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Global Methyl Mercaptan Market: By Source; By Synthesis Type: Hydrogen Sulphide-Methanol Vapour Phase, Sodium Sulphide-Dimethyl Sulphate, Thiourea-Dimethyl Sulphate; By Functionality; By Application; Regional Analysis; Historical Market and Forecast (2018-2028); Competitive Landscape; Industry Events and Developments
Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Outlook
The global methyl mercaptan market reached a value of about USD 1.5 billion in 2020. The market is further expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5% in the forecast period of 2023-2028 to reach a value of approximately USD 2.07 billion by 2026.
Methyl mercaptan is widely used as a feedstock for the animals and poultry, as an intermediate in the production of pesticides, fungicides, jet fuel, and plastics, and in the synthesis of methionine. It is also utilised as a gas odorant for natural gas, butane, and propane. The growth of the application sectors is driving the demand for the product, thus, aiding the market expansion.
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North America Leading the Methyl Mercaptan Market
The market is dominated by the North America region. The market is expanding in the region due to the growing product demand from the various end-use sectors. The other significant markets for the product include the Asia Pacific and the Middle East and Africa. The rapidly emerging economies within these regions are expected to provide enhanced growth opportunities to the manufacturers. The presence of several oil and gas production facilities in the Middle East countries are also expected to aid the industry in the coming years.
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Methyl Mercaptan: Market Segmentation
Methyl mercaptan, also known as methanethiol, is an organosulphur compound with the odour of rotten cabbage. It is a colourless gas with the chemical formula CH3SH. It is produced from methanol and hydrogen sulphide. It occurs naturally in the blood and brain of humans and animals, in plant tissues, in a wide variety of vegetables including onions and garlic, and in coal tar and petroleum distillates. Owing to its distinct putrid smell, it is used as a gas odorant for natural gas, butane, and propane to aid in leak detection.
The various sources of methyl mercaptan can be segmented into:
- Natural
- Synthetic
Based on synthesis type, the industry is divided into:
- Hydrogen Sulphide-Methanol Vapour Phase
- Sodium Sulphide-Dimethyl Sulphate
- Thiourea-Dimethyl Sulphate
- Others
On the basis of functionality, the industry is categorised into:
- Fungicides and Pesticides
- Intermediates
- Fuel Additives
- Catalysts
- Others
The major applications of the product include:
- Chemical
- Food
- Feed
- Mining Industry
- Others
The regional markets for the product include North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa.
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Poultry and Animal Feed Applications are Driving the Methyl Mercaptan Market
The market is being driven by the growing demand for methyl mercaptan from the major application sectors, particularly poultry and animal feed. With the growing demand for poultry feed in the emerging regions like the Asia Pacific, major players are extending their manufacturing capacities to such regions. Other factors like rising population, technological advancements, thriving agro-industry, increasing demand for petrochemicals, and growing polymer industry are also propelling the industry growth.
Owing to the growing demand for chemicals in various end use sectors and rapid urbanisation, particularly in the emerging nations, the product is expected to witness an enhanced demand. This is expected to have a positive effect on the expansion of the global methyl mercaptan industry over the forecast period.
Key Industry Players in the Global Methyl Mercaptan Market
The report gives a detailed analysis of the following key players in the global methyl mercaptan market, covering their competitive landscape, capacity, and latest developments like mergers, acquisitions, and investments, expansions of capacity, and plant turnarounds:
- Arkema S.A.
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
- Others
The comprehensive EMR report provides an in-depth assessment of the market based on the Porter's five forces model along with giving a SWOT analysis.
| REPORT FEATURES | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| Base Year | 2022 |
| Historical Period | 2018-2022 |
| Forecast Period | 2023-2028 |
| Scope of the Report | Historical and Forecast Trends, Industry Drivers and Constraints, Historical and Forecast Market Analysis by Segment- Source, Synthesis Type, Functionality, Application, Region |
| Breakup by Source | Natural, Synthetic |
| Breakup by Synthesis Type | Hydrogen Sulphide-Methanol Vapour Phase, Sodium Sulphide-Dimethyl Sulphate, Thiourea-Dimethyl Sulphate, Others |
| Breakup by Functionality | Fungicides and Pesticides, Intermediates, Fuel Additives, Catalysts, Others |
| Breakup by Application | Chemical, Food, Feed, Mining Industry, Others |
| Breakup by Region | North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa |
| Market Dynamics | SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, Key Indicators for Price and Demand |
| Price Analysis | Historical and Forecast Price Trends- Regional |
| Competitive Landscape | Market Structure, Company Profiles- Company Overview, Product Portfolio, Demographic Reach and Achievements, Certifications |
| Companies Covered | Arkema S.A., Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Others |
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*At Expert Market Research, we strive to always give you current and accurate information. The numbers depicted in the description are indicative and may differ from the actual numbers in the final EMR report.
