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N-Butanol
India's butanol plants ran at an estimated 29% of capacity in 2025-26, and imports still meet most n-butanol demand in India.
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Demand for n-butanol in India is around 117 KTA. It goes into niche markets such as perfumes and works as a solvent, both for extracting essential oils and in paints, coatings, natural resins, gums, synthetic resins, dyes, alkaloids and camphor. Consumption should rise sharply now that n-butanol is also seen as an alternative to gasoline: it gives better mileage, and compared with ethanol it raises the energy derived from biomass by 24-42%.
Andhra Petrochemicals and BPCL's Kochi refinery (propylene derivatives complex, inaugurated February 2021) lead domestic production of oxo-alcohols, including n-butanol. Andhra Petrochemicals is small, with 73 KTA of oxo-alcohols, and sells only in the southern Indian market. Domestic production grew 16.7% a year from 2017-18 to 2025-26, but imports still dominate, so domestic prices move directly with the international market.
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