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Reliance Industries Ltd set up India's first PTA plant in 1986, with 150 thousand tonnes of capacity, and demand has grown well since as PTA's uses spread across sectors.

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Demand for PTA in India grew at a CAGR of 5.4% from 2017-18 to 2025-26. It is the raw material for PET and polyester staple fibre, which the textile and packaging industries depend on. From an estimated 5.8 million tonnes in 2025-26, demand should reach about 7.5 million tonnes by 2030-31.

Domestic production of PTA was broadly flat from 2017-18 to 2025-26, with plants running close to or above 80% in recent years and at an estimated 85% in 2025-26. It should rise as new plants at Paradip and Mangalore come on stream. Reliance Industries Limited, Materials Chemicals and Performance Intermediaries Private Limited (MCPI) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited are the major PTA producers in India, and GAIL's Mangalore plant (formerly JBF) is set to join them.

JBF Petrochemicals commissioned infrastructure for its Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant at Mangalore SEZ, Karnataka, in 2017-18, with a capacity of 1.25 million tonnes per annum. GAIL now owns it as GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited and is readying it for restart. Together with IndianOil's 1.2 million tonnes per annum Paradip plant, it will take India's PTA production capacity past 6 million tonnes per annum, and cut both imports and the foreign exchange they cost.

Over the past 5 years, PTA supply and demand have hung on naphtha and PX prices, which swung sharply in the international market as oil and gas prices moved. A weaker Indian rupee against the US dollar has also raised the cost of feedstock, the single largest cost in PTA production.

The global Purified Terephthalic Acid market should grow steadily between 2026-27 and 2030-31. Asia Pacific should lead, as China and India have a high share of manufacturing industries, and rising disposable incomes and better living standards will support steady growth there. Strong demand for polyester fibre worldwide will lift PTA consumption as well.