1 Preface
2 Report Coverage – Key Segmentation and Scope
3 Report Description
3.1 Market Definition and Outlook
3.2 Properties and Applications
3.3 Market Analysis
3.4 Key Players
4 Key Assumptions
5 Executive Summary
5.1 Overview
5.2 Key Drivers
5.3 Key Developments
5.4 Competitive Structure
5.5 Key Industrial Trends
6 Snapshot
6.1 Global
6.2 Regional
7 Opportunities and Challenges in the Market
8 Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Analysis
8.1 Key Industry Highlights
8.2 Global Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market (2018-2022)
8.3 Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast (2023-2028)
8.4 Global Methyl Mercaptan Market by Source
8.4.1 Natural
8.4.1.1 Market Share
8.4.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.4.2 Synthetic
8.4.2.1 Market Share
8.4.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5 Global Methyl Mercaptan Market by Synthesis Type
8.5.1 Hydrogen Sulphide-Methanol Vapour Phase
8.5.1.1 Market Share
8.5.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.2 Sodium Sulphide-Dimethyl Sulphate
8.5.2.1 Market Share
8.5.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.3 Thiourea-Dimethyl Sulphate
8.5.3.1 Market Share
8.5.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.4 Others
8.6 Global Methyl Mercaptan Market by Functionality
8.6.1 Fungicides and Pesticides
8.6.1.1 Market Share
8.6.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.2 Intermediates
8.6.2.1 Market Share
8.6.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.3 Fuel Additives
8.6.3.1 Market Share
8.6.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.4 Catalysts
8.6.4.1 Market Share
8.6.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.5 Others
8.7 Global Methyl Mercaptan Market by Application
8.7.1 Chemical
8.7.1.1 Market Share
8.7.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.2 Food
8.7.2.1 Market Share
8.7.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.3 Feed
8.7.3.1 Market Share
8.7.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.4 Mining Industry
8.7.4.1 Market Share
8.7.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.5 Others
8.8 Global Methyl Mercaptan Market by Region
8.8.1 North America
8.8.1.1 Market Share
8.8.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.2 Europe
8.8.2.1 Market Share
8.8.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.3 Asia Pacific
8.8.3.1 Market Share
8.8.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.4 Latin America
8.8.4.1 Market Share
8.8.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.5 Middle East and Africa
8.8.5.1 Market Share
8.8.5.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.5.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
9 North America Methyl Mercaptan Market Analysis
9.1 United States of America
9.1.1 Market Share
9.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
9.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
9.2 Canada
9.2.1 Market Share
9.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
9.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10 Europe Methyl Mercaptan Market Analysis
10.1 United Kingdom
10.1.1 Market Share
10.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.2 Germany
10.2.1 Market Share
10.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.3 France
10.3.1 Market Share
10.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.4 Italy
10.4.1 Market Share
10.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.5 Others
11 Asia Pacific Methyl Mercaptan Market Analysis
11.1 China
11.1.1 Market Share
11.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.2 Japan
11.2.1 Market Share
11.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.3 India
11.3.1 Market Share
11.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4 ASEAN
11.4.1 Market Share
11.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.5 Australia
11.5.1 Market Share
11.5.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.5.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.6 Others
