Denatured Alcohol Market 2022 Revenue, Consumption, Import and Export Report by Million Insights


The global denatured alcohol market is expected to witness significant growth over the forecast period owing to its rising end-user demand from industries including food & beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical. Furthermore, growing awareness among companies regarding denatured alcohol to be used for applications such as bad tasting, poisonous, and foul-smelling is anticipated to drive the market growth over the next eight years. In addition, the growing adoption of denatured alcohol for using it as a fuel and as a solvent for camping stoves and alcohol burners are further projected to propel the sector demand over the forecast period. The market is projected to witness proliferated demand over the next eight years owing to increasing application in alcoholic beverages, rising demand for an extractive medium for medicinal tinctures and growing utilization for manufacturing ethanol-containing solutions.
However, growing stringent regulation imposed on manufacturers due to rising environmental concerns coupled with increasing fluctuation in the raw material prices has enabled the market to witness hindered growth over the next eight years. Denatured alcohol is basically methylated spirits, which uses ethanol with additives to make it unpalatable or poisonous. Furthermore, it is also used in bleaching the fabrics primarily to give color. The numerous grades of denatured alcohols are used for distillation process and to reverse the denaturation. For cleaning purposes, it is used as a chemical to kill microorganism, and sometimes used as a surrogate alcohol.


The denatured alcohol market is highly competitive primarily to the presence of several domestic and international suppliers. Though, the sector has the presence of various new players, who face difficulty in competing with other major companies in terms of functionalities, features, quality, and services. Over the forecast period, the growing new product development activities coupled with increasing adoption of new technologies for achieving operational efficiency has enabled the competition to become more aggressive. On a contrary, few major players through continuous R&D endeavors coupled with growing expertise knowledge in the industry have enabled them to witness competitive edge, thus propelling the overall growth of the sector over the next eight years.
North America and Europe are anticipated to witness major market share over the forecast period owing to the growing utilization from medical, chemical and food & beverage industries. The US, France, Germany and the UK are expected to witness proliferated demand of denatured alcohol majorly due to rising awareness for its application to discourage recreational consumption. Asia Pacific is anticipated to account for fastest growth over the forecast period primarily due to the growing adoptions of denatured alcohol for medical purpose. India, China, and Japan are anticipated to witness the highest share in the region majorly owing to the rising disposable income coupled with growing foreign investments. The Middle East & Africa is projected to see significant growth by 2020 mainly owing to increasing urbanization, industrialization, and globalization. The sector has huge potential in this region primarily owing to rising per capita income and foreign investments.
Key players in the market are highly consolidated having more than 40% market share major companies. The major companies generally tend to collaborate with smaller companies to increase market share and thus gaining competitive advantage. The market players through continuous R&D endeavors focus on building a wide distribution network that supports the overall market to report significant growth over the forecast period. Companies through strategic expansions and mergers & acquisitions have been trying to cater large volume of customers with products that are cost-effective and high quality. This report covers each aspect of the global market for denatured alcohol, beginning from the basic market information and progressing further to several significant criteria, based on which, the sector is segmented. Key application areas of the market are also evaluated on the basis of their performance. The denatured alcohol industrial chain, prevailing policies, and rules & regulations are studied in this report. The report also assesses the dynamics of demand and supply, production capacity, logistics, and the historical performance of the denatured alcohol globally.

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