Highlights of the Report

  •  Domestic installed capacity, production and demand
  •  Demand Supply Forecasting
  •  Key Manufacturers in India
  •  Capacity Utilization Rate
  •  Planned Projects and Expansions
  •  Domestic Market Share and Trends
  •  Region-wise Demand Distribution
  •  Month-wise Import Quantities
  •  Month-wise Export Quantities
  •  Country-wise Share of Imports
  •  Country-wise Share of Exports
  •  Major End Users, Traders and Distributors
  •  CIF Pricing
  •  Domestic Market Price
  •  Prominent Production Technology Licensors
  •  Industrial Manufacturing Process
  •  Application and Use in Diverse Sectors
  •  Global Market highlights
  •  Health Impacts
  •  Chemical and Physical Properties
  •  Market Dynamics
  1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  2. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
    •  Chemical and Physical Properties of Purified Terephthalic Acid
    •  Technology
    •  Industrial Manufacturing Process
    •  Amoco Method
    •  Mitsubishi Decarbonylation Process
    •  Modification of Henkel Processes
    •  Eastman Chemical
    •  Multistage oxidation
    •  Prominent PTA Production Technology Licensors
    •  Invista
    •  Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC)
    •  Eastman Lurgi
    •  Health Impacts of PTA
    •  Application and Use of PTA in Diverse Sectors
  3. CHAPTER 2: INDIAN SCENARIO
    •  Domestic PTA Installed Capacity, Production, Import, Export and Demand (KT, 2016-17 to 2025-26)
    •  Production and Demand
    •  Capacity Utilization
    •  Demand-Supply Forecasting: Capacity, Production, Import, Export and Demand of PTA from Fiscal Year 2026-27 to 2030-31, KT
    •  Key Purified Terephthalic Acid Producers in India
    •  Reliance Industries Ltd
    •  Materials Chemicals and Performance Intermediaries Private Limited (MCPI)
    •  Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    •  GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (formerly JBF)
    •  Market Share and Trends
  4. CHAPTER 3: IMPORT EXPORT SCENARIO
    •  Import and Exports of PTA
    •  PTA Import and Export Source and Destination
    •  PTA Import Source Countries
    •  PTA Export Destination Countries
    •  Month Wise Import and Export of PTA
    •  Month wise Import of PTA from 2016-17 to 2025-26
    •  Month wise Export of PTA from 2016-17 to 2025-26
    •  Port-Wise Share of PTA Imports
    •  Major End Users, Traders and Distributors of PTA
  5. CHAPTER 4: PRICE ANALYSIS
    •  Import Value per Tonne of PTA from fiscal 2016-17 to 2025-26, Rs/MT
    •  Export Value per Tonne of PTA from fiscal 2016-17 to 2025-26, Rs/MT
    •  Domestic Market Price of PTA
    •  CIF Price Analysis
  6. CHAPTER 5: GLOBAL SCENARIO
    •  Global Snapshot
    •  Key Producers of PTA
    •  End-use Insight
    •  Market Dynamics
    •  Drivers
    •  Restraints
  7. LIST OF FIGURES
    •  Figure 1: Molecular Structure of PTA
    •  Figure 2: Chemical Reaction of Amoco Process
    •  Figure 3: PTA End Use Consumption India
    •  Figure 4: Production and Demand of PTA from fiscal 2016-17 to 2025-26 in KT
    •  Figure 5: Capacity Utilization of PTA from fiscal 2016-17 to 2025-26 in KT, %
    •  Figure 6: Domestic PTA Installed Capacity, Production and Demand from fiscal 2016-17 to 2025-26 in KT
    •  Figure 7: Production and Demand of PTA from Fiscal Year 2026-27 to 2030-31, KT
    •  Figure 8: Import and Export of PTA from Fiscal Year 2026-27 to 2030-31, KT
    •  Figure 9: PTA Market Share In India 2025-26
    •  Figure 10: Import and Export of PTA from fiscal 2016-17 to 2025-26, KT
    •  Figure 11: Country wise import source 2024-25, % share
    •  Figure 12: Country wise import source 2025-26, % share
    •  Figure 13: Country wise Export destination 2025-26, % share
    •  Figure 14: Month wise Import Data (2024), MT
    •  Figure 15: Month wise Import Data (2025), MT
    •  Figure 16: Month wise Import Data (2026), MT
    •  Figure 17: Month wise export Data (2024, MT)
    •  Figure 18: Month wise export Data (2025, MT)
    •  Figure 19: Month wise export Data (2026), MT
    •  Figure 20: Import and Export Value per Tonne of PTA (2016-17 to 2025-26, RS/MT)
    •  Figure 21: Domestic Market Prices of PTA (2016-17 to 2025-26) In Rs/KG
    •  Figure 22: CIF Prices for PTA in USD/MT for year 2025-26 corresponding to India
    •  Figure 23: PTA is Significant Market Driver
    •  Figure 24: Global purified terephthalic acid (PTA) market volume by end-use, 2025 (%)
  8. LIST OF TABLES
    •  Table 1: PTA Chemical and Physical Properties
    •  Table 2: Health Impacts of PTA
    •  Table 3: Sector-wise Applications of PTA
    •  Table 4: Domestic PTA Installed Capacity, Production, Import, Export and Demand (KT, 2016-17 to 2025-26)
    •  Table 5: Capacity Utilization of PTA from fiscal 2016-17 to 2025-26 in KT, %
    •  Table 6: Capacity, Production, Import, export and demand of PTA from fiscal 2026-27 to 2030-31, KT
    •  Table 7: Year-wise PTA Installed Capacity in India along with owners (KT, 2016-17 to 2025-26)
    •  Table 8: Country wise Import Source 2024-25, MT
    •  Table 9: Country wise Import source 2025-26, MT
    •  Table 10: Country wise Export Destination 2025-26, MT
    •  Table 11: Month wise Import Data (2024), MT
    •  Table 12: Month wise Import Data (2025), MT
    •  Table 13: Month wise Import Data (2026), MT
    •  Table 14: Month wise export Data (2024), MT
    •  Table 15: Month wise export Data (2025), MT
    •  Table 16: Month wise Export Data (2026), MT
    •  Table 17: Major End Users, Traders and Distributor of PTA in India
    •  Table 18: PTA Import Value per tonne (2016-17 to 2025-26, RS/ MT)
    •  Table 19: Export Value per tonne of PTA (2016-17 to 2025-26, Rs/ MT)
    •  Table 20: Domestic Market Prices of PTA (2016-17 to 2025-26) In Rs/KG
    •  Table 21: CIF Prices for PTA in USD/MT for year 2025-26 corresponding to India

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