HDPE (Specific gravity over 0.940)------------------- Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers-------------------------- ----------- do------------Styrene polymers and copolymers: 1,926,696 1,466,194 1,883,495 385,542 1,947,591 1,481,411 1,927,486 1,463,494 7,545,302 5,783,842 7,499,140 1,406,594 7,039,86.2 5,180,306 6,889,843 ELASTOMERS Ethylene-propylene (include copolymers PLASTICIZERS 119,287 102,437 MISCELLANEOUS END-USE CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS Acrylonitrile polymers and copolymer Polyethylene terephthalate............. ......... .................-- ----------- do-----------MISCELLANEOUS CYCLIC & ACYCLIC CHEMICALS 155,308 728,729 152.623 592,826 437,852 149,885 593,146 2,668,662 432,454 138,989 525,189 * | U VJ }VJ4 2,766,325 Acrylonitrile----------------------- ---------------------------------------2-Butoxyethanol (Ethylene glycol monobutyl Ethyl acetate (85%)------ --------------------------------------------- 553,781 626,774 74,727 140,992 51,210 130)350 44,733 2,314,369 304,601 549]335 192,346 2,346,042 / a i) 1 538,398 214,409 DUP050298592 .k ' CHEMICAL MISCELLANEOUS CYCLIC & ACYCLIC CHEMICALS--Continued Ethyl alcohol, synthetic only, for non- Halogenated hydrocarbons: UNIT OP QUANTITY PRODUCTION THIRD QUARTER 19B6l2 : : FOURTH QUARTER 1986 3 YEAR TO DATE 1986 * 1985 -1,000 pounds-- 118,194 163,793 142,395 141,037 511,307 569,618 647,322 512,817 Perchloroefchylene (Tctrachloroethylene)--------1,1,1-Trichloroethane (Hethylchloroforra)------- Isopropyl alcohol---------------------------------------------------------- 99,800 170,849 54,581 99,990 166,754 46,328 317,888 87,560 1,886,692 244,054 28,906 151,765 uXX ^ Oa / 314,935 89,371 1,891,061 216,215 166,550 405,389 647,557 201,254 1,274,721 350,259 7,326,611 941,047 615,048 61 7 /O 493,300 591,934 4U 7 /u 1,118,446 371,831 858,158 121,992 538,356 1 XIX | J 38 57 28 08 lA toll agreement is an agreement between two firms, under which one firm furnishes the raw materials and pays the processing cost and the other firm prepares the finished product and returns it to the first firm. 3Revised. 3Data for these chemicals may be partially estimated either by the staff of the Energy and Chemicals Division or by the reporting company, therefore, this column does not necessarily indicate actual production data for this quarter. 4T* otals are constantly revised as new and corrected information is received from reporting companies, hence they may not equal the sum of the quarterly figures. sThe figures for terephthalic acid (DMT) are intended to include both the acid itself and the dimethyl ester without double counting. The acid figures are multipled by the factor 1.16 to convert them to equivalent DHT. 6LDFE includes homopolymers of ethylene, co polymers containing 50 percent or more of ethylene, as well as linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). Note.--Data contained in this report are compiled primarily from Commission questionnaire sent to domestic producers and represent the best data available to the Commission^ While the data supplied in the questionnaires are checked against data previously supplied by each submitting firm and with data supplied by other domestic producers, data are not independently verified by direct Commission examination of the books of companies furnishing information. Data contained in this report should not be used for investment and other purposes without independent verification. Note.--Schedule of release date for subsequent quarterly "C/P" reports: Data for: Will be mailed: Preliminary 1986 March 1987 13 84 26 63 09 6049 77 14 64 43 B5 23 68 .18 22 62 154 66 40 55 |72 34 DUP050298593