Article: METHYL ETHYL KETONE.(world market)(Brief Article)

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U.S. 41 cts/lb del, small and mid-size customers; includes distribution cost

Europe DM505/m.t. del

Asia/Pacific $909/m.t. cif Asia

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Demand in the 1-million m.t./year global methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) market is improving, producers say, led mostly by a recovering Asian economy. MEK demand declined by 1% last year, and producers had forecast a similar drop for this year. However, most producers now project global demand growth of 0%-2% this year, and 4% growth in Asia. Global capacity utilization rates have risen marginally from 1998, to 85%.

One producer says U.S. MEK demand is dropping by 3%-4%/year as a ...

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