12 Latin America Methyl Mercaptan Market Analysis
12.1 Brazil
12.1.1 Market Share
12.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.2 Argentina
12.2.1 Market Share
12.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.3 Mexico
12.3.1 Market Share
12.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.4 Others
13 Middle East and Africa Methyl Mercaptan Market Analysis
13.1 Saudi Arabia
13.1.1 Market Share
13.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.2 United Arab Emirates
13.2.1 Market Share
13.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.3 Nigeria
13.3.1 Market Share
13.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.4 South Africa
13.4.1 Market Share
13.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.5 Others
14 Market Dynamics
14.1 SWOT Analysis
14.1.1 Strengths
14.1.2 Weaknesses
14.1.3 Opportunities
14.1.4 Threats
14.2 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
14.2.1 Supplier’s Power
14.2.2 Buyer’s Power
14.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
14.2.4 Degree of Rivalry
14.2.5 Threat of Substitutes
14.3 Key Indicators for Demand
14.4 Key Indicators for Price
15 Value Chain Analysis
16 Price Analysis
16.1 North America Historical Price Trends (2018-2022) & Forecast (2023-2028)
16.2 Europe Historical Price Trends (2018-2022) & Forecast (2023-2028)
16.3 Asia Pacific Historical Price Trends (2018-2022) & Forecast (2023-2028)
16.4 Latin America Historical Price Trends (2018-2022) & Forecast (2023-2028)
16.5 Middle East & Africa Historical Price Trends (2018-2022) & Forecast (2023-2028)
17 Manufacturing Process
17.1 Overview
17.2 Detailed Process Flow
17.3 Operation Involved
18 Competitive Landscape
18.1 Market Structure
18.2 Company Profiles (*This list is only indicative. The report contains a more comprehensive list of players.)
18.2.1 Arkema S.A.
18.2.1.1 Company Overview
18.2.1.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.1.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.1.4 Certifications
18.2.2 Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
18.2.2.1 Company Overview
18.2.2.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.2.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.2.4 Certifications
18.2.3 Others
19 Key Trends and Developments in the Market
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1 Project Requirement and Cost Analysis
1.1 Land, Location, and Site Development
1.2 Construction
1.3 Plant Machinery
1.4 Raw Material
1.5 Packaging
1.6 Transportation
1.7 Utilities
1.8 Manpower
1.9 Other Capital Investment
List of Key Figures and Tables
1. Global Methyl Mercaptan Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2018 and 2028
2. Global Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Source (USD Million), 2018-2022
3. Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Source (USD Million), 2023-2028
4. Global Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Synthesis Type (USD Million), 2018-2022
5. Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Synthesis Type (USD Million), 2023-2028
6. Global Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Functionality (USD Million), 2018-2022
7. Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Functionality (USD Million), 2023-2028
8. Global Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Application (USD Million), 2018-2022
9. Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Application (USD Million), 2023-2028
10. Global Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Region (USD Million), 2018-2022
11. Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (USD Million), 2023-2028
12. North America Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2018-2022
13. North America Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2023-2028
14. Europe Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2018-2022
15. Europe Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2023-2028
16. Asia Pacific Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2018-2022
17. Asia Pacific Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2023-2028
18. Latin America Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2018-2022
19. Latin America Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2023-2028
20. Middle East and Africa Methyl Mercaptan Historical Market: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2018-2022
21. Middle East and Africa Methyl Mercaptan Market Forecast: Breakup by Country (USD Million), 2023-2028
1. North America Historical Price Trends and Forecast 2018-2028
2. Europe Historical Price Trends and Forecast 2018-2028
3. Asia Pacific Historical Price Trends and Forecast 2018-2028
4. Latin America Historical Price Trends and Forecast 2018-2028
5. Middle East and Africa Historical Price Trends and Forecast 2018-2028
22. Global Methyl Mercaptan Market Structure
Key Questions Answered in the Report
In 2020, the global methyl mercaptan market attained a value of nearly USD 1.5 billion.
The market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5% between 2021 and 2026.
The market is estimated to witness a healthy growth in the forecast period of 2023-2028 to reach about USD 2.07 billion by 2026.
The major drivers of the industry, such as rising disposable incomes, increasing population, growing polymer and agro-industries, rising demand from animal feed sector, and the rising petrochemical demand, are expected to aid the market growth.
The key trends guiding the growth of the market include the growing technological advancements and rising penetration of key players into the emerging regions.
The major regions in the industry are North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, with North America accounting for the largest market share.
The leading sources of methyl mercaptan in the market are natural and synthetic.
The major synthesis types in the market are hydrogen sulphide-methanol vapour phase, sodium sulphide-dimethyl sulphate, and thiourea-dimethyl sulphate, among others.
The significant functionalities of the product in the industry are fungicides and pesticides, intermediates, fuel additives, and catalysts, among others.
The leading application segments in the industry are chemical, food, feed, and mining industry, among others.
The major players in the industry are Arkema S.A. and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, among others.
Analyst Review
The global methyl mercaptan market attained a value of USD 1.5 billion in 2020, driven by rising demand from poultry and animal feed sectors. Aided by the rising technological advancements, the market is expected to witness a further growth in the forecast period of 2023-2028, growing at a CAGR of 5.5%. The methyl mercaptan market is projected to reach USD 2.07 billion by 2026.
EMR’s meticulous research methodology delves deep into the market, covering the macro and micro aspects of the industry. Based on sources, the market can be segmented into natural and synthetic. On the basis of synthesis type, the industry can be segmented into hydrogen sulphide-methanol vapour phase, sodium sulphide-dimethyl sulphate, and thiourea-dimethyl sulphate, among others. By functionality, the market can segmented into fungicides and pesticides, intermediates, fuel additives, and catalysts, among others. On the basis of applications, the industry can be divided into chemical, food, feed, and mining industry, among others. The major regional markets for methyl mercaptan are North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa, with North America accounting for the largest share of the market. The key players in the above market include Arkema S.A. and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, among others.
EMR’s research methodology uses a combination of cutting-edge analytical tools and the expertise of their highly accomplished team, thus, providing their customers with market insights that are accurate, actionable, and help them remain ahead of their competition.
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