Styrenic Copolymers

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Published August 2024

This S&P Global marketing research report covers the following styrenic copolymer products and market:

High-styrene content styrene-butadiene copolymer (HS-SBC) resins
Styrene-acrylic copolymers
Ion exchange resins (IER, styrene-divinylbenzene copolymers)
Weatherable styrenic copolymers (acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate [ASA] and acrylonitrile-ethylene-styrene [AES])
Methacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS)
Styrene–maleic anhydride (SMA)
Styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymer (SMMA, MS resin, methyl methacrylate-styrene)
Acrylonitrile-chlorinated polyethylene-styrene (ACS)

This report does not include the styrene derivatives and products such as polystyrene (general purpose, high impact and expandable), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin, styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer resin, styrene-butadiene latex, styrene-butadiene elastomer/rubber, SBC elastomers and unsaturated polyester resins.

The following chart shows world consumption of styrenic copolymers by type:

World Consumption of Styrenic Copolymers

In the last three years, the consumption of styrenic copolymers, as defined in this report, has slowed down because of the downturn of the mainland Chinese market; lower-than-usual global demand, which led to reduced operating rates and lower margins; the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war on the global economy; and high inflation rates and high energy costs, especially in Europe.

The fastest growth in the consumption of styrenic copolymers in recent years has been in India. India’s continued construction, urbanization and its high economic growth has propelled the fastest rate for the consumption of styrenic copolymers among any other region/country. Mainland China continues to be the largest global market for styrenic copolymers, followed by the United States and Western Europe.

Of all the styrenic copolymers defined in the report, styrene-acrylic copolymers has the largest consumption volume, followed by styrene-divinylbenzene ion exchange resins and methacrylate-butadiene-styrene resins.

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Section Page Number

Executive summary 10

Summary 11

Abbreviations 16

High-styrene-content SBC resins 17

Introduction 17

Supply and demand by region 17

United States 17

Producing companies 17

Consumption 17

Price 19

Canada 19

Mexico 19

Central and South America 19

Western Europe 19

Producing companies 19

Consumption 20

Price 22

Central and Eastern Europe 22

Producing companies 22

Consumption 22

Eurasia 23

Producing companies 23

Consumption 23

Middle East 23

Africa 23

Mainland China 23

Producing companies 23

Production and consumption 23

Price 23

Northeast Asia 24

Producing companies 24

Consumpion 24

South Asia 25

Southeast Asia 25

Producing companies 25

Consumption 25

Styrene-acrylic copolymers 26

Introduction 26

Supply and demand by region 26

United States 26

Producing companies 26

Consumption 26

Canada 28

Mexico 28

Central and South America 28

Western Europe 28

Producing companies 28

Consumption 30

Price 32

Central and Eastern Europe 32

Producing companies 32

Consumption 32

Eurasia 33

Producing companies 33

Consumption 33

Middle East 34

Africa 34

Mainland China 35

Producing companies 35

Consumption 35

Price 35

Northeast Asia 35

Japan 35

Producing companies 35

Consumption 35

South Korea and Taiwan 37

Producing companies 37

Consumption 37

South Asia 37

Producing companies 37

Consumption 37

India 38

Southeast Asia 38

Producing companies 38

Consumption 39

ASEAN 39

Oceania 39

Ion exchange resins (styrene-divinylbenzene copolymers) 40

Introduction 40

Supply and demand by region 40

United States 40

Producing companies 40

Consumption 41

Price 42

Trade 42

Canada 42

Mexico 43

Central and South America 43

Western Europe 43

Producing companies 43

Consumption 44

Price 46

Trade 46

Central and Eastern Europe 46

Producing companies 46

Consumption 46

Eurasia 47

Producing companies 47

Consumption 48

Middle East 48

Producing companies 48

Consumption 48

Africa 48

Mainland China 48

Producing companies 48

Consumption 50

Price 51

Trade 51

Northeast Asia 52

Producing companies 52

Consumption 52

Japan 53

South Korea 53

Taiwan 53

South Asia 53

Producing companies 53

Consumption 54

Southeast Asia 55

Consumption 55

ASEAN 56

Oceania 56

Weatherable styrenic copolymers 57

Introduction 57

Supply and demand by region 57

United States 57

Producing companies 57

Consumption 58

Canada 58

Mexico 58

Central and South America 59

Western Europe 59

Producing companies 59

Consumption 60

Price 61

Central and Eastern Europe 61

Producing companies 61

Consumption 61

Eurasia 62

Producing companies 62

Consumption 62

Middle East 62

Africa 62

Mainland China 62

Producing companies 62

Consumption 62

Trade 63

Northeast Asia 64

Japan 64

Producing companies 64

Consumption 64

Price 66

South Korea 66

Producing companies 66

Consumption 67

Taiwan 68

Producing companies 68

Consumption 69

South Asia 70

India 70

Consumption 70

Southeast Asia 72

ASEAN 72

Producing companies 72

Consumption 73

Methacrylate-butadiene-styrene 75

Introduction 75

Supply and demand by region 75

United States 75

Producing companies 75

Consumption 76

Price 76

Canada 76

Mexico 76

Central and South America 76

Western Europe 76

Producing companies 76

Consumption 77

Price 78

Central and Eastern Europe 79

Producing companies 79

Consumption 79

Eurasia 79

Producing companies 79

Consumption 79

Middle East 79

Africa 79

Mainland China 80

Producing companies 80

Consumption 80

Price 81

Trade 82

Northeast Asia 82

Producing companies 82

Consumption 83

Japan 83

South Korea 84

Taiwan 84

South Asia 84

Consumption 84

Southeast Asia 85

Producing companies 85

Consumption 85

ASEAN 86

Oceania 86

Styrene–maleic anhydride 87

Introduction 87

High-molecular-weight styrene–maleic anhydride (HMW-SMA) 87

Low-molecular-weight styrene–maleic anhydride (LMW-SMA) 87

Supply and demand by region 87

High-molecular-weight styrene–maleic anhydride 87

United States 87

Western Europe 87

Central and Eastern Europe 88

Producing companies 88

Consumption 88

Eurasia 88

Producing companies 88

Consumption 88

Middle East 88

Africa 88

Mainland China 89

Producing companies 89

Production and consumption 89

Price 89

Trade 89

Northeast Asia 90

Japan 90

South Korea and Taiwan 90

South Asia 90

India 90

Southeast Asia 90

Low-molecular-weight styrene–maleic anhydride 90

United States 90

Central and South America 91

Western Europe 91

Central and Eastern Europe 91

Producing companies 92

Consumption 92

Eurasia 92

Producing companies 92

Consumption 92

Mainland China 92

Producing companies 92

Production and consumption 92

Price 93

Trade 93

Northeast Asia 93

Japan 93

South Asia 93

Southeast Asia 93

Styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymer 94

Introduction 94

Supply and demand by region 94

United States 94

Producing companies 94

Consumption 95

Price 95

Canada 95

Mexico 95

Producing companies 95

Consumption 95

Central and South America 95

Western Europe 96

Producing companies 96

Consumption 96

Central and Eastern Europe 96

Producing companies 96

Consumption 96

Eurasia 96

Producing companies 96

Consumption 96

Mainland China 96

Producing companies 96

Consumption 97

Price 97

Northeast Asia 97

Producing companies 97

Consumption 98

Price 99

South Asia 99

Producing companies 99

Consumption 100

India 100

Southeast Asia 100

Producing companies 100

Consumption 101

Acrylonitrile-chlorinated polyethylene-styrene 103

Mainland China 103

Japan 104

Appendix — Geographic regions 105

Additional resources 106

Revisions 107

Data Workbook 108

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