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technology, and another in Lamotte, plosion at the plant just three days ozonolysis of dimethyl ether derived Table 6: Top-10 suppliers of GA into India, FY24 through imports. Bulk of the imports
France. The Lamotte plant is now after it came online with a new tech- from maleic anhydride, and DSM had Supplier Quantity came China, with small quantities
owned by Weylchem Lamotte SAS, nology. a capacity of 13,500-tpa at the site. Hubei Hongyuan Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. 3,784 from the Weylchem plant in France.
which is the sole producer of the
chemical in the EU. One year earlier, an explosion had In June 2024, the EU authorities Cangzhou Goldlion Chemicals Co., Ltd. 2,080 The agrochemical and pharma-
damaged three GA units at the site, initiated anti-dumping investigations Shanghai Foreign Trade Enterprises Pudong Co., Ltd. 1,872 ceutical industries account for 45%
In 2004, DSM ended production injuring 20 workers. The plants pro- into imports of GA from China on a Shanghai Keyleader International Co., Ltd. 1,810 each of total demand, with small
of GA at Linz (Austria) after an ex- duced GA using a process based on the complaint by Weylchem Lamotte. Jiangsu Gtig Huatai Co., Ltd. 1,332 quantities used for making aroma
Table 5: Intermediates made using GA Levachem Company Ltd. 1,070 chemicals.
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Agrochemicals 4,648 3,636 5,607 6,966 3,466 article/glyoxylic-acid-application-
Benzo[1,3]dioxol-5-yl-acetic acid 2861-28-1 (2R,2-alpha-R)-4-Benzyl-2- 287930-75-0 Aroma chemicals 52 1,430 910 442 production-and-isolation.htm.
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2-Indaneacetic acid 37868-26-1 1-Benzyl-5-Ethoxyhydantoin 65855-02-9 Table 8: Top-10 buyers of glycolic
acid in India, FY24 160
8-Methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H- 64172-41-4 (L)-Menthyl glyoxylate hydrate 111969-64-3 Company Quantity
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PI Industries Ltd. 4,386
N-[4-(2,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1,2,4-oxa- 872728-82-0 3-(5-Difl uoromethoxy-1-methyl- 656825-92-2 Laurus Labs Ltd. 3,004 120
diazol-3-yl)phenyl]-Glycine 3-trifl uoromethyl-1H-pyrazol- 100
4-ylmethylsulfanyl)-5,5-dimethyl- DCM Shriram Industries 2,280
4,5-dihydro-isoxazole Ltd. 80
4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde 123-08-0 (1R)-(-)-Menthyl glyoxylate 26315-61-7 Hetero Labs Limited 1,401 60
Styrax Life Sciences P. Ltd. 982
4-Methoxyphenylacetic acid 104-01-8 DL-4-Hydroxymandelic acid mono- 184901-84-6 40
hydrate Orch Laboratories India 920
P. Ltd. 20
3,4,5-Trimethoxy benzaldehyde 86-81-7 (E) Methyl-2-methoxyimino-2- 120974-97-2 Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd. 910 0
o-tolylacetate
Eytan Labs Ltd. 360 April June Aug Oct Dec Feb April June Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Aug Oct Dec Feb Apr Jun Aug
3,4-Dimethoxy phenylacetic acid 93-40-3 Emtricitabine hydrochloride 258832-61-0
Deccan Fine Chemicals 280 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
2-Thiopheneacetic acid 1918-77-0 4-(2-Aminophenyl)-4-oxocrotonic 36920-52-2 India P. Ltd. Fig. 1: CIF prices of GA [Rs./kg]
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India’s demand for GA in FY24 6. Ulmann’s Encyclopedia of Indus-
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