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A symposium at the American Chemical Society's national meeting tackled the government control of U.S. chemical exports that have grown in response to growing terrorism threats. Several laws related to chemical exports are discussed.

U.S. exports of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) have been more robust than expected due to a combination of strong demand from European gasoline refiners, and the phaseout of MTBE in [...]

Brazil's chemicals exports rose by 9.6% to $3.9bn in the first six months of the year, lifted by price increases and the stronger real, according to Brazilian chemicals association Abiquim. [...]

SOUTH KOREA'S largest naphtha cracker operator, Yeochun NCC (YNCC), is set to become the country's largest olefins exporter once the expansion of its No. 1 cracker in Yeochun is completed [...]

A free trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU would result in increased chemicals imports from the EU to Mercosur, according to Renato Endres, manager of external commerce at Brazilian [...]

JAPAN'S MITSUI & Co and Brazil's Petrobras are to conduct a feasibility study on increasing production of bioethanol and related products in Brazil and marketing the output on the international [...]

February 20-27, 2006 Producer Capacity * Celanese, Pampa, Tex. 15 Dow Chemical, Texas City, Tex. 270 Eastman Chemical, Kingsport, Tenn. 110 Eastman Chemical, Longview, Tex. 45 TOTAL 440 * Millions [...]

TRANSATLANTIC ROUTES have started to calm after the flurry of hurricane-related shipments from Europe to the US in September and October 2005. Rates doubled for a 5000 tonne easy chemical [...]

THE DAYS of using old and sub-standard ships in China could soon be over With the opening up of domestic shipping routes to foreign investors since last year, a move [...]

French chemical company Rhodia said it expects its Latin American revenues to reach $1bn in 2005, up 15% from last year. Sales from Rhodia's operations in Brazil, the company's most [...]

Indian Acrylics (IAL) is looking at expansions and acquisitions to boost its share in export markets such as China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Turkey and Iran, says a source in what is [...]

13 September. Hanwha Chemical has stopped epichlorohydrin (ECH) exports ahead of a planned turnaround in mid-October, said an official at the company, which is South Korea's second-largest ECH produce[ The [...]

New York based companies like Automated Dynamics, Hannay Reels and Schenectady International are making products that are internationally competitive. Automated is a wind-turbine manufacturer. Hannay Reels recycles Model T parts. Schenectady International is a varnish supplier.

Russia exported chemicals worth $4.51 bn in January to May this year, up around 24% on the same period in 2004, according to the Federal Customs Service. Potash exports were [...]

2 July Kyowa Hakko Chemical has resumed n-butanol (NBA) and 2-ethylhexanol (2-EH) exports after successfully building up its inventories, a company official said The company operates an oxo-alcohol plant that [...]

South Korea's Samyang Corp may double the capacity of its 85 000 tonne/year domestic polycarbonate (PC) and polybutylene terephthalate plant at Chonju. The current high PC prices and tight supply [...]

UK chlorine producer Ineos Chlor last week called for a halt to UK natural gas exports through the interconnector pipeline that links the country with the European mainland. It also [...]

INCREASING price resistance from Chinese buyers has prompted South Korean polyethylene (PE) producers to step up their high-density PE (hdPE) exports to South America and Europe, and reduce their exports [...]

The Finnish Chemical industry spent less on research and development (R&D) in 2003 than it did in 2002, reversing what has been an upward trend for several years, the Finnish [...]

China is making headlines as an investment destination for chemicals in which it has a trade deficit, but it also has a growing role as an exporter. The country has [...]

Benzene spot prices reached new highs last week, reflecting tight supply and strong demand. U.S. spot prices jumped 10 cts-18 cts/gal, with deals reported at record highs of $3.25-$3.26/gal fob [...]

Enzymes producer logen (Ottawa) says it made the first commercial shipment of ethanol made from cellulosic biomass, rather than grain. logen has a $45-million demonstration facility at Ottawa that processes [...]

INDIA's chemical exports are estimated to rise by 20% to US$7bn in the financial year ending 31 March 2004 from the previous year, according to the Indian Chemicals Exports Council [...]

CHINA has emerged as the world's leading soda-ash producer, overtaking the US, as predicted (ACN 8 September). China's soda-ash production in 2003 was 10.9m tonne, up from 10m tonne in [...]

Monsanto has been notified by the Chinese government that five of its genetically modified products have received final approval for importation, including soybeans, corn and cotton. China has allowed imports [...]

Monsanto Company, a Brazilian exporter, plans to allow only licensed exporters to ship Roundup Ready soybeans from Brazil. Carl Casale, Monsanto vice president of North American business, feels that countries that do not respect intellectual property rights would not benefit from biotechnology., Monsanto seeks to get paid for bootlegged technology Much to the chagrin of U.S. soybean farmers, Brazil exports boatloads of soybeans each year. A growing segment of those exports contains [...]