Table of Contents
Section Page Number
Executive summary 8
Summary 9
Classical aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 12
Greener aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 15
Nitrilotriacetic acid and salts (NTA) 16
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 17
Organophosphonates 22
Introduction 24
Major end-use markets 25
Cleaning compounds 28
Household cleaning products 29
Institutional and industrial (I&I) cleaning products 30
Water treatment 31
Pulp and paper 31
Agricultural applications 32
Photographic applications 33
Textile treatment 33
Food, cosmetics/toiletries and pharmaceuticals 34
Gas scrubbing/sweetening 35
Concrete admixtures 36
Metal finishing 37
Petroleum exploration and production 37
Rubber/polymer processing 37
Miscellaneous chemical processing 38
Aminopolycarboxylic acids 38
Classical aminopolycarboxylic acids 39
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and salts (EDTA) 39
Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid and salts (DTPA) 39
Hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid and salts (HEDTA) 40
Nitrilotriacetic acid and salts (NTA) 40
Biodegradable aminopolycarboxylic acids 41
Ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid and salts (EDDS) 41
Iminodisuccinic acid and salts (IDS) 41
Methylglycinediacetic acid and salts (MGDA) 42
Glutamic acid-N,N-diacetic acid and salts (GLDA) 42
Hydroxycarboxylic acids 42
Organophosphonates 43
Manufacturing processes 46
Aminopolycarboxylic acids 46
Nitrilotriacetic acid 46
Hydroxycarboxylic acids 47
Organophosphonates 47
Environmental regulations and issues 48
REACH 48
Detergents regulation 48
Risk assessments 49
Supply and demand by region 50
United States 50
Producing companies 50
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 50
Nitrilotriacetic acid and salts (NTA) 51
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 51
Gluconic acid/sodium gluconate 51
Sodium glucoheptonate 51
Organophosphonates 52
Salient statistics 54
Aminopolycarboxylates 54
NTA 59
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 60
Gluconic acids and salts 61
Glucoheptonic acids and salts 62
Organophosphonates 63
Consumption 64
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts (excluding NTA) 64
Nitrilotriacetic acid and salts 68
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 69
Organophosphonates 71
Price 73
Aminopolycarboxylic acids 73
Hydroxycarboxylic acids 74
Organophosphonates 74
Trade 75
Classical aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 75
Imports 75
Exports 76
Greener aminopolycarboxylic acids 77
Nitrilotriacetic acid, sodium salt 78
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 78
Organophosphonates 80
Imports 80
Exports 82
Canada 83
Production 83
Salient statistics 83
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 83
Nitrilotriacetic acid 85
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 86
Organophosphonates 87
Mexico 88
Producing companies 88
Aminopolycarboxylic acids 88
Hydroxycarboxylic acids 89
Organophosphonates 89
Salient statistics 89
Consumption 92
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 92
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 92
Organophosphonates 92
Trade 93
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 93
NTA 93
Hydroxycarboxylic acids, salts and esters 93
Organophosphonates 94
Central and South America 96
Producing companies 96
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 96
NTA 96
Hydroxycarboxylic acids 96
Organophosphonates 96
Salient statistics 96
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 97
NTA 100
Hydroxycarboxylic acids 100
Organophosphonates 100
Consumption 100
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 100
Hydroxycarboxylic acids 100
Organophosphonates 101
Price 101
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 101
Hydroxycarboxylic acids 101
Trade 102
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 102
Imports 102
Exports 103
Hydroxycarboxylic acids, salts and esters 103
Gluconates 103
Sodium glucoheptonate 104
Organophosphonates 105
Europe 106
Producing companies 106
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 106
Gluconic acid and salts 108
Glucoheptonic acid and salts 109
Organophosphonates 109
Salient statistics 111
Production 111
Aminopolycarboxylates 111
Gluconates and glucoheptonates 112
Organophosphonates 112
Consumption 113
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 113
EDTA 114
NTA 116
DTPA 117
HEDTA 117
MGDA 117
IDS 118
GLDA 118
EDDS 119
Other 119
Gluconic acid and salts 119
Western Europe 120
Central and Eastern Europe 121
CIS and Baltic States 122
Glucoheptonic acid and salts 124
Organophosphonates 125
Price 130
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 130
Gluconates and glucoheptonates 130
Organophosphonates 132
Trade 132
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 132
Gluconic acid and salts 133
Western Europe 133
Central and Eastern Europe 134
CIS and Baltic States 134
Organophosphonates 135
Middle East 135
Producing companies 135
Salient statistics 135
Consumption 136
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 136
Gluconic acid and salts 137
Organophosphonates 138
Trade 139
Africa 140
Producing companies 140
Salient statistics 140
Consumption 141
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 141
Gluconic acid and salts 142
Organophosphonates 143
Trade 144
Indian Subcontinent 145
Producing companies 145
Aminopolycarboxylates 145
Gluconic acid and salts 146
Organophosphonates 146
Salient statistics 146
Aminopolycarboxylic acid and salts 147
Sodium gluconate 148
Organophosphonates 149
Consumption 150
Price 151
Trade 152
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 152
Gluconic acid and salts 152
Mainland China 153
Aminopolycarboxylic acids 154
Producing companies 154
Salient statistics 156
Consumption 157
Household detergents and I&I cleaners 157
Agricultural applications 158
Textile treatment 159
Pulp and paper 159
Food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, toiletries 159
Price 159
Trade 160
Gluconic acids and salts 160
Producing companies 160
Salient statistics 161
Consumption 162
Price 164
Trade 164
Sodium glucoheptonates 165
Organophosphonates 166
Producing companies 166
Salient statistics 167
Consumption 168
Price 169
Trade 169
Japan 170
Producing companies 170
Aminopolycarboxylic acids 170
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 171
Organophosphonates 171
Production 171
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 171
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 172
Organophosphonates 172
Salient statistics 173
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and sals 174
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 174
Consumption 175
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 175
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 180
Organophosphonates 181
Other 182
Price 183
Trade 183
Other Northeast Asia 186
Producing companies 186
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 186
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 186
Organophosphonates 186
Production 187
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 187
Organophosphonates 188
Salient statistics 188
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 189
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 190
Organophosphonates 191
Consumption 191
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 191
Hydroxycarboxylic acids and salts 192
Organophosphonates 192
Trade 193
Southeast Asia and Oceania 195
Producing companies 195
Salient statistics 195
Aminopolycarboxylic acids and salts 196
Gluconic acid and salts 197
Organophosphonates 198
Consumption 199
Trade 200
Appendix — Geographic regions 204
Additional resources 205
Revisions 206
Data Workbook 207
